Yowzers. Another week passes.

Firstly, I can't believe that I have a fully grown (pretty much) baby inside me now. Even with the help of this 37 weeks pregnant picture I find it really hard to imagine (courtesy of ask a mum)!

Secondly, I literally can't keep up and everything is beginning to feel a bit overwhelming. I know when I think about it logically (with Mike's help) that it is all fine but my crazy baby brain isn't logical and I barely slept last night for thinking about things. I'm not entirely sure what, just things.

We moved back into our house yesterday after 3 and half weeks away. I'd really been looking forward to it but once we got back the amount that still needs to be done (preferably in the next week so that I can properly relax and let baby know that we're ready for it to come out!) freaked

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I think I'm losing the plot! I arrived in Olney yesterday to visit my best friend, Alex, and her boyfriend in their new, lovely house, and yet I have zero crack.

I'm not sure if it's because I've just waved Mike off for his 2 week 'work trip' (he keeps accidentally referring to it as a holiday!) to Sri Lanka, you know the place with tsunamis, earth quakes, civil unrest, and food that could give you the shits? Or if it's because I'm going to be living out of a suitcase for the next 2 weeks bunking at my parents, or if it's the state of the house and the fact that when we get back there's still 2 more weeks of living out of 3 of our 8 rooms (kitchen, bathroom, spare room). Equally it could be my self imposed deadline for a first draft of my work's report, which

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I turned 33 weeks pregnant on Thursday and I'm feeling better than I have done at earlier points in my pregnancy. Despite this I didn't get much chance to workout with various other things getting in the way. So on Saturday I was well up for a good gym session. Here's what I did:

20 mins on the bike (I did about 140 cals)

> 10 x squat to shoulder press (with 5kg weights)

> 20 x slow sumo squats

Back in my heady days as a Civil Engineering student I was lucky enough to study in Singapore for a year. As a 21 year old, who thorough enjoyed the 'Lady's nights' (free drinks for 'ladies' to entice the men into you bar), I wasn't massively keen on the Asphalt and Tarmac module I had to take from 5-7pm on Friday nights. Seriously. Only in Singapore.

Having said that, I still remember quite a bit of what we were taught and what's worse I've been reliving it. The basic premise of part of the module was to study accidents that can occur due to excess water on the road and how you can prevent the accidents through the composition of the road surface. Last night driving back from dinner with Gabriella, it was chucking it down. Really chucking it down. And, I was seeing the accidents that could happen in graphic

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Happy 21 weeks pregnant to me! And all those aches and pains people were talking about that I didn't think would happen to me? They've started to happen.

I've noticed in the last week or so that I'm hurting a bit more. For example, whatever I do in gym hurts more the next day now (and I've been doing more or less the same thing throughout my pregnancy), and the other night, while watching telly, I could not get comfortable for the life of me - I tried lying on the floor, sitting up, lying on one side, then the other. Especially sitting up with my legs crossed, a firm favourite of mine, is no longer comfy. And, unless we get a bigger sofa, there is no more snuggling on the sofa with Mike to be had (so he's commandeered the best watching telly spot for himself - Don't worry, I'll

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I've got loads to do tonight as I'm out at a French soiree tomorrow night at best friend, Alex's, complete with duck confit and stripes...firstly I've got to find something French to wear (sounds rediculous but Alex loves a good dress up - although she always goes as a French person if it's a fancy dress party so she's got the upper hand here), apparently penciling on a little moustache isn't going to cut it. And, secondly I need to make a curry for Saturday night as we're off for a big in-laws dinner at my parents'. I was also going to make cakes for mother's day but that thankfully went out of the window otherwise I wouldn't be going to sleep tonight.

I thought I'd get a head start with the blogging while Mike pops out to get the curry ingredients (amazingly he's going?!? I think it's a thank you

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