This was an actual conversation I had at the pharmacy yesterday.
Pharmacist: This is an antibiotic. You need to be careful while taking it, as it will cause your birth control to be less effective.
Me: ::laughs:: I’m not worried.
Pharmacist: Seriously, antibiotics will interact with birth control.
Me: Seriously. I think I’ll be ok.

I mean, this guy was looking at me (as I was standing there, much larger than life) the whole time. And did not seem to be joking. Which makes me wonder… exactly how much beer did this guy think I drank? ‘Cause my belly is huge. and I wasn’t trying to hide it.

Another seven quick takes (I’m totally not original ATM. sorry?). And also, (for those of you who don’t like that sort of thing) sorry for the fact that it’s mostly baby news – seriously, it’s the all consuming thing in my life right now, so if it weren’t for that I wouldn’t have any blog fodder.

1. I am ready for Christmas. I have all my shopping done, all the gifts to my family mailed, and the last of the non-family gifts get mailed today (they will be a little late… sorry). I have everything wrapped, and expect for a couple of small stocking things, I’m not waiting on any more packages. Yay!
2. My boss organized a surprise baby shower for me this week, which was awesome. Now I have more baby stuff, including some stuff to decorate the nursery. Yay!
3. That same day, I got a huge box of baby stuff from William and Kim. Because they are awesome. Now I’m goign to spend Christmas week trying to organize this stuff, so I can find it all when I need it.
4. Went to the baby doctor yesterday, and it looks like the baby is already starting to drop. Which doesn’t mean that it will come early, but means that things are moving in the right direction at least. We go in for an ultrasound on Christmas Eve, to get an idea of the baby’s size and position. Yay! If the baby is big, we have to figure out the best course of action (induce early? c-section? tough it out?), and if the baby isn’t big, I have to figure out why I’ve gained 50 pounds, and what I’m going to do with the extra weight when I’m no longer pregnant, lol.
5. I started this pregnancy with the greatest ideals… no induction unless there’s a serious medical reason, no c-section except for the same, and I absolutely would not have them induce me early unless it was a life-or-death thing. Somewhere along the way, though… I got tired. And now I’m like… “OMG, big baby? Sure, induce. Tomorrow would be awesome. Unless you can do it today. Do you think cutting the kid out of me would be better?” Not that I think it will come to that… but I’m just tired. I’m tired of being tired all the time, and of not being able to tie my own shoes, or walk up a flight of stairs without huffing and puffing, or get up from a chair without doing some weird back bend thing to rearrange my center of gravity. And I want to eat a rare steak. And some sushi. But it’ll be like, a seriously long time before I can do either – maybe for Christmas next year or something. Blah.
6. I go to Babies R Us this weekend to get the last big piece of baby furniture (I have good coupons, yay!) – this one’s a dresser / changing table. And I’ll put off buying everything else until after my shower at church on the 4th
7. My family, and possibly Chad’s family, will be in in early February, which will be nice (but also interesting, as they may be here at the same time, and there could be interesting family dynamics there). And yeah, I’m a little nervous about my mother’s parenting style clashing with mine, and the same for my mother-in-law. Hopefully, I’ll make it through the visit without being told that I’m doing it wrong (in my head, this is said lolcat style: UR DOIN IT WRONG!). We shall see.

Head over to Conversion Diary if you want to read more seven bullet updates from random people, lol.

1. We now have baby furniture, which is awesome. Chad’s parents brought in his old stuff, and I’m very excited about it. Now there’s just a few more pieces to buy.
2. The nursery is painted. Chad and his dad did it. And it looks really nice. And was a great thing for them to do on a rainy day. Except…
3. The all day rain + cold temps + wind brought out our Ike problems (that they swore were not problems). Now all our back windows leak (we have 11, seriously). Including the one in the nursery, which nicely streaked the brand new paint. So we’re dealing with the insurance again, and hopefully they’ll be as awesome this time around as they were last time.
4. I have a serious craving for Reddi-Whip and Kool-ade. Together. Which is disgusting, and I refuse to eat it. But having the two separately isn’t fixing it. Maybe Jello and Reddi-Whip would be less disgusting and still satisfy me? Who knows.
5. There is a very very small possibility that I will see a couple of snowflakes t some point tonight. Chad is skeptical, but I’m a believer
6. Everything (with the exception of the windows) is still going well. I’m good (except for some sinus trouble that’s annoying), the baby’s good, everything (besides the aforementioned windows) is good. Which is awesome.

Conversion Diary is hosting a thingy called 7 quick takes on Fridays, and I’m thinking it might help me post more news (which you are all dying to hear). And it’s only one more than my typical 6 point posts, so how bad can it be, right?

1. I’m still pregnant, and I’m currently about the size of a barn. The kind you keep horses, hay, and tractors in. Seriously. But. I can still drive my car without squishing my belly (yay for having all my height in my legs!). And even though I whine a lot and complain about my back hurting and how huge I am and how annoying it is to not be able to see/reach my feet… being pregnant is awesome. It’s probably the single most positive religious experience I’ve ever had. I have been in awe of the entire process since I found out I was pregnant. I honestly don’t know how people can feel a child moving and growing inside them, and not believe in God. And I wish I wrote a little more eloquently, so that I could truly explain it… but I can’t.
2. I have finished Christmas shopping for my family, with a few tiny exceptions, and have actually gotten a good number of things wrapped. Crazy, eh? Christmas shopping for Chad’s family has, however, barely started. But it’ll have to be done soon, since we have to ship everything home. Fun stuff.
3. I purchased and read The Tales of Beedle the Bard yesterday. It was good, and made me laugh out loud a couple of times. I learned a few interesting trivia things about Dumbledore and Hogwarts in general, but not as much as I had hoped. But still, it was enjoyable – now when will she release another?
4. I love reading Mommy blogs. I have a whole list of them in my reader, and I find it really interesting to see how different families operate and deal with everyday stresses and drama. And sometimes, it’s nice to know that I’m not the only one.
5. Because people come here for baby news: my belly is measuring a week ahead this week, which either means the baby will be big, or means nothing, lol. I’ll know more in two weeks, and they’ll do an ultrasound after Christmas to get a better idea of size and stuff. But for now, it looks like we’re still looking at the baby arriving the last week in January.
6. Which is good, as we really don’t have much done yet in the way of nursery preparations. With only 7ish weeks to go (or 6 or 5 or 8, depending) – I’m guessing we should probably get on that. *sigh*. Honestly, I get a little stressed about it every now and then, but for the most part it hasn’t hit me yet that it’s happening so soon. On the other hand, I’m starting to really get uncomfortably huge, so soon is sounding better and better. Worst case, Chad’ll be painting over Christmas week.
7. PhotoShop Elements is t3h awesome. My new favorite photo editing tool. Seriously. I played with it a lot over the weekend Chad was in Seattle, and I’m looking forward to having more pictures to edit and more projects to work on, with baby stuff – but, at the same time, I realize I’ll have less time to work on stuff like that. Sad, no?

For more quick takes, head over to Conversion Diary. Actually, even if you don’t want to read more quick takes, you should head over there anyway. Although I’m not Catholic, I find her writing to be inspiring – and it makes me look at how I relate to God and to my family.