a day of learning and preparing...hee hee whoooooo!

Jordan and I spent the day at the hospital today.......learning all about childbirth and labor from 9-5! It made for a long day but I'm happy they offer the Saturday Seminar classes because we didn't want to do four Monday nights from 6:30-9:00pm after having a long day of work already! It made for a long day being at the hospital all day long and having information constantly thrown at us but we definitely learned a lot and I'm starting to feel more prepared about labor and our hospital experience! We saw some videos of birth, some of which were just animations and then we saw the real deal, and while they were helpful, it made Jordan and I both feel kind of grossed out by the whole thing! They passed around a plastic tray that had raised circles on it that showed the progression of the cervix opening up to 10cm and let me just say, that it is not normal to just have a hole of that size form on your body! Wow! But then I kept looking at it and was freaking out to Jordan saying, "that's not big enough! that's not normal! what is happening to me and how am I going to survive this?!!" It's safe to say that two of my biggest fears about labor and delivery are having an emergency c-section or hemorrhaging and bleeding out then dying on the table. I know, I knoooow....I'm being a crazy person but they are legitimate fears and both possibilities which makes it even scarier! All in all, the class was definitely verrrry educational, very helpful, and made us start to feel prepared for what lies ahead of us for when D-Day (delivery-day!) comes! We left with a helpful book and lots of techniques that hopefully we don't forget come the big day to meet our little Peanut!

the first gift of Christmas!

Today I felt like the boy from The Polar Express...because....I got the first gift of Christmas!!! And it was totally unexpected! Today at my 8:05AM class (which I showed up 25 minutes late for...gee thanks a heap snow/ice) my professor said he needed to see all of his TA's immediately after class. Of course, instant paranoia sets in with me. "What's he going to say? Is he mad? Did I do something wrong? Am I not getting an assistantship next semester?!!" Anyway, we all stayed after class and sat there questioning what would he was going be on our case about now....until he walked back into the room with two BIG bags of Christmas presents!!!! Our prof (who is probably mid-50s? maybe 60s?) is a single dude so when each of us girls opened up a scarf from American Eagle it made for quite the laugh. Seriously, I wish I could have seen him buying 6 of these scarves. And on top of that he also gave us each a Christmas card with a real genuine note from him. Basically, he said I'm awesome and he can't wait to have me around for the next 2 years in the program AND also to TA and help him with class. So if that's an offer for an assistantship each semester, I'll take it. Merry Christmas to me!


In other news, I helped my friend Hilary today bust down her basement wall and save her sister's dog that she is dog-sitting for the week. Meekah, the dog, really brought this on herself because at some point, she jumped up on the door handle and locked herself in. So instead of there being a key for the door anywhere, we had to go all Animal Cops and ASPCA on the basement. Breaking in through the wall paneling was really the only option. Needless to say, without the help of any guys, google OR pinterest, we combined our strength and tore through the wall. Saved the dog (let her out of the room...it's not like there was a fire and that we had to "save" her from anything.) Patched up the wall. And it looks good as new just like that. 


And lastly, my day ended by having a long dinner with my friend Lea. Is there anything better than sharing a delish dinner with a good friend? Eat in 20 minutes but end up staying there for almost two hours? I love it. There's nothing like some quality time with my girl friends. We get each other's jokes, reminisce about old stories and we can vent for hours, obviously. And never get sick of it. Nothing makes my heart feel more full and happy after such a wonderful day spent with two of my closest friends and then ending the night snuggling with the boy and pup.

Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see. 

-The Polar Express