Feeling the Monday Blues

It is freezing here in Jackson. It's supposed to creep into the 40s today, but the wind chill is still going to keep it feeling like the low 30s. This is not what I signed up for when I moved to Mississippi. I signed up for winters full of greenery and mild temperatures. I am pretty sure we are in for a serious winter this year.

Awesomeness: Tony has jury duty. He received something in the mail about it last week, and he never really looked at the dates until yesterday. Guess what! He had to be at the courthouse starting today. Hooray. He had to run down to work last night to shoot out some emails to make sure all of his patients were canceled today and so that his boss knew where he would be. This morning he is passing the time in a large waiting room by texting me about his surroundings and the other people on jury duty. It's funny, but he is only the second person I've ever known to have jury duty. He texted me a minute ago to say that the elevator music was playing Law and Order's theme song. That's a bit much. Come on Mississippi!

I have a 3 hour gestational diabetes test tomorrow. I'm really nervous about it because I didn't pass the first test (which was only 1 hour). I thought Tony was going to take me, but since he has jury duty that probably won't happen. So I'll have to drive down myself, a starving pregnant woman, and sit for 4 hours of no food or drink and lots of finger pricking fun. I'm not looking forward to it at all. My doctor doesn't think that I have anything to worry about, and he says he thinks the chances of me actually having GD is very low. The only thing is that 3 of the last 5 women I've known who were pregnant did have it, and they all had to have Cesarean Sections because of it. I am scared to death and very worried about it. I can't wait for tomorrow to be over with!!!

I am trying to pass the time by doing some knitting and embroidery for X-mas gifts. One thing that makes me happy is that I am almost done with my Christmas shopping and gift-making. Woohoo! (Of course, I'm still not sure if we are going to see any of our family for X-mas this year. Between divorce, pregnancy, surgery, possible cancer, work and a brand new bar/restaurant my entire family has way too much on their individual plates right now...)