Family Matters

Anyone who knows me well, knows that I am not terribly close with my siblings. I am 5 years older than my sister and 8 years older than the baby, my brother. My brother called me yesterday after I hadn't talked to him in about 2-3 months. The conversation started off well with small talk, I told him that Jake and I were getting ready for the arrival of our baby in about 3 weeks. Jerrod then asked me if he could 'crash' at our place for three weeks since he was in San Francisco. I told him no nicely and then told him that I had to go and hoped he had a safe trip back to Las Vegas. 20 minutes later I got a text message from him asking for $20 to help him get home. Again I told him no. This is a perfect example as to why I am not close to my brother and as to why I am 'hand-picking' my children's Aunts and Uncles. Some of my family tell me that I need to accept my brother for who he is, but I can not because I really and truly hope that one day he will become a better person.

Maternity Leave

So my OB put me on Maternity Leave early. I was somewhat expecting to work at the most 3 more weeks and 1 more week at the least. She put me on leave mostly because of my job (I am a RN and I work 12 hour night shifts) but also because my blood pressure has been going up steadily since I became pregnant, I have been having some foot and hand swelling and that I am spilling protein into my urine (TMI?). Granted my B/P isn't terribly high but the other things are all symptoms of pre-eclampsia. I am not very nervous about this, my Mom had pre-eclampsia when she was pregnant with me and she said it was okay. I guess I am mostly nervous about going on leave so early because it might be a little of an economic hardship. I am also concerned that having all this time off wil give me too much time to worry about things...since that is what I do best...worry. I guess I will just have to find things to keep me busy.