A Dazzling 39 weeks

Wow, haven't posted a preggo-pic in a while and the change is a bit staggering. I am down to about 3 shirts that are acceptable work-attire that are not super-tight. I have to explain this shirt, though. My older sister was at a White Elephant Christmas party with her small group and their friend Rod (over 6' and 200 lbs. I think) got this as a gift. He put it on and everyone laughed but Megan ended up trading for it because she was pregnant at the time. I got it in the tub of maternity clothes from her and ended up wearing it last week after trying on about 5 other shirts. My brother-in-law thinks it's pretty awful, but I think it's because he can't get the picture of Rod wearing it out of his head.

I think the designer of this shirt was inspired by "Dazzle Camouflage" made popular in WW1 as a way to paint battleships to confuse the enemy. Apparently the "complex pattern of geometric shapes in contrasting colors, interrupting and intersecting each other"made it hard for the enemies to judge size and distance. Definitely the goal I am going for.

Besides a limited number of shirts, the pants pickings are getting awful slim as well (or opposite of slim if you want to be technical). I've worn skirts for a couple days now because all the work pants I've borrowed are too tight! One more day of dressing up and then casual day Friday! I do have some jeans I can still wear since I don't think the SDSU football camp t-shirt and DH's basketball shorts I am wearing right now will work...even for casual Friday.

I feel like I've been running on adrenaline most days here--putting in some later nights at work to get some things in order since Friday is going to be my last day. My ankles are quite fat when I crash at the end of the day, but the doc isn't worried about the fluid retention since my blood pressure remains low. I have an appointment tomorrow but am expecting them to tell me to be patient! My prediction--nothing happens until NEXT weekend or I go all the way to 41 weeks. In some ways I am ready to get this show on the road, but in some ways it would be nice to have a few days off next week to get some projects finished up around here and actually RESTING like everyone is telling me to do before the up-all-nights begin.

We'll see what Baby Boone decides!