Emotional:
I was thrown a suprise shower on August 2nd! Chris and I went over to pick up Krissie (I thought we were going to see Mulan) and there were all my friends at her apartment! It was a really cool shower and my friend Jen decorated this awesome cake for me. I got lots of cute stuff for baby, including toys and clothes and lots of powders and soaps and things left over from Lauren (Krissie's daughter). So that was definetely a highlight to the week.
As for the rest of it, it was pretty routine. I'm still trying to get this job thing set up, and carry on about my weekly chores. I've been talking to my Dad via email and I think that now that mother's over there, and now that my Dad has had this big incident to open his eyes to just how out of it she is, he can start getting her the help she needs. I'm not sure what Nepal has in the way of psychologists, but hopefully something can be arranged to help my mother get over her problems.
Physical:
I saw Harmony move for the first time! It was so cool! I lay very still and she was very active and then all of a sudden, I saw my tummy just jump up a little! It's such a neat thing to see because it just makes everything seem all the more real. Yes, that really is my little baby girl in there, and she's getting stronger and stronger by the day! :) I'm still not showing though, not obviously anyways. *I* of course notice, since I look in that mirror every morning to see that tummy still expanding and that belly button turning into something very weird (I think it's just on it's way to becoming an outie...). It's frustrating because even though generally I'm ok with having a totally different figure, it's so strange some mornings to see this body with my face and hair! It's like someone swapped bodies with me from the neck down! Even though I like to think I have fairly high self- esteem, I still go through those mornings where I hate to look at my tummy cause I just feel so fat. Thankfully, this depression doesn't strike often, but I do some days feel unattractive and not very motivated to get into my clothes (that don't fit anymore!) and display this fat tummy in public. I'm hoping this attitude may change a little when I start to show obviously so that I know everyone knows I'm pregnant and not just fat!