complaint #1

So what good is being pregnant without being able to complain a little, right? I've been trying really hard not to complain too much because I am SO very grateful to still be pregnant. And I don't plan to have this little boy for 10 more weeks, however, right now I need to get something out so I can move on.

I AM BLAZING HOT!!!

OK, so I knew Summer would not be a pleasant time for the end of my pregnancy. This is the first time I will be pregnant during June and July, well the end of May too for that matter. So as the temperature rises I'm getting ever so much more uncomfortable. Let me also inform you that where we live May and June are the hottest months of the year and even though temperatures rarely go over 90 degrees the sun is intense. Our altitude is high enough that some days it feels like the sun is sitting on our roof. I can't even go upstairs between the hours of 1 and 5 because it's just too hot to deal. On the afternoons that I don't tutor I stay downstairs, turn off the light and lay under the ceiling fan. Oh yeah, I did mention that we don't have AC, right? PTL for that ceiling fan in the living room. I may just start sleeping down here (except for now that we have our new mattress my bed is so very comfortable and I would miss it). Last night even by 10:30 our room hadn't cooled off very much and having the stand fan blowing directly on me helped only slightly.

So here is the bright side...yes I do see one.

When we go to Thailand in just over 6 weeks I will not only get to enjoy many delicious American restaurants, I will also be in an area of the world that understands the wonderfulness of AC. We still aren't quite sure what our accommodations will be but I think AC is pretty much a guarantee. And to top it off, if we get the hotel we are hoping for (praying for with all my heart) we will have a nice pool for me to float in for hours at a time. I found out that like here, July and August are rainy season in BKK meaning there is usually an afternoon rain (at the least) to cool things off. So I can drink my hot Starbucks latte (for some reason they do not make my favorite White Chocolate Mocha) with pure joy. I can sit in an air conditioned room and eat piping hot pizza (Zantac taken before hand of course).

Oh yeah, and there is rain in the forecast for the next 4 days. While this could completely ruin the little cookout we are planning for Kirby's 4th Birthday weekend (we will still make it work) it will cool things off enough that I'm not sweating the second I step out of the shower. I may even get out one of our camping chairs and just go sit in it!