Thank you, my friends!

Last night my good friends from Zimmer had a good-bye party for me at Spikes. It was so great to catch up with everyone, hear about the latest rumors, and reminisce about the good ol’ times. It felt like we were still a team, and nothing had changed! 

Those who didn’t know found out yesterday that Jeremy and I (and Bo) are expecting a little one. It was fun to talk about another Russian awesomeness joining this world – Porter, don’t be scared of another spy, we’re harmless!

I enjoyed working with each and every one of you and already miss you at my new job. I appreciate the wonderful opportunity that I had to work with and learn from you. Thank you all (Michelle, a special thanks goes out for the tasty chocolates). My best wishes to the entire team!

My old desk...Jared, I hope you're taking a good care of it :)

And this is Easley when he gets overworked by Matt...oh, the good ol' times

Baby Time!

October 26th is the official due date that little baby Mullins is going to join us in this world! Jeremy and I (and of course Bo) are extremely thrilled about this new adventure ahead of us.

Today I’m about 13 weeks along, and so far it’s been quite challenging for me. I don’t feel like myself anymore. I never had the official “morning sickness” as the nausea comes later in the day – usually after lunch some time. At about the same time the fatigue starts to take over, and at about 2.30 in the afternoon I become absolutely worthless for the rest of the day as I don’t have any energy left. Most days I feel like I’ve been sick for weeks, and it’s taking me extremely long to recover.

Jeremy has been utterly the best husband! He comes home and takes care of everything: cooking, cleaning, laundry, Bo, & my helplessness. I think what annoys him the most is the fact that I can’t eat leftovers (and I used to love them). Now I have to eat something new every time, once I eat a meal it doesn’t smell good to me anymore, so Jeremy has been having to cook all kinds of things. Potatoes are my favorites! I can probably eat them every day in any form…This week Jeremy had a dinner meeting at work, so my creative & no-time-consuming-to-make dinner was 2 microwaved potatoes – delicious!

I hear everyone saying: your body needs a lot of rest right now. So what do I do with this information? I live it! I sleep for 10-11 hours a day, and probably could sleep for even longer. I don’t know how or why but I fall asleep around 8-9pm and usually sleep all the way through the night (and I still feel exhausted by 2.30-3pm in the afternoon). My doctor says that I should have some of the energy coming back to me any day, and I can’t wait until that day…but for now it’s time for a nap on Sunday afternoon…