nurturing my inner child (literally)

I've been feeling rather strange over the last few months. Not sick, exactly; I haven't been throwing up much, although the urge does strike every now and then. I've been extraordinarily tired, though, and I've been shocked at my lack of patience with our little ones. I can't seem to follow through on simple tasks, largely because I find myself dizzy when I try to do little things like bending over to pick up toys and then stand up quickly again. By the time I've recovered, I've forgotten what I was intending to do in the first place. It's rather bewildering.

And my sense of smell is crazy. I first noticed it on a trip to Costco a while back when I could suddenly smell everything. Not just the smelly tires at the front or the occasional tasty free sample; I always have a nose for those. No, this time I found that I could smell pretty much everything in the store. Including the things behind the glass in the freezer section.

Oh, and my appetite. That's the most prevalent thing. Our friends from our small group knew that something was up with me weeks before we got around to telling them. Not just because I've been ridiculously weepy and emotional and exceptionally good at forgetting things, but also because I have devoured pretty much everything in sight upon arriving at anyone's house, not even waiting for the food to be done getting prepared or for everyone else to be ready to eat (which I'm pretty sure is quite anti-Paul's-teachings of me). I eat an awful lot at home, too. Perhaps that is why so few of my clothes seem to fit anymore. But it's like there is this hungry little person inside of me who is constantly craving huge protein shakes! free-range eggs! raw goat's milk! Doritos! and the like.

Poor Keith has been gallantly putting up with all kinds of emotional mood swings and hardly saying a peep about my lack of imagination in food preparation or the extra measure of untidiness in our home, even though he's still working those crazy hours. He seems to be pretty excited about all of this "feeling strange" business, actually. Must be something to do with the wonderful, delightful, due-in-six-months reason behind it all. I have to admit, I'm pretty excited too!