Monday, May 15, 2006

Flat out and frazzled!

Geez! What a whirlwind of the last 3 weeks.

The last 2 weeks starting May 1 have been flat out at work as I work in a Nursery and one of the main gifts for mother's day, FLOWERS. Have been working overtime and extra hours hence not being able to get near the internet while at work and being so tired when I come home that I just didn't have the energy.

I am sorry if I worried anyone with my absence but now that things are quite (and trust me, work will now be dead until spring, September) I should be able to update everyday.

I finally bit the bullet on the 27th of April and told my boss about being pregnant (as I couldn't do overtime on the 5th of May as I was having my scan) and I must say since then, I have been getting not so nice treatment from both of them including getting blamed for mistakes that aren't my fault and even being told I have done invoices wrong but when I bring them up on the computer they are right and not even getting an apology. In fact last Thursday when this invoice issue arose, I was in tears. Pete called me for some other reason and was crying my eyes out to him. He told me if they keep it up to give my notice. It is very uncomfortable now coming to work.

I was talking to him on the weekend about when I would leave. I was going to leave at the beginning of October so I could have about 6 weeks one on one time with Bethany before bubs comes along. But since the atmosphere here has worsened, I have looked into the benefits we would get if I stopped working at the end of the financial year (June 30). If I keep working until October, when bubs comes we will get nearly $30 a fortnight less than if I stop working at the end of June. The problem is if I stop in June, we will be $50 a fortnight worse off for July, Aug and Sept but Pete reckons we could wear that.

So now I am waiting to see if things come up with my boss now that the busy time is finished. You see she is leaving at the end of Aug to have her bub so they will have to get someone in to take over from her (they wanted me to do it but had already told them before getting pregnant that I couldn't) and then someone to take over from me if I stay until October.

OK that's enough work talk, am getting a majore headache already.

Well as I mentioned we went for my scan on Friday May 5. As soon as the technicain put the scanner on my tummy I saw bubs, the heartbeat and started crying. I felt so relieved just to know that bubs was still holding on. He took measurements and showed us its legs, crossed in front. We saw both arms as to begin with bubs was waving. Then it started jumping like it had the hiccups. Then it started sucking its thumb and fell asleep. It was totally awesome. He even zoomed in on its head so we could clearly see it sucking.

We didn't take Bethany to this one, just in case. I made the appointment for while she was at school. But when I go for my 20 week scan we are going to take her.

Am still feeling really tired. My nausea has changed. I still feel weired during the day and have aweful tastes in my mouth but now the actual morning sickness doesn't really hit until 6pm at night! This is making dinner time quite terrible and the rest of the night just aweful. Hopefully, now that the nausea is later, the next stage may be to disappear altogether. One can only keep their fingers crossed.

Geez, I think I have written enough to start a book. That's all for today but promise to be back on top of things now that I have the time. Thanks to all for sticking with me.
Posted by Kim :: 8:08 AM :: 3 Comments:

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