Confession

I realized yesterday that I have become an angry pregnant woman.  Up until this point in the pregnancy, I haven't really been angry.  I've cried pretty much every other day over something ridiculous, but I've not been angry.  And this week, I feel like I could just throw a serious temper tantrum.  Here is a sampling of the things that have made me ready to riot:

1. Saying Thoughtless Things to a Pregnant Woman
1. Example One:  I was walking from the Capitol to the Senate Office Building when I heard someone behind me call my name.  I stopped and turned to see one of the guys from the Sergeant's office.  He said, "I thought that was you by the way you were walking, and I just wanted to be sure.  You're walking like you're carrying a heavy load."  Really?  Was that necessary to say to me?  He might as well have said, "I knew it was you because you're waddling."  Thanks for that, guy.  You know, I know I'm not the most graceful person at this point, but was it necessary to point that out?
2. Example Two: I went to get a pedicure, and when the tech sat down to begin working, he said, "Wow, swollen feet, huh?"  Again, is it necessary to point this out to me?  As I cannot fit my feet into anything other than flip-flops at this point, it's pretty obvious to me that my feet are, indeed, swollen.  Thanks for making me feel even more self-conscious about my Hobbit feet.
2. Purple is the Color for Fall
1. First of all, I am not a fan of the color purple (the actual color, not The Color Purple or "The Color Purple").  And yet, it appears to be in every women's clothing store I walk past in the mall.  It's the trendy thing to be wearing.  And while I appreciate that Motherhood Maternity is trying to stay with the trends while providing pregnant women with things to wear, I wanted to scream when I saw how much purple they were pushing.  I mean, really, people.  I will be nine months pregnant next month.  Do you honestly think that wearing purple is going to do anything for me except make me look like Barney: 

or Grimace:





3. The Non-Existence of FSU Maternity Tee-shirts
1. Garnet and Gold doesn't have them.
2. Bill's and the Bookstore don't have them.
3. Of those three FSU-apparel stores, only www.garnetandgold.com has a maternity shirt, and it looks like a scrub top and is more than $30.
4. When I googled for other places that might carry such items, I found only www.footballfanatics.com (which carried one shirt that was clearly for a baby boy) and www.cafepress.com (which carried shirts about "garnet speartinis" and "Xavier is our Savior"). I just want a plain, normal FSU shirt that is a maternity shirt.
5. On my quest to find an FSU maternity shirt, I had to listen to a worker at Bill's suggest that I could just wear an XXL.  Um, I'm pregnant.  That doesn't mean that buying a bigger size will work.  Why don't people understand that?

Okay, so, yes.  All of these things are pretty trivial.  I know that.  I even know it in the moments I am most frustrated or angry.  And yet, I am still thoroughly irritated.  I'm going to make my own FSU maternity shirt, I'm refusing to wear purple, and I'm going to try to buy some compression socks today.  Hopefully, that will help get me through this last month! :)