Random

*I thought something about my due date, October 7th, sounded familiar. Today I realized it was the day that Edgar Allan Poe, author and poet, died in 1849. Since, for the last 3 Octobers, I have celebrated an Edgar Allan Poe day in my classroom and for the last 2 Octobers I've both attended a Poe dinner party at a friend's and gone to various Poe art/theater/reading events downtown, this is significant. *Nerd*

*The other day, I drank literally 7 or 8 water bottles of water. My water bottle, both at school and home, is 20 oz. Usually I have 3-3.5 of them at school and another one or two at home in the evening. The baby was thirsty that day!

*My "morning" sickness is less frequent and at more random times, usually seeming unconnected with how much or when I eat, though often eating does help it. It's fine with me if it sticks around, though. My body's telling me it's still doing what it needs to do for the baby.

*Last night, I had this bizarre craving to smell cloves. I got the container of whole cloves from the cupboard and sniffed it for a minute and was over it. Tonight... it's back.

*Craaaaaaaaaaazy dreams allllllllll night long the last few nights! Some scary and yucky, some just plain weird. It's exhausting!

*Speaking of exhausting, I seem to be less tired, generally. I could still totally take a nap every day, but I'm not dying for one like I was several weeks ago, and I will survive if I don't get one.

*I get to listen to the baby's heart beat every night before bed! I'm getting better and faster at finding it. The baby is moving soooo much! I hear scratchy and swishy noises a lot, which is an arm or leg thrashing around. Yay! I can't wait until I can feel them, too!