Friday, August 22, 2008

Second Wind

I'm finally out of my horrific first trimester. Now I am back to normal and I can go about my daily routine without any nausea or wooziness. My migraines *knock on wood* have also been more seldom and I hope it stays that way. I still have my food aversions though, something I feel I'll have to take with me through the whole nine months. With Zoe, I just hated spaghetti and didn't attempt to eat it while preggy. With "Baby Sibling," it's the rottiserie chicken and anything grilled I abhorr. I also cannot take stepping into Lamesa Grill again, perhaps because of my filling experience there when hubby and I dined and ordered sisig rice and their pritchon that was practically good for 4 persons. The cholesterol overload was just too much for me to take. I actually have a theory, based on my pregnancy food aversions to date. It seems that I hate any food I binge on during my early early stages of pregnancy. We're talking about the time when I didn't even know I was pregnant. With my first child, I had too much of my sister's ex-bf's corned beef spaghetti, so I hated spaghetti. With my second, it was my Lamesa Grill experience. Just the mention of that place makes me wince right now. in fairness to the place and the service, it's really a great resto to hangout and get good, reasonable food. But that's not what I'm craving for right now.
So far my cravings have been sweets...all sweets. Which again brings me back to my guess that baby sibling might, in fact, be a girl. They say the more sweets you're into, the more likely your baby's gender is a girl. Hmmm...we'll know by October.
Now that I've gotten my second wind, I get to go to work again more regularly. I'm even surprised at myself. I have been showing up to work for n consecutive days now! That's a feat, considering that I can't stand being far from home a lot. There's a lot of workload for me and Zoe has been complaining that I've been spending too much time at work. "Always work, always work," she says. I feel guilty to leave my little one at home while I slave myself at work, but I'm being wise, too. I've got to save, save, save for the coming of baby sibling. And the cost of giving birth, as everyone now knows, is definitely no joke. We'll be giving birth at Asian Hospital, where a normal delivery is equivalent to a cesarean delivery in another tertiary hospital, so money has to keep pouring in now. The more moolah, the better, hehe.
Speaking of moolah, I've also been looking into my options lately on how to make myself more, er, profitable. I'm not talking about working longer hours in the office, but I'm thinking of work that I can do in my spare time, if I have such a thing. I can't envision myself being an office worker forever. With a second baby coming and all, it's about time I open new avenues. Will keep you posted on this as days go by.