Life and Times of Melinda's Day

Sadly, my blog has turned into a complaining, boring read instead of my originally intended interesting observations about nothing. But hey, was that a surprise to anyone?

I think I figured out a reason why each progressing blog entry gets more and more boring. Maybe it's because I am getting more and more boring. I remember when I was younger my father use to say, "only boring people get bored". I never wanted to admit that I was a boring person, so I always kept myself occupied doing stuff.

Here are some reasons that I was thinking about. You know, the reasons why my blogs are getting boring. I'm eight months pregnant, not in school, not working, don't really have any real agenda from day to day, and I am usually just sick all day long. Doing things just aren't even fun for me. Just a big pain.

So let me outline my day for you. How about today? Let me warn you. Today I was the first bad day that I've had in a really really long time. Like, since Junior high when my so-called-friend stole a journal that my friend and I had and read it to all the boys in the bathroom. Luckily, I didn't reveal anything personal.

John and I came home last night from a 2 day trip to Utah and we came home to NOTHING working in our house. We had no running water because all the pipes froze. You know that no running water means? That means no showering and no showering means me being really grumpy and really stinky.

I woke up around 8:30 because I had a meeting and I needed to leave my house at 8:45. Didn't shower, nothing. I did brush my teeth. Nasty breath makes me gag.

My sister wants deep details so let me tell you about the joys of brushing my teeth. I always use to love brushing my teeth. I use to brush my teeth so many times each day that my dentist told me I brushed too much and that I needed to cut down. Not a problem now. I DREAD brushing my teeth. As a pregnant lady, I have a super bad gag reflex. Between 3-6 monthish of pregnancy, I threw up 25% of the time that I brushed my teeth. Let's just say it's not my favorite thing to do anymore.

Don't even get me started on flossing.

John didn't have to leave for work until 10:30 today so I drove his car to my early meeting. It's a stick shift and it was not in the mood to shift this morning. It was -18 degrees outside. My nose hairs froze and everything. I guess it's a good thing that my water pipes are frozen because if I showered my hair would have turned into a very large ice cube.

My body doesn't work as well as it use to. I can never get comfortable, every part of my body is sore (even the unmentionable parts), and even my insides don't like their habitat. Being in Utah for 2 days, I stayed pretty busy and didn't sleep a full 8 hours at night. Today was my day to catch up on sleep. 4 hour nap did the trick.

I feel like the only time that my body doesn't hurt is when I'm asleep. That is, as soon as I fall asleep. I find sleep is the only way to escape my body pain problems. Then when I realized that I've taken a two hour nap, I get all mad that I wasted that time when I could have been blogging.

Boring enough for you Amanda?

I haven't done the dishes in days. Nope, almost a week. I think Friday was the last day. Saturday, I spent all day in Idaho Falls and came home to exhausted to do anything, then Sunday we had to go to Salt Lake and when I got back, there was no running water. Hmm, today is Wednesday. Nasty huh. Don't worry. I bought plastic bowls today for my cereal and I always have my supply of paper plates.

I had to shower at a friend's house because I smelled so bad I even wanted to vomit. When John got home, he showered at our neighbor's house. We're going to test out this every-other-day shower technique and see how it works for us. So far, I'm not a fan.

How can people go so long without showering?

That leaves me to where I am now. Sitting on the couch, procrastinating going to bed because that means going to the bathroom ever hour until the morning. My friend just went into labor and she is 2 weeks early with her baby. I have to say, I'm a little envious, but I guess I have to do the dishes before the baby comes anyway. That might take the rest of the month.

So, if you have stuck around this long, shoot me a comment because I doubt anyone read this entire thing. If there are a lot of misspellings to incorrect grammar, I think you can understand why: I don't want to proof read it.

I actually have a to-do list tomorrow. Doesn't mean that I will do everything on the list. It depends how my body is. As for right now, I still have the same muscle super sore that I get massaged every night and I am breathing heavier than a fat man that just ran a marathon. Who knew that just sitting on the couch and typing could make me so out of breath? I blame it on my child that is smashing my lungs, but who knows? Maybe I am really THAT out of shape.