God bless the working girl!

Today is a great day because I finally finished work. I graded all of my exams and turned in my grades this afternoon, and I'm telling you, I couldn't be happier! I've wanted so much to focus just on "nesting" for the last few weeks, and having to be at work and worry about other responsibilities has really made that difficult for me. Now, though, I am free to nest to my heart's content, and focus all of my time and energy on making this a fresh, clean, and happy home for when little H makes his arrival. Not to mention that working at school is tiring! I really hope God blesses all of the pregnant women out there who have to work throughout their entire pregnancies, like right up until the due date. It's hard! I've been so tired lately, and the worst part is that I've developed this condition called Osteitis Pubis, which is basically a VERY painful inflammation of the pubic bone due to the stretching of the cartilage in preparation for birth. I'm telling you, it's difficult. It makes walking--among other mundane tasks like putting on my pants, getting out of bed, squatting to go to the bathroom, etc--very painful, and the pain is constant. Although I don't have a clue about what the "scale of 1 to 10" means, H has assured me that the pain he's observed me having is about a 6 or a 7, which is exactly how I described it to my doctor. I had my 8 month visit with him today (my last monthly visit!!), and all was well. Especially great was my weight gain, which was only 2 pounds since the last visit....I'm very happy about that. He prescribed me some Percoset for the pain, and told me that although the pain is brutal and unfortunate, the condition won't go away until little H is born. That means 2 more months of this pain...so, needless to say, I'm beyond thrilled to not have to be walking around campus and standing for hours at a time. I don't know if I could do it, actually. Be that as it may, there's only one more thing left to be said: God bless the working girl!!