Should probably stay in bed this week

There are some days I know I should've stayed in bed.  But when I have that feeling about an entire week?  That's when I could really use to not be pregnant for a day so I can have a strong martini.  Oh well... I've had worse weeks, I know that for a fact.

On the pregnancy front, I get the "opportunity" to take my second gestational diabetes test on Wednesday morning.  Three hours and four pokes later, hopefully I'll just be borderline like I was with our daughter.  Keeping my fingers crossed.

I also get my lovely RhoGAM shot on Thursday afternoon.  Right on the butt.  My husband says he'll make me cabbage noodles that day so I'll feel better.  I'm definitely taking him up on that.

In other random news, my art journal isn't becoming the beautiful pseudo-scrapbook artsy fartsy look-what-I-can-do sketchbook I had envisioned.  It's becoming my weird what's-going-on-in-my-head dumping ground of emotion, using colored pencils.  I guess I have my book choice partially to blame for that.  I don't really mind, except that I can't show it off now, like I had originally planned.  But I must need the outlet, and I'm still enjoying the process, so it's serving its purpose.

Well, off to bed so I can wake up to Tuesday.  At least it was payday today!  That makes Monday okay in my book.

Starting an art journal

I'm embarking on a new endeavor and starting an art journal. I started thinking about it after Mom's post on creating a happiness journal and loved the idea.

I couldn't believe how many art journaling resources are out there though.  It's kind of intimidating.  A lot of them focus on the artistic nature of it all -- creating beautiful journals from scratch with all kinds of supplies -- but I was able to find a couple good books that start at the very basic beginning.  So I dug out an Amazon gift card I got for Christmas and went on a fun-filled Amazon shopping spree.  I decided on  The Creative Journal by Lucia Capacchione.  My package will be arriving next week.  Fun!