Monday, November 24, 2008

short week!

this week mark and i have thursday and friday off for thanksgiving. that translates to one thing in my mind right now...even though today is technically monday it's really like wednesday! oh i'm excited! and if you count out working and sleeping and traveling and eating i only have like 8 hours until i'm on vacation! 8 HOURS PEOPLE! who's more excited than me?!

Thursday, November 20, 2008

I passed!

I passed my insurance exam! I would love to say I passed with flying colors...but the truth is I don't know if I did or not. After you take the test they basically tell you that you passed or you failed. And I never heard the word "fail" so it was nothing but good news for me.

I'm sick of studying...but now I'm starting to study for the Series 66 exam. (It's boring subject matter, you want to hear about it about as much as I want to study it...so I won't subject you to any of it.) I have to pass it by December 31, and then after that I have to complete my continuing education requirement for my Series 63 and Series 6 by February 19. And then I can start studying for the GMAT...so I can get into graduate school...so I can study for the next 3 years straight. Woo hoo! I'll be done with the studying in about 2013...just in time to start helping my kid with their homework. Education...isn't it grand!?

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Study time!

So I've been studying pretty hard for the last few days for my Insurance Licensing exam. I take the exam tomorrow and I'm super nervous. I've been done with college for 2 1/2 years and I'm still studying constantly. It never ends. I know I should be hungry for knowledge...but screw that. When you're forced to do something you never want to do it...but when school is your choice you're actually willing to study and learn. But this forced education blows toenails! I'll let you know what the outcome is tomorrow.

One last thought on this...who thinks it's a smart thing to ask a pregnant lady to memorize a lot of BORING facts and then remember the information for a license. Psst...we pregnant ladies tend to be forgetful. Not a good combination! Seriously. Ok, I'm done ranting.

Friday, November 14, 2008

Ultrasound excitement...and guilt!

so yesterday i went in for chromisomal abnormality testing for the little pea. i thought it was just going to be blood work so i didn't ask mark to get off work in time to be there. well, come to find out they do an ultrasound too. i was so excited! but i feel horrible that mark couldn't be there. he said i didn't know so i shouldn't feel bad. but i still do.

they spent a lot of time looking at the neck and head of our little pea and i could have sat there watching him move and suck his thumb for hours. they were trying to get a shot of the little one's nose, but he kept holding his arm up near his face they couldn't get a clear picture. i love my little pea so much! i can't wait to hug and kiss him! (please remember we still don't know if we're having a boy or a girl yet...i just really feel horrible referring to our blessing as "it" so we use "him" a lot instead)

Here are pics of the ultrasound shots we got. sorry if they're hard to see - first given they are ultrasound pics (brittney shouldn't have any problems in this area! she's seen about eleventy billion of these things!) and second because they're a picture of an ultrasound picture on a cell phone camera. this is the only way i can post them though! thanks for understanding!


Wednesday, November 12, 2008

The 2nd baby's appointment

So I went to the baby's doc yesterday and heard the little pea's heartbeat! The little one had a heartbeat of 170 (110-180 is normal). And apparently there is no truth to the myth that the speed of the heartbeat is a preditctor of the gender...so don't read into it. I was so excited! And one of the things that I was super pumped about is I only gained 1 1/2 pounds in the last 5 weeks! My clothes are fitting so tight and I'm already needing to go get preggo clothes so I can be comfy for once. The doctor that ran the appointment reminded me in a very eerie way of my ex, Matt. Thank goodness he is not my doctor! I couldn't do it if he was our doc. I had blood drawn to test for Cerebral Palsy yesterday and tomorrow I am going in to test for Down Syndrome. So much blood work! I am on cloud 9 today from hearing the little pea's heart pounding away so strong! I love this little guy so much already! I'll keep you up-to-date with all of the preggers stuff!