- Schedule as many doctors appointments each week as possible. An every other week schedule with the regular OB and a weekly schedule with the MFM is a good start. With a 1 hour wait in the exam room of the local OB and a 3 hour round trip to the MFM, that's hours and hours of non-couch bound excitement!
- Secretly sneak out to the grocery store with your husband in the middle of the night and ride around on an electric cart. Why the middle of the night? Much less likely to plow into people as you turn the corners. The escape from the house is worth the embarrassment of riding around on the cart.
- Wake up in the morning in a panic that someone will forget to cover your lab or exam for that day. A great adrenaline rush.
- Respond to e-mails from students who seem to be incapable of following directions. The eye roll and throwing of hands in the air are good exercise.
- Become addicted to "Grey's Anatomy" re-runs. Then get really annoyed when you find out that the three-a-day episodes don't play on Thursdays. WTF Lifetime?
- Try to set a record for going through rolls of toilet tissue. It's amazing what peeing every 30 minutes or so all day and night long will do when you're stuck at home.
- Determine the careful balance between saving water by not flushing each time and not over-filling the toilet with tissue to the point where it clogs and floods. There's a very fine line. A very, very fine line. We may have crossed it a few times...
- Switch from couch to couch and, sometimes, relocate your head from one side of the sofa to another. It's like being in a whole different place!
- Begin an addiction to "Draw Something." I'm sweetsoils or sweetsoils@gmail.com if anyone wants to play... :)
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Ways to stay entertained while on bed rest at home
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Hang in there! It's all for a good cause.
ReplyDeleteYou are getting close!
ReplyDeleteYou are too funny!! I love the grocery adventure....and I have also noticed the increased consumption of TP in our house as well!
ReplyDeleteHahaha! Love the list, especially the "to flush or not to flush" one!
ReplyDeleteToo funny! Another way you could pass the time - more frequent blog posts! :). Glad you're keeping your sense of humor!!
ReplyDeleteOh, man, this is funny. So glad you've kept your sense of humor while dealing with all this. And I don't have the week-count on me (commenting from my phone), but you must be getting awfully close! Take care of you and enjoy those cart rides! xoxo
ReplyDeleteI had a grey's anatomy on lifetime addiction when the boys were born. I remember that the day it wasn't on and it was so annoying! The DVR became my friend.
ReplyDeleteHang in there!
Great list!!! You are so funny. Way to go mama.
ReplyDeleteBoo to bed rest. yeah to babies staying in place.
ReplyDeleteMan, I really want to ride that cart!!
If you want another TV show you should see if you can download an Australian show called Offspring. It is my favourite TV show and you can swoon over Dr Chris and Patrick!!
I am cracking up at the image of you (don't know what you look like, but still) riding around the market in an electric cart. oh man. hang in there.
ReplyDeleteI downloaded draw something but have no one to play with. Hang on, here I come!!! Your life sounds titallating right now - enjoy your calm before the storm!!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this post- it's amazing what you can find to entertain yourself! We've been trying to find the perfect toilet paper:water:flush power ration at our house, too. :)
ReplyDeletenot long to go now! ...i check in every day to see if there is an update from you (and gurlee) and now that one little boy is here, i'm just patiently waiting for the other two!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a funny list! I can relate to the tp record! Have you watched Breaking Bad yet? You can stream it on Net.flicks. You are a chemist, right? I have a good friend who is one too, it is amusing to talk with him about the show. Check it out!
ReplyDeleteThis was great. Thanks for the Friday humor.
ReplyDeleteSo funny - love this! I also got addicted to Grey's Anatomy during late pregnancy, but I watched it by streaming on Netflix. It was great - I watched it every night, and then during early breastfeeding, I would watch an episode when Alex was taking 45 minutes to feed in the middle of the night. So fun!
ReplyDeleteHilarious! I have so much "yay!" that you're still hanging on strong on the couch and that the boys are doing well... You can do it!!
ReplyDeleteI am sure you are sick to death of the bed rest and also sick of hearing this BUT, let me say this. Yesterday, as I ran myself ragged trying to get every last thing done (housework, cooking meals ahead and freezing them, etc) while my two toddlers napped all I wanted was to lay on the couch and read. And I got to--for fifteen precious minutes. I know I know I know, motherhood angst right? I'm just saying...if you can, try to go with the flow and soak up the hours of nothingness. Because soon enough, soon enough, as all continues to go so well since you're doing everything to protect them, they will be here!
ReplyDeleteTHis is hysterical. I love the idea of you at the grocery store on the cart racing up and down the empty ailes at 11pm....
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