I can't believe its April already! March went pretty fast. My mom brought my grandparents down to see our house for the first time. We enjoyed a great lunch at the Hershey Hotel and even took them to see Chocolate World.
Around that time I started experiencing a rapid heart rate off an on during the day. This went on for a few days and I told my OB about it. He ran some bloodworm which came back normal, and referred me to a cardiologist. The cardiologist gave me a 48 hour heart monitor to wear. The results ended up showing tachycardia (which just means fast heart rate) and a few irregular beats here and there, but nothing of any concern. He thinks its just pregnancy related, and since I've had some vasovagal syncope in the past, that its just getting a little kicked up (remember the fainting at the apple store in February?)
Ryan got a pair of tickets to a charity auction from an Orthodontist in the the area. It was at the Clarion Hotel in New Cumberland. I was able to squeeze myself into the dress I wore to his graduation in 2013. I've since entered the "beach ball" phase and I don't think I'd fit into it today. The auction was fun, we bid on a few items but didn't win. The food was ok. The main reason I say it was just ok is because at two am I decided to wake up and tell the toilet about the meal we had. No fun.
I felt (gastrically) better by about noon the next day, but a full loan cold had set it. I was super congested, and trying not to take any medication. I bought a humidifier, nose strips, vicks vaporub, puffs plus lotion tissues and cough drops. Nothing really helped. I finally broke down mid week and took some guiafenesin to help me sleep. A couple night later Ryan was finally able to come back to our room from the guest room, as my constant nose-blowing had subsided.
Ryan worked 5 days in a row that week instead of two and two, so this week he had an extra day off. My caseload has lessened lately so I was able to take Thursday off. We decided to priceline a hotel in Baltimore and go to the National Aquarium.
It was only about a 90 minute drive and we left right after my OB appointment. We got there around 2:30. We walked all around the harbor area, got some gelato and ate dinner at a mexican restaurant. It was a nice afternoon. We came back to our hotel and I showered and put my feet up. All that walking really tired me out, but of course sleeping wasn't really happening, as it doesn't seem to nowadays. Lots of tossing and turning - glad we got a king sized bed!
The next morning we went down to the hotel breakfast, and we were a little disappointed. We spotted a Corner Bakery on our way back the night before, so we walked there and had some Swiss Chilled Oatmeal. This always seems to happen to us - but they forgot about our order. After sitting for 20 minutes without our little number card sucking up off our table I went up and asked. The kid felt bad so he gave us 2 chocolate chip cookies with our oatmeal - all was right with the world!
We headed into the aquarium and were very impressed with the huge sharks, enormous rays and sea turtle, and lots of other interesting fish. It took us about 2 hours to get through, and we headed to lunch at a pizza place where both got chopped salads.
We checked out at 1:30 and we were pulling in to our driveway at about 3 - it was a really fun and quick little trip!
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