Day 152: News and Some Canada Day Fun

The past few months have not been great for me art wise. I had a friend ask me about the quality of my drawings. I told him that I haven't had much time to devote to drawing, so I haven't put the detail and effort into my drawings like I would like to. Time, actually, has only been a small part of the problem. 

This past April I found out that I was pregnant. I didn't announce it because I had lost my last pregnancy at about 10 weeks this past December. I still in the first trimester. I am now happily in the 14th week of my pregnancy and have a due date of December 25. 

While being pregnant is a good thing for me, I wasn't prepared for what came with it. Almost right away I was extremely tired all the time. It didn't help that I was having trouble sleeping at nightAnd starting in the second month I had terrible nausea (which I didn't have last time). I was out of breath just walking up a flight of stairs, and I was having trouble breathing. Things were going really terribly (hence the month absence), until my husband scheduled a doctors appointment for me last Thursday.  

At this appointment I found out that I have Asthma. I've never failed the Asthma blow test before (my doctor said I should have studied first). He prescribed an inhaler for me. I can't even begin to tell you what a difference it makes. I will say I can do laundry without gasping for air.

I'm feeling a lot better now. I am having some trouble sleeping at night, because my nose is a bit stuffy. My doctor says it's likely I have allergies too (I have a cat so that might be it). I can't have any test done on me because I'm pregnant, and I also can't do much for it for the same reason. No antihistamines for me. :( I'm hoping I'm only having these problems because I'm pregnant. Only time will tell. 

I'm not going to give up on my goals because of any of this. I will have to live with being slightly slower right now, and accept that I can't do everything I want to do. I am having a bit of a focus problem right now, but I'm hoping that will pass with time.

My Canada Day Kitten:

I know I said I'd post yesterday, but I was just exhausted after I got home (which is really sad because my husband and I got back by 6:00pm). We celebrated Canada Day on Granville Island. For those of you who don't know: Granville Island is an absolutely beautiful and fun (and don't forget expensive) tourist trap.

We didn't get out of the house until after noon, so it was pretty late when we got to our destination. There was a really nice Jazz band playing when we arrived. Their music was excellent, but I insisted that we find something to eat before we did anything else. The food stands were expensive, and most didn't have meal worthy food (the samosas were good, though). After a bit of walking we stopped at GL Gelatto and Coffee house to eat. The paninis were good, but the tomato and roasted pepper soup was to die for. They also made their own ginger ale, which was really good.

The street performers were good. Nothing better than hockey players on stilts playing street hockey with little kids. I had wanted to blow a glass flower for $35, but I didn't want to go back the next day or have it shipped to me. We're kind of in the process of moving (again) and it was likely to break in any case.

I hadn't bought film before we went (big mistake). Wouldn't you know there wasn't a single shop that sold film. We would have had to go some 5-6 blocks outside of the island just to find film. I know almost everything is digital now, but seriously... that's just annoying. The toy stores were a lot of fun to visit. My husband wanted to buy a magic set (for himself) which I made him put back. I would have liked to buy some of the clothing they had, but most was out of my price range (starting at $200-$300 and going up beyond $1300 for the fancier things).

I think one of my favorite places to visit was the kitty table. Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue had their own table set up with lots of kittens that needed good homes. I wish I could have adopted one, but my cat would have probably eaten it (or died out of fear). I was going to get a Canada Day tattoo, but my OCD kicked in when I saw that everyone was using the same water to put them on (seriously eww).

We never did go back out to watch the fireworks (other than the few we caught on tv, and from behind the trees). I really wanted to see them, but I was also really sore from the time we spent out. I guess I'll have to wait until next year to see the fireworks. Oh well.