Part IA, Part UP

Whale watching for your 29th sounds so awesome!

Mine:

UP: They FINALLY managed to hold it all together long enough for hubby's test results to come back negative (as we knew) for TB, since it was just the same sneezing yuck everyone had in early April. He will finally be going to the embassy in London on Wednesday for his interview. It was looking like he might have had to postpone his flight AGAIN making it a lot longer before we were together again.

IA: Since finding out a few days ago, sleep is hard to come by. There shouldn't be any problems, but the way the simple medical exam became a long, drawn out thing has us spooked.

UP: My nephew spent the night last night, so he and I stayed up WAY past our bedtime watching a DVD of 150 classic cartoons, and giggled half the night to Betty Boop, Felix the Cat and other classics.

UP: I'm finally far enough along in my pregnancy (14 weeks) to attend the ante-natal water aerobics class at my local leisure centre, as per the NHS Highland Obstetric Physiotherapy flier I got when I went for my ultra-sound.

IA: The local leisure centre had no idea what I was talking about as they haven't offered an ante-natal water aerobics class in years.  Though I'm not the first person to ask about said class this month.

UP: I went and swam laps anyway and it felt really good. I spent most of the last three months in bed feeling nauseas and it was good to get out and move.

IA: A life-guard kicked me out of the slow lane. I've been swimming there for three years and I've never seen the lane speeds enforced (including times when teenagers have been hanging on the lane lines, not even pretending to swim, in the fast lane) so I always pick lanes by how many people are in it and if I think they're around my speed.  The guy in that lane was, I felt, a good match and if he knew how to do flip/tumble turns and didn't keep stopping at the wall, I'm pretty sure it would've been 10-15 laps before I passed him. As it was it took me 6 laps, which is also when a really slow lady joined us and the lifeguard kicked me into the fast lane with a kid who was much faster than me when he bothered to do a lap and a lane-hog the rest of the time. Which is why I didn't get in that lane in the first place. (The Mr Almost-My-Speed got kicked over the other direction into the medium lane, leaving Mrs Heads-up-Breaststroke her own lane.)

UP: Mr Speedy-I-Need-the-Whole-Lane got out about five minutes after that and while another guy got in, he was actually there to swim and had a much stronger grasp on lane etiquette.

UP: I'm finally far enough along in my pregnancy (14 weeks) to attend the ante-natal water aerobics class at my local leisure centre, as per the NHS Highland Obstetric Physiotherapy flier I got when I went for my ultra-sound.

I've been taking an Aqua Zumba class twice a week since I was just a couple of months pregnant and I'm 34 weeks now and still taking it. Even if they don't have designated ante-natal classes, just take a regular water aerobics class if they offer one. You don't really sweat and you can't hurt yourself by falling over. It's been awesome and I feel great when I'm done. It's great for water retention and gives me sweet relief from my cankles for a little while! 

I've been taking an Aqua Zumba class twice a week since I was just a couple of months pregnant and I'm 34 weeks now and still taking it. Even if they don't have designated ante-natal classes, just take a regular water aerobics class if they offer one. You don't really sweat and you can't hurt yourself by falling over. It's been awesome and I feel great when I'm done. It's great for water retention and gives me sweet relief from my cankles for a little while! 

I was mostly interested in meeting other pregnant women and possibly make a friend  I've dropped in on a few water aerobics classes and, honestly, I'd rather swim 

IA: The ipad that I "inherited" from the BF wigged out a couple of weeks ago and refused to display things normally. Spent an hour at the apple store to be told there's nothing that could be done to fix it.

UP: Bought myself a new one (which I've always said I would never do, but at least it can be a business expense), and it's shiny.

IA: The old ipad resurrected itself last night, mysteriously! So I could have not spent over £350, even if it was out of my business account.

UP: The new ipad is still way nicer/shinier/etc. Yay for skipping 2 model generations.

I was mostly interested in meeting other pregnant women and possibly make a friend  I've dropped in on a few water aerobics classes and, honestly, I'd rather swim 

Yeah, that's the down side that there aren't any other pregnant women in my class. Fortunately, I have some friends around here who were pregnant/just had babies so I'm okay on that front.

Enjoy your swimming! 

UP I am falling in love with Seattle and feel like I could have a really nice chilled out life here
IA Shame I turned that job down here last year.

Also, I'm too insane/driven to live a chilled out life right? Maladaptive perfectionism would just kick in anyway.

IA: I've had some kind of stomach thing the past few days. I thought I was on the mend yesterday and felt pretty good, but I woke up this morning sick again. 

UP: I at least managed to keep a meet up with a new guy last night. It turned out to be way more of a date than I was expecting, but it was a very good one. 

IA: I've had some kind of stomach thing the past few days. I thought I was on the mend yesterday and felt pretty good, but I woke up this morning sick again. 

UP: I at least managed to keep a meet up with a new guy last night. It turned out to be way more of a date than I was expecting, but it was a very good one. 

Boo to being ill, but yay for a good date!

Up: Got the keys to the new house we are renting yesterday! I LOVE IT!!! (Now I've got my own back yard!! Yayyy!!)

Down: Having to move by yourself until your husband gets back from his work trip...(He'll be back tomorrow afternoon though)

Up: Both hubby and I have all next week off to settle in the new place!! 

Boo to being ill, but yay for a good date!

Thanks! 

IA: Planning my travel for a short-notice conference is slightly doing my head in.
UP: The transport is so annoying because the conference is at a resort in the Tuscan hills! I think I'll manage! 

IA: Got invited to J's parents for dinner last night.  I was shattered and hungover from camping/partying/playing at a music festival all weekend     and going over there meant I had to be on my good behaviour as I can't relax with them.

UP:  It was actually (shock!  ) a  decent night and very chilled, surprisingly.  His Mum was in good spirits since it was her birthday.    And I didn't have to cook!!! Which I didn't want to do since I was re: shattered and hungover from camping/partying/playing at a music festival all weekend. And the food was very good (Beef casserole, mash and veg and some nice red wine)  -So yay!

UP: I sold my house!!!!!!!!!!!! Made a tiny bit of money doing it, too. (Not with purchase price, but totalling repairs/money spent to sell - check size at closing.)

IA: Still have bills and repairs and whatnot trickling in. Should be all settled by the end of the week, though (fingers crossed!).

UP: Way easier taxes for the US (and UK, for that matter) from now on. Yay!

UP: I sold my house!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAY!