School's out for the summer!

Well, it's finally here; the last day of school. Maybe now I can get a bit of the rest I so desperately need! I feel like crap today because my sick leave ended yesterday so I actually had to come to work today, and I'm exhausted. The only reason I'm still here is because I'm waiting for my last piano student, and then I'm gone.

It was a good day, though, and it was great to see and say goodbye to the kids. I had to give out awards and certificates at the awards ceremony, and I felt really fat today. I know I'm just pregnant, but I've started to become self-conscious about my tummy. It could just have been that I was so tired, but there it is.

I'm going to really try hard in the next couple of weeks to download a couple of belly pictures ('cause I've taken lots, but I still have that whole lack of internet at home issue - although steps are being taken with the internet companies that might FINALLY fix that!), so keep checking. I never thought that I would be the kind of pregnant woman who was embarrased about the belly, but I don't like showing it off. Sometimes I even surprise myself! :)

I'm five months.

Well, I figured I should put something down here, although I'm fairly certain that most people have long since stopped checking in to see if I've written anything new.

I'm officially 23 weeks along, which is like 5 months and a week or something like that. I'm still keeping a lot of the baby inside, although it's starting to look like a baby belly. Most people who find out I'm pregnant still tell me that they wouldn't have guessed, though. Oh, well. At first, I was all excited for the belly to grow, but now I'm realizing that having a small belly now will hopefully mean a less uncomfortable 9th month, and maybe even escaping stretch marks.

The baby is kicking several times a day now, which is very exciting because I was only recognizing the kicks maybe once a day, sometimes a day or two without feeling anything. Yes, I do realize that soon enough I'm going to wish the baby would take a break, but I'm going to enjoy this nice "Hi, I'm here" while it lasts.

We wend to Sean's wedding this weekend. It was really nice. They really went all out and everything seemed to go seamlessly, which is amazing for a wedding. Trent was such a good best man - I don't know if Sean even realized how much work Trent was doing at the reception. Trent's speech was really great, too. I wanted to call Pastor Tom on the phone and let him listen, but I thought of it too late. :) Anyhow, it was a great weekend, and I even got to dance a little bit even though I didn't have many people to dance with.

I would say "pictures are coming" but we all know that is a big lie. I took quite a few at the wedding, and I even have recent belly pictures, but there's this little thing called the internet that I'm lacking. That just means you'll have to come visit me if you want to see!