Licensed Pharmacist

We found out on the 14th that Chase passed both of his board exams and was officially a licensed pharmacist! YAY!! He took his state law/jurisprudence exam on the 7th and was notified in the mail a few days later that he passed with an 81 (he needed 75 to pass) and then took his national board on the 11th and checked the status of his intern license online until it turned from pharmacy intern to pharmacist! Of course, we had to go celebrate and the whole family went to Chili's for dinner that night. A few days later, he got the notification in the mail too and then his license came just a few days ago.  So from that time forward, he started making pharmacist wages, which will be nice when it comes time to start paying on those student loans.  He has been working with other pharmacists until he was officially licensed and was on his own for the 1st time this past Wednesday.  I am so proud of him and all the hard work he has put into providing for his family.  Work has been a little stressful for him because his store is unorganized since they have had temp pharmacists in there for the past month or two.  He has had to go in early, stay late, and go in on his days off in order to try to get things in order.  Hopefully it will all turn out ok and he won't come home so stressed every day.

I went for another midwife appointment this past Friday and they determined that the baby had flipped and is now head down.  All that worrying for nothing! I'm so glad she has flipped and that I won't have to deliver a breech baby!  She has been super active these past few days, moving and kicking almost non-stop all day, but especially when I lay down at night to go to sleep.  My heartburn is getting worse at night and I have to sit up quite a bit in order to sleep, which is terribly uncomfortable and leads to a lack of sound sleep.  So, of course, I'm a little tired and drained of energy.  I feel very, very hot these days.  I can't keep the house or my rooms at work cool enough to be comfortable.  My poor co-workers; I am totally freezing them out of the office just so I can get through my days.  The fact that the baby turned made her drop down into my pelvis a little more, causing more hip and back pain and leading to my very first stretch marks.  Chase noticed them one day because they are under my belly, but I contribute them to the fact that my skin stretched so quickly down there when she flipped...ya we'll go with that excuse.... I was really hoping I would get away without any stretch marks (not really expecting that outcome, but still hoping).  For some reason, Chase didn't understand why I was so upset about getting stretch marks; he just laughed at how distraught I was! :-)  I decided yesterday that 9 months is a long time to be so uncomfortable, but I know it is necessary.  During my 2nd trimester, I felt so great that I was wondering why so many women were so tired of being pregnant by the end of their 40 weeks, but I am starting to understand and I know its only going to get worse!! I have 7 weeks left until my due date (and 7 weeks left of work until maternity leave) and I know that I just have to take it one day at a time.  Here's to hoping that the days go by fast!

July 20 - 32 weeks 5 days