Mental & Electrical Breakdowns

The two seem to have a correlation around here. 

I have been in the habit of blow-drying my hair after I shower. 

I am not alone in this habit I am sure.

Unfortunately,

our poor old house seems to have the horrible 

habit of blowing THE fuse when I blow dry my hair. 

As in, all power in the whole house. 

Gone. 

Nonexistent.
Electricity? Zippo.

My landlord simply said: 

we are power hogs and the old house just cannot support our electrical needs. 

I decided to test his theory like this: 

shower. 

dry off.
drip dry hair as long as possible.

turn off all the lights. 

unplug anything unnecessary
{basically everything except the refrigerator}

plug in the blow dryer

proceed in haste and caution

and...

Still. The house couldn't handle it. 

Sunday morning and my hair was in that half-dry-frizzy stage. I'm sure I looked just as frazzled as our poor electrical wiring. 

And so I had a mental breakdown. 

I called the landlord as usual. 

But this time I cried.

"I NEED to dry my hair"

And then I threatened {mentally} to move out as soon as I found a place that can support a blow-dryer.

Now that I am more composed about the experience...and some real progress has been made on this matter...I feel I am ready to look back on the experience with...
a little more humor.
But I still close my prayers with:
Thanks for this old house, we're so lucky to rent it, and please, bless it.
And it is a blessed house.
{Most of the time}
The sink episode is still a little too...fresh. ;)

Second Trimester...Bliss?!

I love being pregnant right now. 

Seriously. 

It's great!

Why??

a. I don't feel self conscious...let it all hang out baby!

b. No {real} need to be too conscious about food/exercise

...just listen to my body & do what feels good

{and hey..if it's ice cream I want...then it must be the calcium she needs!}

c. I feel great! 

I haven't felt sick at all the last few weeks

...not {overly} exhausted 

...not too swollen

...yet

d. I can feel my baby moving around all the time. 

And I know it's not gas. Most of the time. ;)

It is indeed the craziest {most incredible} feeling.

e. The "nesting bug" is kind of exciting!

I've been reading my favorite spring-clean-motivation book

It's All Too Much 

Getting ready to do some serious nesting-de-junking
...soon.

And the "nursery" idea is growing on me.

There. 

Now no matter what I say about pregnancy in the weeks to come---

no matter what I say to discourage a fellow female in the future---

 everyone will always know that at least for a little while...

I loved being pregnant!!

Wondering if maybe I'm having this lovely period just to prepare me for something...

But for now, I feel so blessed. 

Am I crazy?