I guess I'm not doing so good about remembering to write stuff down, huh? But to be honest, I'm just trying not to write down my whining for the world to see! I don't want to only remember how crappy I felt! So that's why I'm only writing when things are glorious!

Like NOW, for instance! I went to bed early last night, slept in, and have had a great day so far! I called my Mom first thing this morning and chatted with her for almost an hour. I don't know if it's the whole fact that I'm going to be a Mom now, too, because we've always gotten along famously, but suddenly I find myself just craving to talk to her a lot! Maybe it's that she knows exactly how I feel, because she had a rough time with me, too. Who knows? But the important thing is that I know that I am so blessed to have such an incredible Mom! (My dad's pretty special, too!)

After I talked to Mom, I was getting ready to go run some errands when I noticed that my skin is looking awful! I'm all blotchy and dry and red and pale and gross! But I don't really have a lot of makeup to help with it, so I got the idea that I would look for some loose powder at one of the stores I was going to. But suddenly, looking at all the amazing stuff in front of me, I just had to have enough to do a complete makeover! I called Jonathan, and said, "Honey? You know how I'm low maintenance?" Pause. "Can I buy a billion dollars worth of makeup?" He didn't even hesitate. He said, "You NEVER buy makeup! Knock yourself out!"

It's true - I bought makeup for our wedding four and a half years ago, and after that, the only supplementation I've had has been lipgloss and mascara for Christmas and birthdays! So I decided to haul tail to the Max Factor counter, and once I applied all of it, I felt like a new woman! So now I'm dancing around the house, cleaning, and lip synching to my Bend It Like Beckham soundtrack while glancing at myself in a mirror every chance I get! (Of course, I haven't showered yet today, so my hair leaves a lot to be desired, but look at that FACE!)

Anyway, life is pretty sweet - and pretty pretty - in Amanda's world right now. Hope you're doing just as well! (Even if you don't go buy forty dollars worth of makeup!)

It's Sunday, pretty early. Not early enough for a gal who fell asleep at around six last night, but still pretty early! I realized that I had left some loose ends in the journal, and wanted to fill everybody in - especially those of you who have been praying for me.

The wonder drug truly IS a wonder! I took the first one on Wednesday morning, and felt NORMAL for the first time in over a month! However, she had only prescribed thirty of them - with no refills - so my logic said that if I took one a day, that would get me through the first trimester, which is what everyone says is the most awful time for the nausea.

However, the directions read to take them every four hours. I felt great for about eight. Then I was sicker than I've ever been in my LIFE! Not being graphic, but I spent some quality time with my toilet.

So, the next day, after getting reassurances from my doc that she'll call in a refill, I took two. I waited too long to take the second, so it took a while for the pill to bring me around, but it worked eventually. Yay!

Also that day, I got the results from my colposcopy and biopsy that I had done the week before. At my initial exam, they had done some tests that came back with results that may have been cancerous - which had caused us no small quantity of concern. (When I say US, I mean Jonathan, because I was at complete peace - he's the one who took a while to calm down about it.) But they aren't! I've got some conditions that will require more testing than the average pregnant women, but nothing that will affect the baby! Hooray!

Strangely enough, almost everyone I know has predicted that I will have a girl. And I'm coming to realize that other than the name, might not be such a bad thing. I just feel like a boy would be easier on me - isn't that awful? So Jonathan is hoping for a girl, and I've still got my fingers crossed for the other gender. But at the risk of being cliche, we'll both be happy with whoever God gives us!

I think that's it as far as news goes. Hope you're having a good day ~ and that I'll see you soon!