I know I say it in all my recent posts, but I really can't believe that I am four weeks away from this beautiful baby! I don't mean to get all sappy because that really isn't my style, but pregnancy is such an incredible thing. It isn't always beautiful and most of the time you feel like total shit (despite the amazing golden weeks called the second trimester where you feel like that awesome butterfly Snapchat filter) but in the end - it's absolutely amazing what a woman's body is capable of. If you know my personality well, you will know that majority of my moping and whining are in good taste. I mean let's be real - throwing up for 16 God damn weeks sucks horribly and I will NEVER in a million butterfly Snapchat filter years miss that but it IS worth it when considering the prize at the end.
I had a doctors appointment yesterday where I SWORE I was told they would start exams to check for progress andddddddddd apparently I'm insane because they don't start checks until 38 weeks. THIRTY EIGHT?!!?!?!? I was hoping to give BIRTH by then! By the way, I have predicted my delivery date. For some reason August 28th sticks out to me. There is no real reason other than I prefer even numbers and it would kill me if he came out on an odd number. Like, I even struggle to remember Darius' birthday because I am convinced it should be even when really it's the 17th.
Did any of you predict your due date? Were you right?
So, the school year is quickly approaching and I have no clue where summer went. It was just yesterday I was hugging goodbye some coworkers moving on to bigger and better things and now here I am about to start another year. I teach for Baltimore County so we have to go back on the 17th and school starts the 24th. That is just one very nice week to set up our rooms and be prepared. What I mean is, we attend a ton of meetings and have very little time in our rooms - most of which is done on our own time like staying at the school late into the night - and then we're supposed to be prepared. It's an insanely stressful time filled with emptying your wallet on last minute things, feeling pressure from Pinterest inspired rooms and over analyzing the amount of pencils you have (which by the way are NEVER enough!). I bought two packs of 40 count pre-sharpened pencils and I can GUARANTEE they'll be lost/missing/stolen by the end of the first week ... which by the way is only a three day week. My hope is to set up my classroom, prep for the first week, get my sub ready (which by the way I DO NOT HAVE) and then peace out. I will return somewhere around Thanksgiving and basically start the year all over!
Today I lounged at my dad's pool with my brother and so I forced him to take this picture.