Can I Get By For Awhile Without Sleeping?

Here's my 36 weeks pic, as promised:

Baby got front.

And here's 36 weeks the first time around:

Look at how little the rest of my body is!  Of course it's summertime and I'm in a tank top in this pic, but I was still smaller overall.

So my laptop updated itself two days ago - a regular system update, nothing unusual - but now my laptop is running sooooooooo sloooooooow.  I have shut it down and restarted it multiple times.....I have removed the latest program update (a Java update)......and I have removed a few programs I didn't think we needed (or had no idea where they came from anyway).  It helped a little, but not fully.  Everything keeps "not responding" and therefore taking forever to respond.  Ugh.  So now I just have to wait for my brother to get back in town to try to figure out what's going on.

My future if I can't figure out this laptop slowdown.

I have a feeling I'm going to be blogging a lot more than usual the next few days (or maybe weeks), since it keeps me occupied while "sitting still".  Granted, I haven't been doing as much "sitting still" as the doctor would like, but I did manage some down time yesterday morning as well as this morning.  And even though Lucas and I did some running around yesterday, I didn't do anything strenuous.  We're going to grab some lunch and go grocery shopping here in a little while, but again, nothing strenuous.  Then tonight I can sit around at my parents' house when we go for dinner and then sit around at my house afterwards before bed.  I've read online that drinking lots of water, soaking in the bathtub and drinking 100% grape juice can help replenish amniotic fluid levels.  I've also read online that drinking lots of water, soaking in the bathtub and drinking 100% grape juice does nothing to help with amniotic fluid levels.  It seems like most women get prescribed bed rest while lying on their left side, which apparently takes pressure off of the placenta.  So over the next few days I guess I'll try drinking lots of water and grape juice, soaking in the tub at bedtime and lounging around on my left side when I'm not busy.  Even if it doesn't work it can't hurt, right?

Speaking of bed, last night's attempt at sleeping STUNK A BIG ONE.  It was all the typical ailments of my current every-nights:  I couldn't get comfortable, I had heartburn, I felt nauseous and the baby (the one in my belly) wouldn't go to sleep.  Then I had the typical wake-up ailments:  I woke up about every two hours to pee, I chewed Tums at every pee break, I'd wake up on my right side with a screaming hip and I'd wake up on my left side with a screaming ribcage.  And I ended up in a hot shower at 5:00am trying to fend off the nausea.  AND my child (the one outside my belly) decided to wake up around 6:30am.  But last night I also had the ADDED SUPER BONUS of burping up my lunch from yesterday, which was like burning acidic lava in my mouth and throat.  I was brushing my teeth and practically eating all the toothpaste throughout the night to try to smother the flame.  It was awful.  FUN TIMES, FUTURE PREGGO LADIES OUT THERE.  Though I really hope you all fall into the group of those "special" people who don't have to deal with heartburn and eating your lunch a second time in acid form.

Equador gets it.

Now that it's December 15th, we finally bought our Christmas tree and broke out the decorations!  Woohoo!  I'll spend tomorrow doing some decorating, even though we don't have very many decorations besides ornaments.  We don't have hardly any decorations for any holiday, really.  I should be hitting up after-holiday sales throughout the year to stock up on decor for the next year.  I know this - I just haven't made it happen yet.