Eva's journal

Busy day yesterday. Had the end of month reports to do at work, which is always a hassle, then left early to go to my monthly OB appointment. Got home early enough to give the baby a snack and change her clothes before heading out, then the appointment was a pretty quick in and out since it was just a "yup, you're still pregnant!" checkup. Took a hot minute to find the heartbeat on the portable scanner thingy, so we switched to the ultrasound and found that she was hiding out under my ribs, which is why he couldn't find it. Everything looked normal.

Kate had a terrible time because Doctor's Office, but she got a lollipop at checkout and all was well. It had rained very briefly, which had cooled things down quite a bit, so we decided to take her to the park so she'd feel better about the outing. We found a new to us park just up the street from the hospital, and she ran around in the field and played on the swingset a bit before tuckering out. 

Came home, downed much water, then M went to pick up the grocery order from yesterday. I guess running around at the park did a number on my softened ligaments, because my lower half was SCREAMING in pain. I took a handful of meds and tried some yoga poses to try and get some relief while he was out, but nothing really helped.

He got back with the groceries and we put everything away. The baby wanted to be helpful, and kept bringing me things like the giant tub of parmesan, which was very cute! She was very proud. Then she spotted the container of grapes and was SO EXCITED and forgot about being helpful. XP Though I did look into the living room and see her standing in the middle of the room and gently cradling the bag of Babybel cheeses (her favorites.)

She ate a monumental amount of grapes and then went happily to bed. I laid on the couch for a while to try and help my legs, then gave up and took a shower hoping the hot water would help, which thankfully it did. M and I went to bed, but he kept me up chatting for waaay too long, so I'm very tired today. But, he had heard from his friend that the interviewer considered M to be candidate #1 so far, so he had Many Thoughts about the future he wanted to discuss. Fingers crossed.

I guess the past few weeks have been wearing on me more than I realized, because a coworker this morning told me I "look even more tired than usual". -_- 

Evening wasn't terribly busy. I made Serbian pork (Mukalika) for dinner using a Betty Crocker recipe. XP Tweaked it considerably because there's no way 1 tsp of paprika is enough for a pound of pork. Added an entire tablespoon and it just got it to where it had some flavor. Needs more spice, needed fattier pork (I used loin, should have used shoulder.) M wasn't able to get to the store in time to pick up our grocery order, which meant I didn't have have enough fresh tomato, so used half a can of fire roasted diced tomatoes, which worked well. Also didn't have fresh peppers, so I used some jarred fire roasted bell peppers, also a good substitution. 

This time the recipe came out much better than the first time I tried it. This used to be a childhood favorite of mine, but straight from the book it's rather bland. Will continue to tweak it until it's where I like.

Baby went to bed overtired because dinner took too long to make (I kept waiting for M to pick up the groceries so I could start cooking, so didn't actually start until it became clear that he wouldn't make it) and she had a right meltdown for about 3 minutes until she laid down and realized that oh yeah, sleep is actually pretty alright. 

After she was down, M and I did a quick cleanup of the house and took out the trash, then he went up the street to the store to pick up beverages and some sandwich stuff to get him and the baby through the day until he could get the grocery order after work. I crawled into bed and passed out before he got home.

All the paperwork was delivered to the audit team this morning, so I can officially wash my hands of the jail inspection business for this year. Good riddance! One more day until the long weekend.