blame it on RLS: restless leg syndrome

I can't sleep. Why? Because I started to get RLS in my third trimester. It will drive you batshit crazy. I am not even sure what that means, but I feel batshit crazy if this is what batshit crazy feels like.

Mowgli is sound asleep while I feel like my legs are having their very own anxiety attack. But really, I can't complain too much. Pregnancy has been realitively easy thus far. Now, note I did not say labor and delivery, just pregnancy. I have no idea what that will entail.

1. Did not get sick, but ate a lot of mashed potatoes and the like.

2. No stretch marks yet, but patiently awaiting their arrival.

3. No barf.

4. No vericose veins.

5. No gestitational diabetes.

etc etc etc

My stomach is large and in charge. I have been accused by many of carrying twins, but alas, my pregnancy genetic makeup just gives me the look of carrying twins. Which by the way, is so hot in Hollywood right now. Like, who doesn't have twins? I am so on trend right now...Life and Style.

All that being said, while I have so far escaped the usual torment pregnancy causes, my personal life has been a complete wreck. Illness, death, drama, cash flow, Mowgil missing in action while in school and working full time, rental nightmares, Spanky Loo sick twice, and the list continues. I think what I am trying to say is that God gives what you can handle. And handling all this has taken a lot of me, probably what barfing for 5 weeks straight would have taken out of me and bed rest.

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Team Faithsalutes is moving back into DC proper (Glover Park). We have been in the suburbs for the last 9 months and we liked about 10 minutes of it. The 10 minutes it took to sign the lease...before we realized it was hell. Not suburbs in general, just this one and the commute. So we are scaling back down from a three story place to a one bedroom apartment. This means getting rid of "stuff". Which we all know I hate managing stuffs, so I have very little of it compared to today's Western Civ modern consumer.

The scaling back also means the baby will be in a room with us until we get into a bigger place in a few months. So no nursery prep for now, but the nursery ideas and plans still stand for a little boy's room someday.

I have been stalking apartment therapy.com and other sites to help mentally prepare myself for the scale. I mean we have done it before, but with a large dog and a baby...arrangements will be drastically different. And I am now more dedicated than ever in the "everything has its place" mindset that comes with city living. I am also convinced that easy access to a large park/reserve across the street plus some of the best DC shopping and eateries in Georgetown up the street will keep us outdoors and active. Manhattan style...not much time spent at home.

Any small space living advice? Let me hear it.

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And in more exciting news, other than reproduction of a baby boy, Mowgli graduated from Georgetown and I will be taking his place at Georgetown in the fall.

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Faithsalutes trying to go to sleep. These updates seem pretty lame, but its just means to an end...occupation while legs deal with their anxiety.

 

 

Comments

[jessica]

ahhhh RLS. i think your description is pretty accurate. i get it even when i'm not preggers. I have heard Iron supplements can help...maybe ask your doc.

[Brittany Martin]

I get RLS horribly during pregnancy too. One trick I learned was to eat a banana before bed--that usually worked for me!

[jessica]

I think someone else said calcium helps too. like milk before bed maybe.

[meris]

i get restless arm syndrome sometimes and it makes me want to scream. i feel you. most people get leg cramps though, way to be weird. pregnant bodies are not too good at getting a day's worth of accumulated fluid out of the muscles so elevation is supposed to help. if you butt up against the wall, legs up the wall, it can feel pretty good.

i actually love tiny living quarters because it is so much cheaper to realize your decorative vision. and it is fun to strategize solutions. i hope you have fun with it.