March 9 & 10

Definitely our last weekend as a two-person family! Friday I pushed like crazy to finish another part of my project at work--a milestone since the other two parts remaining are quicker, simpler, and could be picked up and worked on by someone else if the need arises. Tessa's not doing very well. The babies are fine, but she's broken out in a bad rash. It started off small and extremely itchy, but has spread to most of her body (and has remained extremely itchy). Apparently it's not uncommon in late stages of pregnancy, according to the books and the nurse she called. She did get some prescription-strength antihistamines, but they only work so much for so long (definitely not the entire 6 hours she's supposed to wait before the next dose). I got her some oatmeal bath stuff, which also seems to help, but only (again) so much for so long. It's uncomfortable for her to do much, so we haven't done much this weekend. We did go out for dinner Saturday night, though. None of the movies out right now really held that much appeal, so we didn't do that. The car was acting up Saturday--transmission was shifting really roughly. Great timing, huh? Don't know whether to take it in to Firestone today and hope Tessa doesn't go into labor while it's being worked on, or let it go and risk a problem on the way to the hospital if she goes into labor. Bleh.