OK, Ask Me What I Did Yesterday...

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mamacatsbaby

Discussion Starter · Apr 4, 2006

Nothing, nada, zilch is what I would tell you! Wait, no, I made of list of things I have to do, and at the top of the list, make to-do list, so I got that done.

AAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!! I am freaking out just a bit!

This is out of control. I thought I was just going to be able to take it easy, get things done little by little, spend some good, chill, quality time with DH

, etc. etc. Ha! Apparently Mother Nature has something altogether different in store for me.

My brain and every sense in my body is now speeding down one track, (well, for the most part, I mean, here I am on MDC when I need to be doing stuff

) "GET THIS DONE NOW! Do not pass go, do not collect $200, do this and this and this, and you'll get no peace until you do!" Then I hear a maniacal laugh and am left in a fervor of a directionless, hormonal mess.

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The days are melting away before my eyes. And the names, that just might be my undoing. Nothing feels right and we've been looking at tons and tons of them.

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DH has been so good with trying to help me not become completely undone. I've been Laughy, Happy, PG Goddess Lady for the most part of this PG. It's been all good. Now, I've turned into a raving, emotional, you can knock but my brain's out to lunch, lunatic.

This is too hard. I'm not going to make it ladies. ACK! OK, deep breath in.... and release. OK, seriously, I'm going to go do stuff.

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KC in KS

· #2 · Apr 4, 2006

Don't just go "do stuff". Pick one - and only one - thing to do today.

And I don't mean "cook enough food for frozen meals for a month". More like "cook a casserole to freeze".

One item hopefully will be manageable today. It'll get you out of this analysis paralysis.

And if by chance you get TWO things done, it'll be a bonus, and your honey will have to bring you a treat!

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alexisyael

· #3 · Apr 4, 2006

I agree, doing things in smaller pieces is easier... and also, realize that somedays we just need to REST and that's more important than everything on our lists!

Then again, somedays you really do have to call your insurance agent and a locksmith and two general contractors, b/c otherwise you will never be able to move into your new house!

(That was my day yesterday -- I think I got more done than I had in the last MONTH!

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About names: OK, this is hard advice, but it's coming from someone in the same position -- we absolutely cannot find a name we love, either: do not sweat it! Your baby will have a name, eventually. Just b/c it seems like every one else in the Western hemispere gives their baby a name in advance (and EVERY single person you meet asks you what the baby's name is, b/c they think you should already know) does NOT mean that you need to have a name picked out in advance!

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gnutter

· #4 · Apr 4, 2006

I managed to do a little house cleaning-but only because I was mad at dh. For some reason when I get mad I clean LOL!

I am not sleeping at all! So I have pretty much given up on anything getting done besides regular housework-and I am getting ds to do a lot of that. He is becoming an expert at emptying the dishwasher!

only 42 more days until my due date! I will be so glad to get my hormones back

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gnutter

· #5 · Apr 4, 2006

oh and by the way-we finally picked a name!! notice in my signature thread

we finally decided last week! With ds 1 and 2 we didn't have a name until after they were born-ds 1 went two days without a name--he never even noticed

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maybebaby

· #6 · Apr 4, 2006

omgosh, I feel sooo relieved that I'm not the only one! (but I am sorry you're feeling this way too! lol)

Focusing on "one thing" is good advice and I'm going to try that. I seem to get bogged down in the sheer volume of things needing done and I end up not feeling motivated enough to tackle any one of them. My yesterday sounds like your yesterday. Well, wait, at least you got a list made! I got NOTHING done.

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nitareality

· #7 · Apr 4, 2006

I'll try to take that advice too. I'm in the same place. It really seems that just our morning routine saps my energy for hours, then by the time I'm over that it's time to eat. Eating makes me so full and tired, so I rest. Then I have the afternoon routine (schoolwork, etc) and honestly by the time I eat dinner I can't do anything. So frustrating!

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zonapellucida

· #8 · Apr 4, 2006

LOL!! I wish I could help you! At least you have experienced happy pg lady. I have had months of being an emotional wreck. ((((hugs))))

And if it helps, my last child went nameless for a month.

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mamacatsbaby

Discussion Starter · #9 · Apr 5, 2006

You mamas are so awesome!

So that's what I ended up doing, just picking something off the list and starting. Before I knew it the time had become 11 freaking PM or so and I am one sore mama! But that's OK. I'm resting today and I got a huuuge bulk of the big deep cleaning type stuff done and I feel sooo much better. The urge is still there but not at that level of intensity that it was before.

With each thing I completed, I could feel myself relax a notch. Aaaaahhhh....

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alexisyael

· #10 · Apr 5, 2006

And after I told you not to worry about names, I totally started FREAKING out over not having picked a name out, and talked to my DH about it for a long time last night... and then this morning, he came up with a name that we both really rather like. Which may actually end up being our baby's name! Crazy!

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mamacatsbaby

Discussion Starter · #11 · Apr 5, 2006

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Originally Posted by alexisyael
And after I told you not to worry about names, I totally started FREAKING out over not having picked a name out, and talked to my DH about it for a long time last night... and then this morning, he came up with a name that we both really rather like. Which may actually end up being our baby's name! Crazy!

That's so great that you guys may have found a name.

Send some of those naming vibes over this way hmm?

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alexisyael

· #12 · Apr 6, 2006

Well, now I'm waffling about the middle name... but at least we may have a first name!

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