Gloom, despair and agony on me...

Sing along with me if you know the words.

...Deep dark depression excessive misery
If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all
Gloom, despair and agony on me.

So maybe life isn't quite that bad...but I'm feeling mighty low. I think I need a good moan.

It's been hot the last couple days. Really hot. And for you mommies out there, you know what it's like to be pregnant and hot. Not fun. Pregnant hot is a special kind of hot. A pregnant woman can never truely escape the heat because she is generating the heat itself. That's why pregnant women like ice cream so much. It's the only thing that can cool us off from the inside.

I feel pregnant....REALLY pregnant. The belly gets in the way. My back aches. My legs bother me. I can't even put a band-aid on my toe without resorting to circus-like contortions. My energy is sapped. My motivation is lower. There is stuff I need to do and want to do and there just isn't enough time or energy in me to do it all.

It's frustrating....and I still have 12 more weeks to go. Heaven help me! July 25 can't come fast enough. But by then I'll be recovering from major surgery, have a new infant keeping me up at night, a full time office job, a five year old who still requires a great deal of attention, a spouse attending graduate school two nights a week and the house will still be a wreck. If there was ever a time I needed divine intervention, it is now.

Give me strength!