Update

 I made it through one more work week. My body shut down over Thanksgiving break and it's still broken. I was able to work all week though. I just sat as much as possible and made my students run errands for me and get supplies out for cooking labs. After work I planted myself on the couch for the night. I have basically been on the couch all weekend but I'm still feeling crummy and exhausted so I took the day off tomorrow. I have two more weeks until Christmas break. I am hoping I can just keep making it. I was freaked out that maybe the baby was trying to come early so I went to the hospital on Tuesday and they hooked me up to a machine for a couple of hours and gave me a test to see if the baby was coming and the results came back negative. Everything looked great on the monitor so I don't think the baby is coming early...fingers crossed. I think my body is just too old to be working this hard. It's been kind of a crazy experience. Up until this point the pregnancy was really good and not harder than my previous pregnancies. In my previous pregnancies I was not in my 40's working full time and I think that is just taking its toll. If I have to I can take a medical leave but I don't want to do that so I'm hoping I can just keep sitting at work and resting as much as possible. I'm SO glad that I have holiday breaks at the end of this pregnancy. I don't think I could have done it without it!

Over Thanksgiving break Ryan climbed the BIG wall. Dang! 

Charly helping me work.