Holy smokes! This has turned into a busy week! After a boring Monday evening of The Bachelorette (yay for Shawn!), I was back at the new hospital for orientation again on Tuesday from 8am-3:30pm. It was boring and I find it really shocking the number of questions people ask during a general orientation. I mean, we have an entire orientation process on our new units too, so let’s save all those questions for later on! Also, one of the techs wanted to know all about the IV team accessing ports in the ER and whether or not she could actually draw blood but not start IVs (ER accesses all their own ports, and techs don’t have a single thing to do with it, so not even something to be concerned with). Needless to say, it was a painfully long day. I met up briefly with my clinical specialist who wanted me to come shadow today, so I agreed to a half day.

Despite not getting any sleep on Monday night (maybe 2.5hrs), I had energy last night! I was incredibly nauseous, but I can power through that if I have some energy! So I went to BodyPump last night! I don’t do Les Mills classes regularly and am confused about whether or not all the classes are exactly the same for the whole quarter. I know they just released BodyPump 94, so will it be exactly the same if I go back before the next release? Regardless, since that gym took away CrossFit from ClassPass and I was in the mood for some weights, it sufficed. I still got a decent workout but wish that it was heavier weights for less reps, but I guess that’s what my own gym time is good for! Sadly, I didn’t sweat at all, and I always feel like a workout isn’t the same if I don’t sweat. Even though my body was tired afterwards, the workouts just aren’t quite on that level for me.

I had a fantastic night of sleep last night, only to wake up for my first day of shadowing at the new job! I was with a floor nurse of 20 years today and I did enjoy the time there. Definitely a totally different pace than the ER which I am totally welcoming right now! There was seriously no stress while I was there! I’m sure there are days that are much crazier than that, but the pace was just so different than what I’m used to! The nurse I was shadowing did ask me what ER nurses do. I didn’t really understand her question, so she goes, “Like what do they do? With patients? What do you do with them?” It really goes to show how little our job is understood by some other nurses outside of the department. I mean, these patients obviously come to the floor with a ton of stuff initiated so to me, it would be completely obvious what we do, but I guess not. I also thought I was going to need to brush up on some knowledge since I know a little about a lot but not a lot about many things, and the nurse kind of freaked out about an elevated troponin on a renal patient. That’s really common in dialysis patients and she had no idea. It definitely opened my eyes to the fact that I definitely do know things others don’t, even if my only experience is ER. So that’s always nice!

I didn’t get out of the hospital until 3:45, which was way later than I had hoped. I decided to head home instead of running errands since Jon and I are planning on having a bit of a date night! I have to go back to work in the ER from 11am-7pm tomorrow (I had to swap a shift to get off next week for more orientation). I’m not looking forward to working tomorrow at all, but I have a four day weekend in sight!

Time to go get dinner with Jon!

Last night I had another great workout at Elite Edge. Monday nights are leg workouts (if you go to the Strength class). I really like their workouts because the stuff they do there is easily stuff I could do at any gym. So I’m keeping these exercises in mind for LA Fitness days in the future! I’m bummed that I only get to go to three of these classes per month because I love the legs so much, but I’m dying to try Wednesday nights (arms). I’m super sore today and it feels so good!

Workouts really take it out of me though. I really hope this post-workout exhaustion is going to pass, but I leave feeling utterly drained. It actually leaves me wondering if it’s better to work out now or to skip it if I get that tired, but I’m only working out a few days a week (last week, I worked out twice). I’m not entirely sure if it’s the activity or just getting so hot while I’m working out. I also don’t feel like I’m eating what I should be to fuel workouts, so I’m trying to fix that. Luckily, my food aversions aren’t nearly as bad this week (hallelujah!!!!!) as they were last week, so last night I was able to get some rice, broccoli, and some protein powder and milk in me after the gym. I’ve always been positive that I want to continue working out throughout my entire pregnancy, but these are really things I didn’t even think about.

Since I was beat after the gym last night, I laid on the couch watching The Bachelorette and listening to the storm. I had an extremely sleepless night and woke up feeling just as exhausted as when I got in bed last night.

I made myself some eggs and hash browns first thing this morning, but was again super tired while eating. I decided to catch up on Real Housewives in hopes of getting up some more energy and I cleaned during all the commercials since the house is a mess. Afterwards, I decided to head to the pool. I never spend more than 45 minutes at the pool, but again, I leave feeling wiped out (which is why I think maybe it’s the heat that kills me during workouts). So, now I’m drinking a tall glass of water and eating dates and cream cheese to try and get some energy up to go run errands! I’m finally going to get my toenails painted and run to Costco and Whole Foods.

I scheduled another workout at 5:30 today, but it’s one I can skip if I’m not feeling it (they don’t check anybody in, so ClassPass never knows). I need to study for my med test for my new job tonight too. I thought about seeing if Laura wants to meet up, but we’ll see how I feel this evening. I’m feeling like I have cabin fever since I don’t get much social time in and am so beat that I sit on my couch most of the time, but at the same time, I’m just too tired to do much else!

Second trimester, I’m looking forward to your renewed energy! Only 3.5 more weeks to go! Then my blog can stop being about how tired I am all the time!

Happy Monday! Another Happy Monday cause I’m not working today! I’ll do a quick weekend recap! Friday afternoon, I napped on the couch for about two hours. I woke up when Jon got home from work and thankfully, I was much more energetic! My mornings and evenings are pretty good still, but afternoons are always tough!

Jon and I met up with Crista and Billy at Purnima for some Bangladeshi dinner. I was really nauseated Friday and Crista offered to go somewhere a little more appealing for me, but it was her 30th birthday dinner and I don’t want everybody’s eating plans to be all about me! I ended up ordering a butter chicken dish that was so good! It was bright red when it came out so I was concerned, but it was really good. Unfortunately, I still had to struggle my way through it since I was eating something that my body hadn’t been craving, so it wasn’t nearly as enjoyable as I’d hoped for. I actually would like to go back when this nausea is over and have the same dish again so that I can truly enjoy it! It was fun to hang out with Crista and Billy. It’s been awhile since we’ve all hung out, so it was good to catch up for a few hours.

Jon and I watched another episode of Orange Is the New Black before heading to bed early on Friday! (Jon actually doesn’t really watch it this season since he doesn’t like this season, but I still really like it.)

Saturday and Sunday were both work days. Saturday was a rough morning but a nice afternoon. Sunday was a day full of rude family members, patients who didn’t want to talk to me at all or screamed nonstop, patients on their call lights nonstop, and nonstop stuff to do. It wasn’t anything out of the ordinary really, but I’ve been working that slow paced life with the kids lately and I was absolutely beat on Sunday. I felt foggy all morning, I thought I was going to cry when the monitor tech called me to say I was getting an ambulance (I don’t normally cry over ambulances- pregnancy hormones), and I was just downright exhausted. I’m really coming to realize how hard it is to work two 12s in a row in the early stages of pregnancy because the exhaustion is literally overwhelming. I have a whole new respect for pregnant working women. The only good thing about Sunday was that my nausea was much more minimal than it has been, so at least I wasn’t exhausted and nauseous.

Last night, I was so happy to get home from work! Jon ended up rubbing my feet like a good husband and then he got up and made dinner! (Hashbrowns and eggs, one of the few things I can almost always eat.) We’ve been watching Naked and Afraid lately, so we cuddled up and watched the new episodes on last night. I’m so thankful for him and am really going to miss him so much over this next 1 1/2 months while we barely get to see each other. I’m going to be living that single life again for awhile (hah, I kid).

Today is going to be a productive. I have a meeting with a new committee from the ER at noon, so I need to eventually get dressed. I’m hoping for a little bit of a pool day, but I have a lot of loose ends I need to tie up for this upcoming semester of school and for my first day of work at the new hospital next week. I’m going back for a leg workout tonight at Elite, which was that new gym I tried the other week from ClassPass and really liked. I’m hoping for a wave of energy cause my arms and legs feel like about 1,000lbs each right now, even though I don’t feel tired! I’m off to get some stuff in the kitchen done before heading out this morning!

I’m pleased to announce that my sleepless nights have ended! Maybe I’ve adjusted to the new hormones, or maybe I’m just so exhausted 24/7, but I sleep like a champ! Monday was another rough afternoon for me! I ran errands and was incredibly nauseous, made worse in the heat (thanks, Georgia!). Since everybody says you need to eat to avoid  nausea while pregnant, I figured I just needed to eat. Nope. I felt even worse.

I grabbed a 15 minute nap before heading to my 4:30 Hard Exercise Works class via ClassPass. Pretty positive I would have skipped it due to feeling horrible had it not been on ClassPass, so maybe it’s a good thing I had to go! I ended up getting the second best time of the day overall which was really surprising cause I rested a lot during the WOD and I was really not trying at all. Guess I’m still in shape more than I thought!

When I got home from the gym, the first thing Jon said to me was “I think somebody broke into our house.” Whoops! I had left the house a serious mess so I started picking up and getting the house together! Jon was gone to a work dinner, so I spent the evening with The Bachelorette!

Yesterday I worked and had another really rough day! Thankfully, my actual workday was not bad at all! I worked with the kids all day and it was a good one! I got off work and decided maybe I could eat Atlanta Bread Company, so Jon and I went to dinner. The sandwich was so good but I could have done without the soup. It wasn’t nearly as good when nauseous.

I slept so good last night, but I still have a hard time finding motivation to get up in the morning! I had to go to my drug test for my new job today, so I did that and had planned to head to get my toenails painted and get some eggs, but I stopped by home to pee since I passed my house (all that drinking for the drug test!). Now, my motivation is gone again!

I’m also bummed because my favorite ClassPass class is no longer on there. The rest of the gym classes are, but not the CrossFit class. I’m thinking I could maybe still go since they never check anybody in, but I don’t know. They have a BodyCombat class tonight that I may go to if I feel up to it later, especially since they’d never notice if I missed it so I wouldn’t be charged. But I really like my CrossFit classes! One day, I just may have to go back to a CrossFit gym, but not yet.

Anyway, I think I may go to the pool or something. Or lay on the couch. But I will probably not be very productive today. I’m looking forward to the second trimester, solely for the fact that I hear you get some energy back and I could seriously use some energy! Alrighty, time to go be lazy.

I’ve had a lot going on these last few days! I finally went back to my first ClassPass class on Monday night! It was basically all tabata style work for legs and abs, and it was a killer! I really loved it! The gym was sort of CrossFit style but it was a totally different type of workout. I really enjoyed it a lot! My hip definitely started hurting and I was really feeling horrible on Monday with the whole pregnancy thing, but I felt great for most of the workout and then got nauseous. My legs and butt were so sore though! And afterwards, it just felt like the muscles up in my hip were sore (not normally how it hurts) and I spent awhile massaging it out and haven’t had any problems with it since.

Jon and I made an amazing dinner on Monday night!

We used chicken breasts (thighs are just too fatty for me) and I used a whole jar of sun-dried tomatoes. I also used Italian seasoning instead of all the other spices. It was so good and so easy to make! There was plenty of sauce left over too, so I think I could probably spriralize some zucchini and add it to the dish too!

Tuesday was a 7a-3p workday, and then that night I had the clinic I volunteer at. I was really not feeling well. I was having a lot of hot flashes and I was absolutely exhausted. I felt sick. Clinic is at 5:30 right by work, so I wasn’t going to fight traffic to go back after going home for a nap. I ended up trying to nap in my car in the 90 degree weather and I had a bagel at Panera (bagels were the only thing that sounded good to me- everything else I thought would make me sick). I ended up feeling okay for clinic that night and it was a good and quick two hours at the clinic. I really enjoy volunteering there (it’s a “free” clinic for low income residents of certain cities that can come in for basic medication refills and labs), it’s just so inconveniently located so it’s a pain to get to at that time! That’s the main reason I don’t go to every clinic.

I spent the night at my parents’ again on Tuesday. My sister and nephew are finally leaving tomorrow so we were going to have a movie night. I was way too tired to stay up and watch a movie once my nephew got to sleep, so we decided to have a movie day on Wednesday!

I woke up feeling sick again on Wednesday and really tired. Tuesday and Wednesday were hands down the worst I have felt so far. I ate two fried eggs and got back in bed. I decided to go to the gym and did a really easy 12 minutes on the elliptical and about 15 really easy minutes of weights. I still felt pretty horrible, so I stretched and headed back to my parents’. They had nothing really to eat, so I ate two pieces of toast with jelly and then watched a movie with my sister. I headed to Whole Foods after and came home to clean up the house.

I continued to feel miserable, and Jon got home when I felt like I was going to pass out or throw up or both. I asked him to make me a smoothie- maybe it was from not eating? So he did and I felt a little better after having that. I showered and then Jon and Jessica got here!

Jessica was my travel buddy in Massachusetts! They’re headed down to Pensacola for two years while Jon does flight school for the Marines.

It was so good to see her! I really wish we had continued to traveling together, but she met Jon on our first assignment and stayed with him!

We went out for Mexican last night! I was worried about how it’d do on my stomach, but I was feeling okay when we got there. I ended up feeling fine after eating, thankfully! We came back home and watched a bunch of random YouTube clips of Jimmy Fallon and then headed to bed around midnight.

I slept pretty terrible again last night, but I woke up feeling refreshed for the first time in awhile! I made Jon and Jessica breakfast before they left, and now I have a day off! This is my last time of having two days off in a row until the last two days in July! I really didn’t mean to do that on my schedule, but I accidentally scheduled myself for two days that I wanted off, messing up two stretches of three days off!

I think I’ll head to the gym this morning, cook my food for the week, and then go over to my parents’ for dinner since Annie and Tank leave tomorrow. I feel the need to have a bit of couch time today to recharge. I work three 12s this weekend and I honestly don’t know how I’m going to make it with the way I’ve been sleeping lately!

In the last bit of news over the last few days, Jon got a full time job as a clinical rep! He starts the week after next and he’s super excited about it! I am too, because $$$! I kid! That’s really not the reason at all, I promise! This is what he has been wanting to do and he’s excited about the company and it sounds like they want him to grow within the company, which is really awesome! But it definitely came at a good time, because grad school starts at the end of August and with having to drop my hours down so much (especially feeling so exhausted now), it helps with not having to stress to overdo it with work, school, and being pregnant. I don’t get paid for maternity leave since I’m PRN at work, so I was feeling the stress of needing to save but not really having the means right now! Also, I think he’ll have a lot of shorter days too, so we should get to spend time together in the evenings more often too, especially if I work fewer days! Another big bonus- insurance with them is only $40 a month ($60 for family once the baby comes)! Um, we pay $521 a month now for insurance so that is huge! And the coverage is way better than what we have now, especially for all the prenatal coverage!

Oh, and the last thing I was going to say (and then this really long post will end), is that I switched my first appointment to August 3rd because of the insurance, so no baby check for a few more weeks!