Adventures in Parking

North Austin Medical Center made my day!

On Friday, I hit the 26-week mark and also realized that we are under a 100 days to go here! Woohoo! It also marked a milestone for me in the parking department.I finally found some designated pregnancy spaces...albeit they are outside a Women's Center at a hospital, but marked clearly none the less. I was in a hurry to get to a crisis a the hospital and parking there always kinda reminds me of what the parking lot at the mall looks like on Black Friday (and it's 100 degrees). I pull up to the backside and see a whole section for "Expectant Mothers Only." Score! I felt a little funny about it since I am not a patient, but the sign had no other qualifiers, so I decided that I deserved to park there. I did take off my work badge, just to make myself a little less discrete. The roller bag and clipboard screams of "vendor" but I don't care, My dress is snug and there is no denying I am expecting! Ahh...the little joys.

Could they have made it any LESS visible?

In other parking news, I finally located the "stork parking" that my friend assured me was at the local HEB Grocery store. You would't know by the looks of it, seeing a tall dark male in a large pickup truck get out of one of the two said spaces, that they are designated for "Moms to be." You actually wouldn't know unless you like me, happened to park in the way back of the lot and walked on top of the spots in your way up to the store and noticed a faint color blue paint, and actually tried to make out the words..."MOM TO BE." Well, Alicia was right about the spaces, but I would put money on it that 99.5% of people who park there are not pregnant and probably half are men!

This week I also started to experience lower back pain. It mainly hurts when I walk or stand...i.e. my whole work day! I would like to try going to yoga 2x a week if possible, but the weeks are starting to fill up quickly. Last week Nick and I went to a Thai Cooking class with our friends, Alicia and Roberto. It was fun, but again, 3 hours of standing!  With only 2 weeks to go before vacation, I can at least see the light... I can make it through 2 more weeks of work. My next OBGYN appointment is on Tuesday. I am thinking I will probably have to schedule my glucose screening before our trip. I am so not looking forward to that!