Vroom Vroom

I awoke about an hour ago to itchy legs and arms and throbbing knees. The itchiness and the throbbing are unrelated but equally as annoying, so I finally got out of bed after lying there scratching and wincing every time I rolled over to try to fall back asleep. I'm not really sure why I'm itching so much. I put anti-itch cream on when I got up. Sometimes, it's because of Lulu. Other times, it's a mystery. Not sure what to blame it on right now. Just wish it would go away.

My knees throbbing are thanks to my efforts to help Josh yesterday. I brought him lunch at this beautiful house he was working at and somehow got roped into cleaning out gutters. They were drain gutters located around the pool, so I had to bend over and kneel like you might do if you were gardening. I did this for 4 hours, which is a major no-no for me. I have always had extra fluid or something joint-related in my knees that prevents me from kneeling for long periods of time. It's a horrible thing to be afflicted with as a Kindergarten teacher because I'm naturally doing a lot of that when I'm helping students at their desks or even talking to them at eye level. It even affects me when riding a bike for long periods of time. I was doing enough up-down that I thought I'd be okay with the work I did for Josh, but apparently I was very, very wrong. I think my joints are swollen and I feel very old. I hope it doesn't incapacitate me today! I have a lot to get done. Only 2 more business days til we leave and I have errands to run and need to be mobile!

I have another doctor's appointment today. My routine of going to the hospital to get blood drawn first will hopefully end after today. Fingers crossed, they will say I am no longer pregnant. That will mark the end of the weekly doctor's visits!

This week has mostly been centered around buying a car. Monday night, we spent hours at the dealership negotiating. I hate that part. We left Monday night with a car, but not a firm rate on our loan. Because the banks were closed, we had to wait til the next day to find out what we'd be offered. All day Tuesday, Josh kept saying he didn't like the car because it smelled. I agreed that it had an odd odor in it, but it was a really nice car and I thought we could just Febreeze it. A smell isn't a reason I would ditch a car. It was clear, though, that he didn't love it and when it came down to it the payments were just too much for us to be committing to it if we didn't love it. So I took it back yesterday. They kept trying to convince me to keep it, of course, and eventually began offering me other cars to look at, but I needed a break. They agreed on a time out but insisted they would "keep looking" for what we wanted. I got my car back and drove home. It wasn't until the evening that I realized they still had my registration, so I will have to go back today. I'm irritated about this because the dealership is not at all close by.

They were offering us so little on our trade-in that I decided to try my hand at selling it myself on Craigslist last evening. I have already gotten 3 interested emails, listing it for 4 times what the dealership offered us, so I would say private sale is a good way to go. Josh thinks this is the wrong time to be doing all of this since we're leaving for Hawaii on Sunday, and he's probably right. I just have a hard time not starting projects as soon as they enter my brain. Which reminds me: I need to go look for the car title. Then maybe I'll try bed again....