I’m taking this week to enjoy my Spring Break by doing absolutely nothing but sitting on my butt! Okay, so that’s not exactly true. I did land a new writing project this morning, so I’ll be busy the rest of the week knocking out some articles. Other than that, not too much going on.

Last Friday, I had another prenatal appointment. I haven’t told everyone that will listen about my pregnancy yet, but I know how much of a downer it was to go back and tell everyone that I had miscarried. Therefore, this time I had been a little more low key about it…until Friday anyway. I spoke to the doctor about my all day sickness, and she recommended Dramamine (sp?) if I were going to take medicine for it. She believes that the severeness of my nausea is probably being helped by my Progesterone supplement, so I’m only on it for another week. Other than that, everything checked out good and she sent me for an ultrasound, just to make sure everything looked okay.

The ultrasound tech was very optimistic. We got to see the baby moving around and what appeared to be stretching, and we heard a strong heartbeat of 162 beats per minute. He doesn’t think there’s anything wrong at this point, and we got lots more pictures to show off! I decided to come home Friday and let the world know about my pregnancy by posting on Facebook and MySpace. After the appointment, it’s really began sinking in that I’m going to be a mommy!!

I also got a new cell phone Friday: the Samsung Rogue. I had decided to get rid of the Blackberry because of the extra data plan that is required. We need to begin saving money for the baby, which means cutting out some unnecessary expenses. I really like the phone so far, though it’s taking some getting used to. I haven’t typed messages in T9 Word in almost a year, so I keep misspelling and typing completely different words.

I am hopeful that 2010 will be better than 2009. Not that last year was that bad, but it definitely wasn’t one of my favorite years. I plan to work toward making this year better though! The first 3 days of it have been rather boring, as I haven’t really done anything. We didn’t go out for New Year’s…I actually haven’t left the house since last Wednesday. I don’t think I’ve went this long at home in a while. Staying in hasn’t bothered me one bit though, especially since I realized that once school starts back on Thursday, I won’t get a break this long from it until mid-July!

Speaking of school, I am hoping my student loan balance is freed up by tomorrow so that I can go get the books I need. I have more than enough money left over after tuition is paid, I just have to wait for them to release it so I can charge the books. It sucks that I can’t physically have the money sooner, so that I could get the books elsewhere at a better price. They won’t make the money available for withdrawal until the second week of classes though, and I like to have by books before the first day. We’ll see how that works out I guess!

I originally planned not to have any New Year’s resolutions, because I’ve never followed through with any. I’m getting better about finishing what I start though, so I thought, why not?

The following are my resolutions for 2010:

• Continue losing weight. I’ve been doing quite well since joining The Curvy Girls, even with holiday dinners.
• Stick to my exercise program. I’ve really been slacking on this lately because our treadmill STILL isn’t fixed. The technician is coming on January 6th though, and then I’ll be walking myself skinny!
• Learn to cook. It’s seriously sad how little I can cook…give me a box or frozen dinner and I’m good! I hope to start making more recipes and meals from scratch. Eating at home = healthy eating
• Go to school every day. I have a real problem with this when attendance is not mandatory. I missed so much of my Algebra for Teachers class last semester, that I almost didn’t make an A. I’m sure my next math class will not be required attendance either, but I am requiring myself to go anyway!
• Blog more. I was doing really good when I first opened this blog, then life got really busy. I hope to blog at least 3 days a week, but more if possible.
• Chat online more. I have met some amazing people through blogging, Twitter, and message boards. I’d really like to be friends with them, but I shy away from my messengers most of the time. I am going to start opening them more often, and chatting when I have free time.

These, my friends, are my resolutions for the New Year. Maybe I’ll reference this post every few months to see how I’m doing! Oh, and I also plan to finish up my new 101 in 1001 list (I scratched most of my old list, since I haven’t kept track of things in months), and hopefully have it posted tomorrow, just in time for the new year.