Ahhh, silence.

The kids are at my parents' this week. They are having fun on the farm, riding the Gators (John Deere not Ali-), exploring in the trees, just running around outside. Basically doing all those things that are hard to do in the suburbs. I miss them, but I know how much fun they're having so it's not too bad.

I had forgotten how quiet a house with no kids is. I have not had the TV on all day. I had an early Doctor appointment. From there I went to Jackie's to work for awhile. I stopped at Archivers after that and then came home around 1.30. I did a little more work on the Design Team stuff and then decided I'd just go upstairs and read for a bit. Ha! I read about 5 pages of Harry Potter and fell asleep. It was awesome!

I finally made myself get up around 5. I putzed around doing nothing till Neil came home at 7. I could get used to this. Reality returns on Friday so I've got to make the most of it.

I know I'm only 4.5 weeks, but man, do I feel bloated. I don't think I've gained any weight, but I feel like everything is puffy. Ugh. I'm also having random waves of nausea already. I had this with Emma too. I never actually got sick, but I would suddenly just get a wave of blech. I'd much rather deal with this than with the actual sickness I had with Andy so I'm not going to complain too much. (Well, try not to anyway.)

And now, it's off to bed. Maybe I'll actually read 10 pages tonight.