Its official: I'm a dork!

I've placed two books on hold at the library and am eagerly anticipating their arrival. I get so excited every time Bev (head of circulation at Alcuin) stops by my office because I think she is dropping off one of those new books. Finally one of the two arrived yesterday, which is great timing because I finished the book by Madeleine Wickman, "The Gatecrasher". The book I just got is Maeve Binchy's new book, "Heart and Soul". The other book I'm waiting for is the third in the Spellman series entitled, "Curse of the Spellmans". I love those books!

It's a...

Healthy baby! I went in for my ultrasound last week, and was told that the baby is developing right on schedule and everything looks good. All the measurements they took aligned with their books. I'm really happy to get that news! I feel the baby move or flutter around more and more each day. The baby was quite active during the ultrasound. It makes me think I might be in trouble! The baby made me gain 10 pounds in the last month (notice it is the baby's fault for my weight gain not mine and the ice cream I eat)! NOT HAPPY! It only really likes food that isn't that good for you (ring bologna? - gross!).

Oh! And I guess the other piece of news to share is that it is a boy! So I need to stock up on green clothes. Yes green. I had to think about this when my dad said he needed to know whether or not to buy "pink or green". No blue is allowed on his grandchild since that is the color of the University of Michigan, and green is Michigan State. If you know my dad this shouldn't strike you as odd.

A few of my favorite things...

I suppose I've had a few cravings. Certain foods that I really like:

Chips - preferably Doritos but anything as long as they aren't plain...though I suppose plain would be okay as long as I had dip with it
Pudding - preferable vanilla or coconut cream
Bacon - I could eat that every day
Ring bologna - disgusting, yet so yummy
Chicken from a can - disgusting, yet I make that Asian Chicken appetizer (see previous blogs for recipe), so yummy
Waffles - breakfast staple right now
Ice cream - I was into cupcakes when I first discovered I was pregnant but now only want ice cream
Chipotle - always up for a steak burrito
Cottage cheese - yummy!
Chocolate soy milk - so yummy!

Things I can not eat (look at...smell):

Chicken (unless in a can - see above)
Hamburger - unlike chicken I can eat a hamburger but do not want to touch it; chicken don't want to touch or eat except if I buy it in the deli section; a couple fried chicken legs are okay but that is it!

Hmm...I guess that is it for the cravings. It is still hard to make dinners though. I thought sloppy joes (with turkey meat) sounded good. Made it up and it is still sitting in the refrigerator. Will freeze it for later consumption. Mainly I like my fruits and vegetables.

20 Week Bump

I'm getting a little bigger...

Welcome to my office

I've been going on and on (and on) about what a mess my office is at work. I decided to take some pictures as proof. All the documents that you see in the pictures need to be withdrawn out of our catalog and then either offered to our regional library (they have to keep all government documents) or tossed. Also, I have no idea what is in any of these piles. There is NO system whatsoever regarding how we put this on the floor. AND this isn't everything! We still have several boxes down in the basement that we need to take care of. Talk about job security! We shifted the entire government documents collection and in the process withdrew quite a bit of it. It has been a very busy month!

So, Welcome to the Government Documents Office:


(I tell the first years that my office has the "Love the Librarian" poster on it and why would you NOT love a librarian? They just stare at me blankly.)

Here is some of the microfiche that we've withdrawn over the last year. We are almost done with that project. Brother Paul still has a few to download and add to our catalog.



So this is my side of the office:



Here are various angles of all the crap I need to take care of:

(Front of Desk)



(Right of desk)

The rest are pictures of Brother Paul's 1/2 of the office:



(Front of Brother Paul's desk)

And finally government documents that we've recently received that I have no idea how to handle (we got a new catalog and it is all a mess for me!):

Nothing too exciting happening around here. I can't get enough sleep it seems. I don't know if it is because I'm sick of winter or the pregnancy but I have zero motivation. I seriously just want to sleep. I don't necessarily sleep well at night so that might be why I feel tired all the time. I wake up quite a bit and am restless.

I called the doctor's office this morning. I was a little worried that I might have done more heavy lifting than what I should be doing (and I did). It felt like I pulled something and there was a bit of weird pain on my left side. Nothing to worry about. I probably did overdue the lifting of books and also I am probably stretching, making room for baby. We are shifting the entire government documents collection, and I've shifted a lot of it as well as pushed heavy carts back to my office of items we are no longer keeping in our collection. My office is a mess. I'm surprised I haven't gotten claustraphobic. it is a mess. They are looking to hire someone for my position (I'd change job responsibilities), and I really hope it happens so this mess can become there problem! Though I wouldn't do that because I'd feel bad. BUT I do think I should do something about the mess before people come to visit the campus. Don't want to scare them away from the job!

My belly is definitely getting bigger. I bought some new sweatpants so I could wear them this week (it is spring break around here so no need to look nice), and this weekend I'll shop for maternity wear. I am honestly not looking forward to it. I looked at Target on Sunday and they didn't have anything. Mostly spring. I can't wear that yet. We still have snow on the ground! I'll freeze! I've gotten recommendations of stores to shop at so I'll try those places. Plus I think I'll shop at Goodwill and Savers (a second hand store). It will be nice though to have clothes that fit me instead of push against my belly.

I'm still not believing I'm pregnant. It just seems so weird to be talking about this!