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Face…arms…veins 🔥

I am someone who really tries not to be a complainer. However. This winter weather is beating the absolute life out of my sinuses and I am about up to here with it. I think being pregnant is also compounding the issue, because I would normally notice significant relief with a humidifier, but even though I’m sleeping inches from one, it makes no difference. How can a nose be constantly congested and snotty and yet also so painfully dry? Not to mention the tiny cuts all over my hands from being dry as a bone. Biology, you dick.

You ever get the sensation that you’re on the hamster wheel, so to speak? Every day is the same? Get up, care for other people, work, juggle a bunch of tasks you have no energy for, think about how tired you are, eat, pray you get some sleep that night, go to bed, repeat. I’m definitely riding that wheel these days and I think the fact that it’s like 3*F outside all the time is making it more intense.

Thank goodness for things like a hot bowl of chili. And for my anatomy scan, which was yesterday, which went really well. It was awesome getting to have B there — he loved being able to see this one, since he couldn’t come to pep’s. I also got to see the doctor who delivered pep, which was great.

The last few days, pep has been running a fever resulting from the MMR and chicken pox vaccines he got recently. After speaking to the pediatrician yesterday, she set my mind at ease, but man I was freaking out there for a bit. It’s scary to see 103-104* on a thermometer while you’re doing everything you can to care for this tiny baby. It makes them seem all the more tiny and helpless and vulnerable. This morning we woke up and the fever had broken overnight. 98.7*. Talk about a huge sigh of relief. He’s still massively fussy — more so than when he actually had a fever — but I hope that’ll wear off.

I’m just now finishing up work for the day — off to do my mom duties for an hour or two before I can relax a bit before bed. I think tonight calls for some hot tea and honey and some comfort tv. Speaking of which: has anyone watched The Woman in the House across the Street from the Girl in the Window? It’s on Netflix and friends, I loved it. I love Kristen Bell, so I’m biased, but it’s worth a watch. Now we’re rewatching season 1 of The Righteous Gemstones so that we can roll right into season 2. Another great show.

Happy Birthday Soul!!! 🖤🐉🖤