sometimes i don't know how my job would ever function without me there. maybe it's because i work with alot of women who can't ever seem to make up their minds about anything. it gets old.

i had implemented as many organizational techniques that i could think of before i left on my vacation for the holidays, and cleaning up the mistakes while dealing with current patient issues has been . . . stressful, to say the least. let's order the patient's equipment this way, let's cut out the middle man and do this ourselves, all paperwork is to be turned in in alphabetical order . . .

and so i'm really patting myself on the back today because when i came into the office this morning expecting to be up to my huge belly in paperwork, i was pleasantly surprised to find only 48 hours worth of paperwork and reporting on my desk. my ideas are effective, and that makes me happy. most especially because it's a part of pre-pregnancy me that is still around.

speaking of pre-pregnancy me, i think i might just be getting over this whole morning sickness thing. i'm going on a few days now with no puking, and although i've been nauseated all day still, i'm eating and keeping things down with no meds! i'm gaining belly weight and it's making my back hurt, but i'm much more accustomed to that than i am to puking.

i'm pumped because we're having mike and bekah over to celebrate new year's! and they're spending the night which they can do now because they're married! and ariel and i are going all out - we're making our favorite foods, we cleaned our place, we even thought about buying a wii. well, what really happened is that in preparing for mike and bekah to come, ariel and i realized how boring we are. we have nothing fun at all. so we're trying to be more fun. i'll let you know how that goes. but we're excited. it's the first time we've had people over since we got married, so it's a happy day!

i'm also pumped because one of my college roomies is getting married in march and ariel said that i could go by myself! which translates to going with nina! it should be really fun, i'll appreciate the time away and the good company. i think she'll have fun too ; )

the baby is moving all the time now and i think my belly is getting bigger every day. we went to mass at angry God the Father yesterday and when i knelt down for communion the priest gave me communion and then said, 'you're expecting a baby?' my heart lept, i nodded. 'may God bless you as you grow, little baby.' so when we left mass, ariel said, 'awww, our baby had it's first blessing!' and i said, 'awww, my belly must be so big now for him to have noticed!'