Energy Level and Renovations

Well, at 35 weeks, I have good and bad days.  Some days I can't do anything and actually only eat two meals a day because that's all the energy I have.  Other days, I can do anything (this actually just started).  Is this normal?  Is this the beginning of the end of pregnancy?  I hope so!!!

We are in the process of re-doing the basement.  We really are on a timeline to get it finished. You may be wondering why take on such a big project at this time?  Well, we need a bedroom for the baby and Stew will be moving to the basement.  He is excited to have his own space; I am excited to have a finished basement and add another 500 square feet to the living space of the house.  As kids, my sister and I had the run of the basement.  I hope that all the Sullivan kids will have the same luck.  We finally got the laundry room finished last night around 10 p.m.; now I have about 12 loads of laundry to do, no joke!  The living room is full of clothes, it looks like an episode of Oprah where the people are hoarders and there are just paths through the house... Thankfully it's just short term.

Jess was entertaining herself with my computer last night.  I'll leave you with a picture that will hopefully make you laugh.  She and Stew were laughing their heads off while Barry and I were working our asses off in the basement.

P.S.  In real life the kids are quite good looking.  I'm not sure why they like to make themselves look like freaks!

Day 1

Why the Life of 6?  

Soon, we will be 6 in the family.  3 kids, 1 dog and 2 adults (right now it's actually 2 kids with one on the way).  

What is there to know about me?

 - I'm a phys. ed teacher to elementary age girls.

 - I have been married for a year and a half to Barry.

 - We live in the suburbs of Montreal (which I love, by the way).

 - Barry has two kids from a previous marriage, so that makes me a step-mom to Stew (17) and Jess (15).  None of us use the word step-mom though, it just doesn't seems right.  It's only with people we don't know that we use that word and it feels weird when it leaves any of our lips.

 - We have a dog.  We've had him for two and a half years.  He is the love of my life.  The kids joke that I would save Blue (the dog) over Barry if the chance came up.  Sincerely, I'm not sure who I would save first.  

- I am 35 weeks pregnant (can't wait for the darn thing to leave my body).  I don't know if it's a boy or a girl and will only find out at birth.  This is frustrating to everyone, especially Jess and my dad as they really want a girl.  

Why the blog?

This whole pregnancy thing is getting me down.  I am writing it in hopes that people in the same boat as me will be able to sympathize and offer support.  I am an active person.  I like to do anything and everything and since mid-October I haven't been able to do anything.  This is leaving me frustrated and feeling like a lazy slob.  It is no way has to do with the baby weight I've gained, I haven't gained that much.  It's the fact that the body that could do anything before can't do anything now.