The Quest to become the most boring person within my zip code… in 32 days or less!
June 4, 2009 (Thursday)
Since I had nothing planned for today… oh wait, I’m not allowed to have anything planned for today, so let's leave that line of thought.
Anyway, I decided that today is a good time to start cleaning out the room I want my future baby to use. I don’t actually have to do any work. I can just tell my housekeeper what to do.
After MG left for work, I asked the housekeeper to help me upstairs. I asked her to take out all the contents of the closet in my baby’s future room and lay everything on the floor. When all the stuff was laid out on the floor, I had her check what was inside boxes but I wasn’t really in the mood and in the condition to really go through everything. I classified stuff as “big boxes”, “medium boxes” and “small boxes”. I’ll improve my sorting classification in the future when I’m feeling better.
We then moved on to the other room where all the stuff from baby’s room are going to go. It was important to fit everything inside the closet in this other room. Our guests use this room so I had to keep it in order in spite of the added junk I was about to add from the other room. It was much easier that I thought, since I didn’t have to do any lifting. Even with the hour it took for my housekeeper and I to break for lunch, we were done by early afternoon.
My baby’s room is now clean and ready! (Ok so the baby is not really going to stay there but I need somewhere to keep his/her stuff).
I spent part of the afternoon sorting through some papers from my first job that I found in the closet. I plan to use them as scratch paper and I have a decent-sized pile after I finished, as well as old folders that the papers came in that are unmarked (recycling is in! Let's all go green!) I set them aside to bring to the office on Monday. I then spent the rest of the afternoon cross stitching *groan*. I know, I know… life can get really exciting sometimes huh? It’s one of the things I can do while in bed!
As I was waiting to fall asleep this evening, I turned on the TV. It is a bit late and way past my normal bedtime, but The Other Boleyn Girl was showing. I have always wanted to see that movie but never had the time to so I decided to watch. There was this part when Mary Boleyn started bleeding while she was carrying the king’s illegitimate baby. Those attending to her told her parents that she has to start lying in. So that’s what they called this during their day, lying in. Well, I hope I won’t have to be lying in for long.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Tales of the Bored - Day 5
The Quest to become the most boring person within my zip code… in 32 days or less!
June 3, 2009 (Wednesday)
The day started out like any normal working day for me. I woke up later than I usually would have which means I had breakfast late… and I took my medicine late. I wanted to take my medicine early in the morning so the side effect would have worn off by the time I get to work, but last night, I remembered I have a meeting scheduled for this afternoon which was to last until 7PM (past my normal working hours). That meant I can go to work later than usual to offset the extra hours I would have to spend in the office for my meeting in the afternoon. I decided not to set my alarm so I can have a few extra hours of sleep.
When I got to work, I did the usual stuff. I turned on my PC, checked my mail, and started drafting a process document I was working on. Thirty minutes into my working day, I started to feel funny. I was literally falling asleep on my desk. I couldn’t hold my head up. I felt that I didn’t have the strength to. I tried resting for a while, thinking it was fatigue. I mean I get tired more easily these days. But nothing worked.
My boss wasn’t at his table at this time so I decided to wait for him and tell him I’m taking half the day off. It was another 30 minutes before I decided I can’t wait a few more hours to complete a half-day so I decided to tell my boss there and then and just forget I went to work that day.
I went to bed immediately when I got home. I was able to get a few minutes rest before my housekeeper had lunch ready. After eating, I decided to take another shower to cool off. That’s when I found out that I was bleeding again. Only a few drops actually but I remember that my doctor said that if bleeding occurs again, I will have to go on bed rest for a week.
I called my doctor to inform her. She advised me to go on bed rest for a week and to see her if bleeding continues.
I spent the afternoon in bed, reading a book MG bought about the 92nd Signal Battalion during WWII.
June 3, 2009 (Wednesday)
The day started out like any normal working day for me. I woke up later than I usually would have which means I had breakfast late… and I took my medicine late. I wanted to take my medicine early in the morning so the side effect would have worn off by the time I get to work, but last night, I remembered I have a meeting scheduled for this afternoon which was to last until 7PM (past my normal working hours). That meant I can go to work later than usual to offset the extra hours I would have to spend in the office for my meeting in the afternoon. I decided not to set my alarm so I can have a few extra hours of sleep.
When I got to work, I did the usual stuff. I turned on my PC, checked my mail, and started drafting a process document I was working on. Thirty minutes into my working day, I started to feel funny. I was literally falling asleep on my desk. I couldn’t hold my head up. I felt that I didn’t have the strength to. I tried resting for a while, thinking it was fatigue. I mean I get tired more easily these days. But nothing worked.
My boss wasn’t at his table at this time so I decided to wait for him and tell him I’m taking half the day off. It was another 30 minutes before I decided I can’t wait a few more hours to complete a half-day so I decided to tell my boss there and then and just forget I went to work that day.
I went to bed immediately when I got home. I was able to get a few minutes rest before my housekeeper had lunch ready. After eating, I decided to take another shower to cool off. That’s when I found out that I was bleeding again. Only a few drops actually but I remember that my doctor said that if bleeding occurs again, I will have to go on bed rest for a week.
I called my doctor to inform her. She advised me to go on bed rest for a week and to see her if bleeding continues.
I spent the afternoon in bed, reading a book MG bought about the 92nd Signal Battalion during WWII.
Tales of the Bored - Day 4
The Quest to become the most boring person within my zip code… in 32 days or less!
June 2, 2009 (Tuesday)
I’m back at the office. I never thought I’d actually miss going to work but faced with the possibility of bed rest… it makes going to work actually exciting: free air conditioning & internet, a mall within walking distance, and people around me to talk to.
Well, my bed rest wasn’t too bad. Even before I got pregnant, I had always been afraid of the possibility that it would happen to me. I hear about friends being confined to their beds for weeks. The idea is unthinkable to me.
When I got to the office, more good news… Facebook can be accessed again! The site had been blocked for a week last week and I was afraid it will be blocked forever. Unthinkable!! (Come to think of it, the doctors were asking me while I was under observation in the Labor Room last Saturday if there was something stressing me out or bothering me at work… I think losing Facebook was probably it, hehe).
Earlier today, I decided to go to work earlier than usual so I can go home earlier. I was hoping to be home by the time my medicine’s side effect kicks in. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to make it to work as early as I had hoped so I was still at work when I took the medicine and the side effect kicked in. By the time I went downstairs to wait for a cab, I was fighting my body as it seemed to be shutting down with fatigue. I made it home safely but I told my husband he may have to start picking me up from work in the afternoons since I feel too tired to go home by myself.
June 2, 2009 (Tuesday)
I’m back at the office. I never thought I’d actually miss going to work but faced with the possibility of bed rest… it makes going to work actually exciting: free air conditioning & internet, a mall within walking distance, and people around me to talk to.
Well, my bed rest wasn’t too bad. Even before I got pregnant, I had always been afraid of the possibility that it would happen to me. I hear about friends being confined to their beds for weeks. The idea is unthinkable to me.
When I got to the office, more good news… Facebook can be accessed again! The site had been blocked for a week last week and I was afraid it will be blocked forever. Unthinkable!! (Come to think of it, the doctors were asking me while I was under observation in the Labor Room last Saturday if there was something stressing me out or bothering me at work… I think losing Facebook was probably it, hehe).
Earlier today, I decided to go to work earlier than usual so I can go home earlier. I was hoping to be home by the time my medicine’s side effect kicks in. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to make it to work as early as I had hoped so I was still at work when I took the medicine and the side effect kicked in. By the time I went downstairs to wait for a cab, I was fighting my body as it seemed to be shutting down with fatigue. I made it home safely but I told my husband he may have to start picking me up from work in the afternoons since I feel too tired to go home by myself.
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