March 2013

WHAT’S NEW?    

 

Michael has a new job! After much debate he decided to make the move.  The company is called Inolect. They are one of the top 10 fastest growing engineering firms in the country and are based here in little ole BR!  Who’d a thunk it?   For those of you interested, he’s going to be selling these RemoteRacking Devices. 

He’s excited for a fresh start, but we aren’t excited about the increase in travel. He’s going to be traveling A LOT with a territory of everything West of the Mississippi.  The con is that he’s going to be gone a lot, but the pro is that we are going to rack up on frequent flyer miles and hotel points! 

Man, I think I look forward to the weekends now….whew…when he starts traveling I am realllly  gonna be antsy for the weekend to start.  We are going to start a new Friday night tradition in our house to make it extra special.

WORKING MOM    

I think I am finally getting adjusted to working during the day leaving her at the sitter’s house.  We are in a very good rhythm with Michael working out in the mornings and me either on my lunch breaks or in the afternoons. I am still breastfeeding, which means lots of practicing my multi-tasking skills while I pump at work. Mark my words to say that this has been the biggest commitment I’ve ever made in my life. It was important to me to provide that for Blaire so I sunk my heals in with determination and never looked back.  (that’s not to say that I don’t bitch and moan about it on a daily basis. Sorry, Michael!)

I must say that any working mother who breastfeeds for more than 6 months deserves a metal in my opinion. I seriously have NO CLUE how some of you have made it for an entire year…working…with multiple children. Wow.  What a commitment.

TMI for some of you…sorry!      

Blaire really likes going to the sitter’s house, too, which makes it easier on us that’s for sure.  She just hangs out with the other kids and dogs all day and takes it all in.  The sitter said she has a happy disposition and that she wishes every baby were on a schedule like hers!  Yeah you right!  

NOT VERY WISE AFTERALL

Another big topic in the Guillot household has been this big ole chicken finally getting my wisdom teeth extracted.  What a wuss.  Why the hell did I wait till I was 31 to do it, you tell me!  What they say is true…the longer you wait, the harder it is! That’s for damn sure.  I was down for the count for 8 solid days and still not 100% for about 3 days after that.  I developed a dry socket and had an extreme sore throat, was nauseous from the meds, had swollen lymph nodes in my neck and my jaw was locked closed.  NOT FUN. 

The worst part is due to the anesthesia, I had to refrain from nursing Blaire for 3 whole days…without enough milk in the freezer stock to last that long, we had to introduce the dreaded formula.  So, we made it right to the 4 month mark of strickly breastfeeding and since then have been supplementing formula in for 25% of her daily milk intake.  As upsetting as this was for me (it’s a pride thing!), it has proven to be a huge relief to remove some of the pressure off my shoulders of having to produce ‘x’ amount a day. Again…TMI, so I’ll move on…

Good news is that the teeth are all healed up and I am back eating normally and working out again!  YAY!!!

BABY BLAIRE  

Let’s face it…you all don’t care nearly as much about what’s going on with me and Michael as the little celebrity, Blaire.  So, I saved the best update for last.

Benchmarks:

Right at 12 weeks, she rolled over (from tummy to back) for the first time.  In the past 2 weeks, she has had a lot of “first”:  she tried rice cereal for the first time (which gave her a massive belly ache, so we are now trying oatmeal…next up=my favorite…sweet potatoes!); she played in her outside swing; sat in her stroller the normal way (instead of with her infant seat attached); played in her jumperoo; had her first sleepover weekend in Thibodaux (of which, she did GREAT!  Stayed right on schedule)…hum…seems like there’s something else but I can’t think of it.

 

 

 

Nicknames:

Babycakes, pumpkin pie, “Baby Blaire”

Sleeping:

Like a CHAMP.  At 8 weeks, we were waking her up to eat in her sleep at 10:30pm….at 12 weeks, we moved it from 10:30 to 7:30 and she’d sleep until I woke her up at 7am.   Now, at 19 weeks, she is sleeping from her 7pm bottle til I wake her up at 7am.   Not too shabby.   THANK YOU BABY WISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Likes:  

PEPPER!!!!  I have yet to catch it on film because I get too wrapped up in the moment. The first thing we do when we get home in the evening is go in the backyard with Pepper.  It absolutely melts my heart to see my two favorite girls interact. Blaire smiles so big sometimes it looks like her little fat cheeks are going to explode.  She kicks and squirms in my arms with excitement to a point where I really have to hold on tight to not drop her!  It’s so fun!!!   

Her THUMB! She’s a mess with it. Around 12 weeks, she decided she no longer liked her paci (which she used to use only for naps) and opted for her thumb instead.  Now I catch her in the act ALL the time…as seen here:

 

side note: can anybody tell me why the heck some pictures upload into blogger side ways even though the original file is verticle?

Dislikes:

HATS

HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH?

Betty and I are neighbors again!

For those of you who don’t know, Betty and I became friends at LSU. We were two of the few girls going through rush who lived in Ghetto Graham, then both became DZs.  We were roomies in the DZ house for a brief period of time until she had to go and ruin it by tearing her ACL dominating in a flag football game!  Way to go, B!   

Welcome to the 70810 Tanory Family.  I am SO excited to have y’all only 5 minutes from us, driveway to driveway. HOLLA.  Blaire is excited to have a friend in the ‘hood. Despite the look on her face, she was all about watching Annie and Peter play. Look how sweet Annie is!  She kept putting princess tiaras on Blaire’s head. Lol.

 

LOOKING FORWARD TO?
Michael’s looking forward to his first week on the new job and I’m looking forward to hitting the gym hard this week. After the hiatus from the wisdom teeth debacle, I’m ready to get after it again.

Blaire and Pepper are probably looking forward to hanging out with us over the weekend :)

 

IT'S A GIRL!

Welcome to the world Miss Blaire Guillot!

So long "Macaroni" hello Baby Blaire. 

 

We apologize for the 7 week delay with the blog post but what can I say...we've been a little busy lately. Hah. To say the very least!

 

As you all know, little Miss Blaire arrived in style on October 30th. Mark that date  as special x3 for our household. It was my mom's birthday, the date Michael proposed and now Baby Blaire's birthday. How sweet is that?!

 

She weighed 8lbs, 7oz. So much for the low fundal height, huh?!  Who knew something that big was inside my belly!  No wonder my ribs in my back were in so much pain!  Yikes. 

 

THE NAME GAME

Y'all know Michael and I were in distress over the names down to the last couple days.  The Thursday night before going to the hospital, we went out to a delicious dinner together and made the final decision.  (Want to laugh? We thought I was in labor that night and were debating going to the hospital.  Thank goodness we didn't, as I was only suffering from a severe cause of gluttony. It took me two days to get over that meal which was capped off by 1.5 dessert...pumpkin creme brulee and cheesecake!)  

 

Our girl names were Blaire, Audrey and Olivia.  Audrey because we've always LOVED that name. Olivia because it sounds very close to my PawPaw's name, Ollie, and we would've probably called her that as a nickname....then Blaire.  Michael thought of Blaire back in the wee days of morning sickness during week 7 when we were in Maui. As y'all know from previous blog post, we had the first sonogram the day before leaving for Hawaii. It wasn't until then that were really started to let ourselves get excited. On the way home from the sonogram, I stopped to pick up some baby books to pass the time on the flight and all.  The whole way there (in between my many a potty breaks and nausea bouts) we flipped through the name book....it was at this time we stumbled upon the great MACARONI. 

 

Opps...sorry...I'm rambling....back to the name Blaire....one day, we had gone for a walk down the beach and took a break to sit to take it all in when Michael said "hey, what about the name Blaire"...from that point on, it was in the top 3. 

 

That very memory is what pulled the name to the top above the other two. I am still kicking myself over Audrey though, because it is such a beautiful name. If we have another baby and it's a girl - there will be zero debate over the name, that's for sure! 

 

How has it been?

Well, it ain't been easy that's for dang sure.  We knew it was going to be exhausting, but I sure didn't think it's be this physically, mentally and emotionally challenging.

 

POSITIVE

I'll start with the positive.  FEEDING.  Going in to it, this was something that was very important to me to work out. My will was tested as early as day 1, but I stuck to my guns.  After day one, I 100% understood why so many mommies throw in the towel or just don't even try at all.  Wow. Who would have thought something so natural would be so freakin difficult.  But, we are still going strong - hopefully for at least another month - 2 months.

 

NEGATIVE

On the negative side, Baby Blaire is a CRY BABY!  She has thus far inherited both mine and Michael's bad traits - my bad sleep habits and Michael's bad stomach. She isn't much of a napper and has a sensitive little tummy. Short naps and tummy troubles aside, she's got some good traits happenin' as well...she is a little routine loving, schedule following machine (wonder who she gets that from!) and is pretty easy to please (like her dad).  Things could be much worse, much much worse.

 

ALL ABOUT BLAIRE

Personality-wise, she would technically be dubbed a "by the book baby" that is on the slightly fussy side.  She is also very independent already. Starting as early as one week, she wasn't one for being rocked or held to help her fall asleep. She is a baby who just likes to/needs to cry for a bit.  (we are practicing the "cry it out" method). She likes to just be put down in her bassinet (to the dismay of her MiMi and Aunt Leight). Sometimes she hangs out in there awake for up to 30 minutes. Little insomniac! 

 

Now...on to some good stuff. PICTURES.

 

For this first post back, we thought it'd be cool to share some inside scoop pictures with y'all from the hospital since this blog is only sent to our family and close friends.

 

ENJOY:

 

Last pick of the baby bump - in the raw.

We took this right before walking out the door to the hospital

 

In the pre-op room. Last pic before becoming "mom and dad"

Suited up

 Side story: The nurses and staff made our birth experience so much fun. They had about as much fun as us with the whole surprise gender thing. Every time someone new walked in the room, they loudly would let them know the deal - that no one is to say a peep about the gender until Michael has the chance to tell me first. 

Woman's Hospital has a policy about c-sections that the dad has to stay seated the entire procedure due to the number of fainting incidents they've had. Well of course within 3 minutes of being in the room after a little small talk, Michael and the nurse anethetist became BFF and they allowed him to stand to watch the cutting and what not. During, he said "jenn, it's so awesome. you would love to see it."

 

When she was out, it took him a second to be able to tell if it was a boy or girl (because you know...the "parts" are all really swollen right at first).

 

He leaned over to me and with the happiest look i've ever seen on his face in my life says "it's a girl". I said "REALLY????"  "i KNEW it"!!!!!  

 

Then I said "look how big she is."  I couldn't get over how big she looked to me. We were expecting this little tiny baby and instead got a big and very healthy baby girl!!!

 



Michael's first time to hold her

My first sight

 

Family photo

 

This is a rare sight of her in the hospital. Don't be fooled. She looks so peaceful here, but cried 98% the time we were in the hospital.

 

Saint MiMi! 

I cannot express enough how much I love this woman!  Not only did she raise the best son in the world, but she is pretty much the best mother-in-law a girl could ask for.  I don't think we would have survived that first 2 weeks without our roommate!

Can't look at this next picture without tearing up.This is my 92 year old PawPaw who made a surprise visit. He drove all the way from Bunkie by himself to see us. When I told him the name, I said "Blaire Olivia...you know Olivia...kinda like your name, "Ollie". That way we'll always be reminded of you"

 

His response?

 

"Olivia...well hell, that's Peyton Manning's mothers name."

 

Haha. Gotta love my PawPaw.  

Other visitors....

 

 

Week 38

HOW FAR ALONG?    
38 weeks, 2 days.
Only 8 days to go (c-section is scheduled a few days before actual due date because baby is still breeched)

THE PLAN    
The section is scheduled for 11am. Pending everything goes well, the baby should be delivered, all checked and cleaned and me sown up by Noon at the latest.  At this point, expect a mass text from Michael to say mom & baby are healthy (God willing!)

I will be in recovery for 1 hour max. Thanks to the new hospital and their policies, we will be with baby the entire time (IF all is well and IF baby doesn’t need to go to the transition nursery or NICU).  During this hour, we’ll be partaking in a lil special time between just the 3 of us. I will also attempt the first feeding at this time (thanks again to the wonderful Woman’s Hospital and their excellent prioritizing to mom and baby – their mission is to have the baby to breast within 1 hour of delivery – c-section or not. Love this!)

After my recovery and when we are all settled in and comfortable, we are going to at that time invite the family into our room for Michael to do the big introduction. The intro to my family will come next – because of the distance, they will not be able to be at the hospital – so, virtual introduction it shall be.

Shortly thereafter, any of you wonderful friends who are available to be at the hospital that day will be welcomed into the room.  The majority of you (or shall I say 99% of you) that live out of town who won’t be at the hospital, expect to rec’v another mass text with pictures…..accompanied by name. Boy or Girl??? Ahhhhh

So….sometime around 1:30ish is when all of you will be ‘in the know.’   This time table will undoubtedly be off cue, but this way, at least y’all know what we’re thinking in terms of the rough plan for announcing the big news to everyone.  Also, for those of you who do plan to come to the hospital, I’d hate for you to be there at 11am, but not get to see us for hours after that. 

HOW AM I FEELING?

Emotionally:  I think I’m nearing the end of my freak out (anticipatory anxiety anyone?) and feel the excitement phase creeping along.

Michael?  He’s been more than excited for a while now.  His main concern is that we haven't picked the name yet!!!!  Ahhh. I cannot believe we're waiting til the last minute on that one!

Physically:  better than I’ve felt in 2 months!  This must be that last kick of energy pregnant women are flooded with in their last couple weeks.  (Granted those kicks of energy are followed by extremely tireness, but I’ll take it!).

I am sad to announce, however, that I have officially reached the end of my working out while pregnant rein.  I have not had a true “work out” in a week.  As I suspected they would, once hitting month 9, my workouts have been deduced to just walking Pepper every day (some days faster than others) with long stretch sessions afterward.  

I’ve been using those energy reserves for other things – like stocking the freezer with delicious, healthy meals like this:

TOTAL WEIGHT GAIN?

33 pounds.  Whew. Cutting it close with the 25-35 pound healthy gain range. Remember those pounds in the bank I wrote about early on?  Good thing! Because I’ve been rocking out 2 pounds a week playing catch up.  Have I mentioned how fun it is to tie my shoes?  I should have invested in those velcro ones we joked about, Reagan!!!

HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK?

Being finished (for the time being) on all house projects. There are still a few things to knock out (drapes in dining room, throw pillows for living room, pictures to fill frames in breakfast area, lots of things in the keeping room), but at this point, I’m over it.  Had a little productive/nesting weekend and am satisfied enough with the status to throw in the towel.  Sounds funny for that to be a highlight, but trust me – it is!  Peace of mind is priceless.

Speaking of…

OPERATION DECO – UPDATE

We finally finished painting our shutters and door. And by "we" I mean Michael!
You see, when we first moved in, the builder wouldn’t allow us to have the color choices we wanted, so we settled for a bad maroon’ish color that looked horrible with our bricks.  Bricks, that mind you, came out NOT looking like the ones we choose at all.  Anywho - it was time to repaint (due to normal weathering) and we received permission to paint them a darker shade to look a little better with our bricks. Here goes:

We also made a little further progress in the nursey.   (sorry...again, I can't figure out how to rotate the picture!)

 

Ole Pep – gotta get in on the action!!!

 

LOOKING FORWARD TO?

Enjoying our last week as a married couple sans kids?  Soaking up as much relaxing, quiet time as possible.  Since I’m not really capable of doing a whole heck of a lot and neither is Michael for that matter (his back is still recouping from an unfortunate incident with the tailgate trailer), we’ll probably be soaking up a lot of sofa time! 

 

Until next time....and by the way, the next time will more than likely be post baby! 

Week 36

HOW FAR ALONG?    

36 weeks, 3 days.

9^th month!

SAVE THE DATE

After having another check up and ultrasound (will continue to have ultrasounds with weekly appointments to keep tabs on fluid levels), things have not changed since last week.  Fluid levels are pretty much the same, but baby is still healthy (yay!) and is still breech (which it’s pretty much guaranteed to remain).  I am not dilated one bit (yay²).

We officially have a birth day selected for the big delivery.  The doc gave us the choice of Oct 29, 20, 31.  All along during the pregnancy, I said I had a feeling it would come the last week of October and commented numerous times how cool it would be to happen on the 30^th.  That is a very special day to us, as it was my Mom’s birthday as well as the day Michael proposed.  One of those ‘meant to be’ gigs I suppose. 

So, October 30^th at 11am it is!   (Unless of course I go into labor beforehand). 

O M G that’s only 21 days away.

This also means that – barring everything happens normally and mom & baby are happy and healthy – Michael is going to the Bama game Nov 3!  Unless our offense gets a major kick in the butt and changes pace by then, we may all still be healthy, but definitely not happy post game.

HOW AM I FEELING?

Emotionally:  Much better than last week, that’s for sure. After the much needed breakdown, I’m feeling pretty good about everything now. Despite the lack of sleep!

Physically:  same ole same old with my ribs in my back right side. Other than that, everything else is still good to go. My energy levels are still up there which is good.  Still doing my 3^rd trimester workout plan 3 days a week and walking Pepper at least 5 days a week. (I am going to miss our walks so much during recovery).

OPERATION DECO – UPDATE

Everything is about as good as it’s gonna get for a while. We have some stuff ordered that’s on the way and other that that, we’re nearing the point of completion for now.  A few biggies are postponed until after the 1^st of the year (patio, banquette, gutters), but I feel okay about that because the hard part (planning, vendors, quotes, designs, etc.) is done. It’s just a matter of pressing ‘go.’

Here are some shots on the nursery progress.  *Warning* this is NOT the cutest, most complete nursery you’ve ever seen. We sought out to keep it simple across the board, so there aren’t a lot of bells and whistles to make you ooh and ahh. So…just keep your expectations low;)

 

Dresser/Changing table 

BEFORE                                                              AFTER

 

          

 

IN PROGRESS

 UP CLOSE

I love the knobs!

 

 

Crib and Window Cover

 

 

 

Thanks for the owl frame,Max Neal!

 

Pepper's new favorite hang out spots

sorry...can't figure out how to rotate the pics

 

 

Checking on 'her baby's" stuff

 

 

 

Keeping an eye on Megan and Brandon's house 

 

HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK?

An impromptu trip to Lafayette to visit the Harris'.  Even though Michael and I were engulfed in the game the entire time, it was nice to get to spend a lil time with some of our most favorite peeps. Thanks for being such a great hostess, Heather!

LOOKING FORWARD TO?

Tailgating in this beautiful weather this Saturday for the South Carolina game.

Week 35

HOW FAR ALONG?    
35 weeks, 3 days.  Tail end of 8^th month.

NEWS:

Had the big doc appt this morning….

The good:  Baby G is healthy, despite a small fundal height due to lower amounts of fluid.  It is in the 60^th percentile for size measurements.  Weighs 5 lbs 14 oz with….wait for it……a FULL HEAD OF HAIR!  I am so excited about that because I was a very odd looking baby to say the least and didn’t have hair until I don’t know when. Baby G will apparently not have that problem. The hair was visible on the untrasound. The tech would bump my stomach with the wand thing to make the baby move up and down and you could see the hair floating around from the motion. 

The bad:  Due to the aforementioned lower amounts of fluid, the baby has no room in there whatsoever.  Which means whatever position it’s in….it’s pretty much stuck in.  What position would that be?   BREECH!  That’s what. 

Great.  Just great.  That means, we’re in for a c-section.  This is by no means the worse news we could have received today by far.  I am aware that it could be much much worse.  Nonetheless, I am extremely perturbed and am allowing myself the right to be upset by the news. I am disheartened by the fact that my body isn’t going to get to go through the birthing process.  That’s what it was designed to do after all. Sure, I was terrified out of my mind to go through labor and delivery, but now I feel like something been taken away from me or something.  I will eventually come to terms with it, but for now, it’s still sinking in and I haven’t accepted it yet.  

I go back for another checkup this coming Monday, after of which the situation will be reassessed with another ultrasound and a date will be chosen for delivery.  For now, the doc is thinking just a few days early, but that could be pushed to an earlier date depending on fluid levels next week.

The Precious:

Disclaimer: the nose did not look like that in every frame.  lol.  It kept putting it's arm across its face, making taking a picture very difficult (you can see that an arm is still covering half of the face). It had just brushed that arm across its face when this picture was taken, making the nose look all huge.  Don't get me wrong, still cute as hell! 

 

 

Profile:

So, yeah, that first image is 3-D. We didn't sign up for that, but I guess that's where a little small talk about LSU football will get cha.  The tech just offered to do it for us so of course we were on board!

 

HOW AM I FEELING?
Emotionally:  still swallowing the news of the c-section and still a little freaked and in shock at how fast time is flying by.  Everyone said pregnancy would take forever and that by now, the whole “I just can’t wait to have the baby” feelings would have taken over…neither has been the case for me (yet!).

Physically:  my ribs in my back right side are still killing me and all signs still point to a fracture.  It gets worse by the day.  The only relief found is by avoiding sitting down.  Laying down in one of two spots in the house in my “pillow palace” with my best friend-the heating pad is about the only place you’ll find me.   Oddly enough, it doesn’t bother me while I’m exercising, thank goodness.

My doctor actually offered to write me a note to be freed from work from now until delivery, but luckily I don’t have to take her up on that (there is WAY too much to do between now and maternity leave).  I cannot be thankful enough that Horizon is totally on board with whatever I need.  I am working from home now everyday (in my pillow palace that is!) from lunchtime through the end of the day (well, most days, when it’s feasible to do so per afternoon meetings that cannot be reworked).  

Despite the rib pain, everything else is good to go. Still have lots of energy and have no swelling, no heartburn, etc... no other complaints. I’m very grateful for that. Instead of having a bunch of little nagging things going on, it’s just one big one for me.

32 weeks!

HOW FAR ALONG?    
32 weeks, 3 days.  In month 8. Yikes!
53 days to go. Double Yikes!!! Here are some cool pictures of what the baby looks like (from the internet, not of actual Baby G...so don't get excited about the body parts in the top pic!):

DEVELOPMENTS

• Should weight nearly 4 pounds and measure crown-to-rump anywhere between 11-18’’ long
• Sleeps 90-95% of the day and there’s actual proof of fetuses dreaming.  Wonder what they have to dream about?!  I’m intrigued!
• Now has fingernails, toenails and hair
• Still developing more fat, filling in all that wrinkly skin AKA gettin’ cute!
• Gaining ½ pound/week from now until birth (about half to one third of its full term body weight)
• Beginning to store vital minerals, such as iron and calcium
• Bones are fully formed, but still soft
• According to one website, “your baby’s kicks and jabs are forceful.”  CHECK.  You are correct!

NOT SO GOOD NEWS…OR POTENTIALLY NOT GOOD
I had a doc appointment today and for the 4-5^th time in a row, I’ve “measured small” (in regards to Fundal Height AKA the size of my belly).  Sounds like that would be a good thing, but it very well may not be.  At this point in time, there is no need to throw the red flag and sound the alarms. We have moved my final ultrasound appointment up two weeks (to occur Oct 1) to check in on Baby G. 

You see, there is a normal range of Fundal Height with a plus or minus scale around that range.  I have consistently fallen at the very bottom of the minus part of that scale (so, not enough to sound the alarms, but just enough to need to check in on things earlier than expected).  In this upcoming ultrasound, the Doc is going to check the fluid levels and the size of the baby.  More often than not, the result is that all is good….the small fundal height is chalked up to body shape, position of the baby, conditioning of abdominal wall, etc.  But, sometimes it’s because the baby is not big enough due to a lower than normal level of amniotic fluid (this is the potentially not good part!). 

Depending on a lot of different variables, what is likely to happen will be an early induction! (Meaning, I’d have the baby early.  Triple Yikes!!!)  They do this because if there isn’t a proper amount of fluid, then the baby can’t get the nutrients it needs, and therefore the healthier alternative is for it to get out of the womb earlier than planned.  Let’s REALLY hope that is NOT the case!!!    

The only thing keeping me sane is to remind myself that all other signs are a-ok (heart rate, my BP, my weight gain, fetal movements, etc.).

I will update y’all just as soon as I’m back from my next appt Oct 1.

HOW AM I FEELING?

You mean…despite the emotions surrounding all the jazz I just recapped you on?...

I may not be ready for the baby to arrive yet (I’m freaked that I only have a few weeks left) but I sure as hell am ready to not be pregnant anymore.  This shit is for the birds! 

The middle back and back of the rib cage pain I’ve complained about for the past…forever…is progressively worse. It sucks. The way I’m carrying combo’d with my posture is saving my lower back from the ever so typical pregger woes, but wreaking havoc on my middle back!  The stretches and exercises I could do to alleviate the pain, I can't because of the big belly and uterus in my ribs thing.  It’s terrible. There is no other way to put it. 

Positive = I still have lots of energy, but it is just wasted because all I can do after a few short hours of activity is lay on the sofa with a heating pad on my back instead of being productive.  At work, I have been making myself at home in the offices of one of our advisors when he’s out and about (thank you for the big comfy sofa!).

HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK?

LSU’s performance against Washington.  Hell yeah the boys are looking good! 

Also, lots and lots of progress being made on Operation Deco.  Not finished yet and still behind deadline, but things are moving.  I know I keep promising pictures, but things are coming together piece by piece with not one thing being fully complete yet (that’s what you get when you take on 7 rooms at a time!)

LOOKING FORWARD TO?

Visiting my PawPaw this Friday! I’m taking a vacation day from work to go spend the day with him and help him out with a few things.  Although I’m NOT looking forward to the 1.5 hour car ride (my max is about 15 min before my back hurts like hell), but am surely looking forward to seeing him….and hearing more of him talk about how he doesn’t care about the that “honey bear” anymore because Blue is the man!  (That’s what he calls Mathieu by the way - instead of honey badger. lol. He cracks me up!)

Until next time…

Geaux Tigers!