News to Me

Each day I feel like I have a new revelation about life, Brazil, pregnancy and simple tasks. Here are just a few of them.

1. Toilet paper does not work as a substitute for paper towels. Thought I would try since every store in Macae has been out of stock for a week. This is where 'buy it when you see it' comes into play. Unfortunately my stock was empty.

2.  The kitchen timer only works when you are close enough to hear it. Which means don't go upstairs close the door and turn on the tv expecting to remember the food downstairs.

3. Cheap hotdogs are a huge no no in pregnancy. I guess I should have known since they are really not good for you when your not pregnant. A little late in the pregnancy to find this out but the list of no no's is really long these days.

4. The brie cheese that I have been avoiding is actually pasteurized down here so I can eat it! So I was eating the bad and holding off on the good. You can't do everything right. It will give Belle character I think.

5. I can no longer get out of the shower by sliding opening one door. I have to open them both. Even then I think the bigger I get the harder it's going to be to get out both. Somebody get the baby oil. Gross- sorry.

6. My increasing tummy size makes a great folding table for clothes. It also makes a great food catcher. I now find stains on the middle of my shirt from some sauce that dripped.

7. I can play 18 holes of golf, walking the course, but I cannot sit in a restaurant for three hours without pain and getting cranky.

8. Ordering water while everyone else is ordering a beer causes confusion in the waiter who always forgets me. I have gotten used to asking twice and sometimes three.

9. Trying to do things for Nate makes him frustrated because I am pregnant and he should be doing them. We both feel bad. Me for not working all day and him because of the baby.

10. Men think that I will break just because I am pregnant. Sure there are some things that I can't do but for the most part I am fine! My golf caddie told me not to jump up and down when I made a great chip on the green. Then he told me not to run.... ??? Por que? This goes with my doctor too. She told me not to get my heart rate up- uhhh are you practicing in the 1950's? This is 2011 and pregnant women run marathons these days.

11. The pears, apples and plums never expire here in Brazil. I swear I have had a pear in my fruit basket weeks and it's still good.

12. The revelations are over. I probably should have saved the best for last but I just wrote them as they came to mind.

Have a great Saturday!

Tchau,
Sara