Good morning! It's a quiet morning here, no baby today. I'm sitting downstairs by myself listening tithe quiet, the window fan humming behind me, the sound of the occasional car going swoosh as they pass by and the birds are some kind of a frenzy outside the window, not sure if play or over food. It's so relaxing.

I didn't make it to the baby shower yesterday due to the clean out, very disappointed but I do feel better. It's sad I missed it, because he proposed with a real ring, he had proposed earlier but neither had money and decided no ring but they referred to one another as fiancé and so did we. Well he got her good, the last gift was a onesie and on the back it said "will you marry me?" She cried, everyone cried i was told. My sister said the ring is beautiful, he's had it on layaway at Kay Jewelers since December 2012 paying just enough that she wouldn't question were the money was going. I'm so happy for them, she is wonderful and the best thing that ever happened to him. This girl is special, she straightened him out, he said 'she makes him want to be a better man " and honestly he is. Now they have the baby due Oct 2nd but everyone is hoping for Sept. 29th...my Mom's birthday. It would be nice but first babies usually aren't in a rush to come out.


Since I missed the shower I will mail my gift to the house because I doubt I will make it up there before the baby is due. I talked to my niece yesterday and explained, she was very understanding and I'm sure the kids would be as well. I have to make an appointment with the GI doctor for Friday. Not sure where we go from here.
I have prescriptions for medicine to make things move and I'm not even sure if I got everything out...I would hope so but the X-ray was so badly packed I just don't know. Gosh it sucks to be over 40 sometimes.

The good news is my back isn't hurting as bad or I should say hardly at all. I weighed in this morning and I'm down to 197.6, how much if that is water weight I don't know. Funny though how everyone (my close friends and family) that know what's going on because of all the tests and appointments start to tell me how to eat. They say things like "you need roughage like salad everyday", I counter with no you need fiber everyday and I know how much I get because I track my calories and nutrition daily...I get enough. My eldest sister is cute she said she puts lettuce on her sandwich everyday to stay regular. I had to break it to her that the two leafs of lettuce isn't what's keeping her regular. She was a like w h a t ??? We had a chuckle. I'm glad I can laugh about it but I'm still very worried.

On another note the weather is starting to get crisp here, very weird for August so I think today I will go get a pedicure, shop for a few pair of long pants and find a box to mail my presents in. Come to think of it I have a Rubbermaid container of skinny clothes upstairs, not that I'm skinny but all my clothes that were to small are in there and although I think the seasons are different this time around, there may just be one or two pair of dress pants in there I can use for work. I'm really trying to hold out, I'm tall, all legs and usually pay a lot for pants that fit my length like $60 a pair...I guess I can always have then taken in as I loose but that's an added expense too. I just need like 4 to start because we can wear jeans on Fridays now as long as we are willing to pay a $5 donation for charity.

Well I'm going to the attic and then the shower.

Have a great and slow Sunday