Beware...bit of a Pity Post.

Whew! I finally have caught up with my friends' blog posts. Ok, so except the private blogs....still trying to get there. I got onto my google reader and had 156 unread posts. WOW! I can't keep up. But I did. I love my friends and family and care for all....but I have not been a good blog friend lately. Nor have I been keeping up very well with pics on mine. This post has no pics...just trying to catch up with some journaling. Side note: My sidebar (no pun intended...kidding, I am really trying to be funny here) has disappeared and I want it back. Any tips? I am sitting here in bed with my jammies still on at 3:00 .in the afternoon...sad, I know...I hate this. I have Interstitial Cystitis and I am feeling lousy. It feels like a bladder infection, but its not. My bladder is just always inflamed and when it acts up....it really acts up. So now back to another antibiotic therapy....5 days of hard core antibiotics, followed by 30 days of a mild dose. Talk about weak immune system coming on. So, I have been researching, again, my diet. There are certain foods that I should not be eating with IC, and so therefore and trying to stop. Things such as tomatoes, chocolate (here's where you should really feel sorry for me), strawberries (I think), and more. As of yesterday I began a Detox. 1) To help get my bladder back in working mode and 2) HELLO...after holiday bloating and weight gain. Gotta love the holidays! I really love food and I love to eat....but I hate how I feel after. Aside from the fact that the last time I was working out regularly was when I was training for Wasatch Back, LAST SPRING. Really time to step it up and get in gear. With my awesome new jogger stroller (thank you g and g and j and m), I am finally out and about again. Ok, so the 28 degree weather has not been much of a motivator...but we bundle up and Kya loves it. I'm rambling. We are just under two weeks from baby and the waiting is hard, but worth every minute. The thing that makes it more difficult is not feeling well and sitting on my toosh trying to...well let's be honest....not pee my pants due to a weak bladder and the pain of actually peeing. Holding it in doesn't help either. Ok, that was probably a bit TMI. But, because I am sitting here while my little angel sleeps, I have been able to do some blogging and comtemplate my goals. Too much time to think, I KNOW, not always a smart thing to do. I am going to get back on track with my photography. I have been neglecting it...some due to the cold weather, and some due to my time being focused on baby #2. Ok, I don't know what I am going to do....by next week I will be heading to Denver and there for probably a couple weeks and then back home adoring the little guy....when am I going to want to focus on photography, or course except while I am snapping precious memories of every little move he makes, sleeping, cooing, sleeping, crying (a little, because we all know he will be a little angel....am I right? hee hee), sleeping, eating and then of course having big sis love him to pieces (I'm tearing up....are you?). Ok, this was a crappy post and really long and not fun to read, I am sure, but if you made it through it all....your prize is a "good note". I will end on a good note..... I love being a mother and can't wait for #2. And, by the way, I AM 31.....WAHOO! Thanks Carl and Kya for a SUPERRIFIC Birthday.