"I got to hear the heartbeat"

November 13, 1990

     I can't believe it's been so long since I wrote.  I've been doing better, it just seems like I'm either busy or tired all the time now.
     My OB appt. went just fine.  I wish Guy had been able to go with me cause I got to hear the heartbeat.  They put a little microphone, I guess, on my stomach with some gel and the sound came over a speaker the nurse was holding in her hand, about the size of a small transistor radio.  It had a steady beat but the sound it made reminded me more of the "Space Invaders" marching than a heart beating.  It was exciting though.  I asked him about my eyes & the spots.  He said they didn't look too bad but I could use eye drops for the blood shots.  He said the spots could be just from changes because of pregnancy but since my blood pressure wasn't high he wasn't too concerned.  But to let him know if it keeps happening.  It hasn't done it any more since then.  I go back on the 28th and they'll do an ultrasound then.  I got the appts. for late in the afternoon so Guy can come.
     We survived that week of the security exercise and duty weekend as well as can be expected.  It kind of messed Chief & me up, not to mention Guy.  He slept all Fri. aft. after it was over.  That Thu. night & most of Friday we had really bad winds from nor-easter.  I didn't get much sleep that night because of it.  We didn't have any damage from it around here.  But they had some on the Outer Banks.  The wind blew a barge loose and knocked it into the Bonner Bridge, the major (only) way across, knocking a big section of it out.  It'll be months at least before they fix it.  Meanwhile they're using ferries to get back & forth.
     That Sat. Guy made the porch railing for the end of the porch.  He still has a little left to do but it's basically done.  I don't know when he'll be able to finish it between the weather & his schedule.  Now that the Daylight Savings Time is over, it's dark before he gets home.  He did manage to get the primer on the door & get it painted again on one nice Sat.
     He had to work late (til 6:00) all last week and on his duty day.  Tues, he had the 8-midnight watch.  It messed up the whole week.  He was supposed to be helping clean the house for Carole's shower Thu. night.  And he did but he was really exhausted by the end of the week.  Needless to say, we slept late on Sat.
     The shower went well.  There were 18 who came.  A little more than I'd expected but we didn't run out of food.  The only thing I made was some mini-cupcakes, some with pink & some with blue icing.  Everyone said they were cute and tasted good.  And there were plenty of those left that we can take to the fellowship Sun.  Unless Guy eats them all before then!
     We had planned to take Chief in on Thu. for him to be fixed on Fri., then we could pick him up Sat. morning.  But they said they couldn't do the surgery on Fri. but could on Thu. so I had to take him in on Wed.  Guy put the cage in the back seat of the car but Chief didn't like it.  At least he wasn't able to get up & all around the car.  It was hard leaving him there - I sat in the car & cried a couple of minutes before I left.  But by the time I was getting ready to go pick him up Fri. morning I was thinking, 'I could get used to the quiet life again.'  I expected him to be quiet & cuddly when I picked him up but he was pretty hyper.  I guess he was glad to see me cause he dribbled on me & the floor but when the girl went to get something to wipe it up he tried to follow her.  So I guess he kind of got attached to her.  He gave me a headache with all his yapping on the way home.  As soon as we got in, he ran all around the house checking everything out, then went straight to the back door, went out, and pooped & peed immediately.  Then he went out again about 30 min. later and pooped again.  I put some food out but he didn't eat very much til supper.  It doesn't seem like he's got any less energy than he did before but maybe now he'll be more trainable.  We'll see.  I plan to call sometime this week about obedience classes.  All I want is the basics; come, stay, sit, heel & for him to quit jumping & dribbling on people.  Oh he went upstairs once and has tried again a couple of other times.  Now we put the old coffee table across the bottom step.  I don't think he can get over it.  At least I hope not.