Fungus Walk 2007
The weather was so, so gorgeous this weekend. We had all the windows open and went out for a gentle hike around the Coralville Reservoir on Saturday. The downside is that my allergies are absolutely nuts, and the only thing I can take is Benadryl. That is good for sneezing and stuff, but it also makes me really drowsy, so I can’t very well take it during the day. It also doesn’t do anything for congestion. If anybody knows of a decongestant that’s safe for pregnancy, let me know. Everything I’ve found says it’s category C, which means don’t take it unless it’s really, really necessary.
Wait…isn’t Robitussin supposed to be okay? I’ll check on that. UPDATE: ixnay on the obitussinRay. “Studies on animals show adverse effect and toxicity on fetus.” Stupid animals, ruining it for everybody.
So anyway, it’s rained so much lately that the woods were really fungusy. Maybe you think that’s gross, but it was quite beautiful.
This is us, in case you didn’t know.
Fungus
More fungus
My little slug friend
It was fun. We also went out to dinner on Saturday night with Jamal and Alyssa, and the smell of my crab curry was oozing out my pores for a good 24 hours after that. After dinner we saw Superbad, which was quite funny, and the acting was really good.
I was going to say something about par, but I couldn’t figure out how to make it make sense. I don’t know much about golf, but if you go below par, that’s good, right? But when you say something is subpar, that’s bad.
It reminds me of that episode of The Simpsons where Pierre, the sexy bowling instructor, is trying to make it with Marge. Psyching himself up in the mirror, he said (in a French accent of course), “You’re really going to strike out tonight!’
Is Mr. Crall under contractual obligation to wear that T when you two are out together?
I am pretty sure that I was allowed to take Sudafed when I was pregnant. I could be wrong. Check with a pharmacist. They will know.
Holly
I think my mom’s damage is that she’s thinking about a group of strangers closely scrutinizing my naked parts for hours, and producing hard copy evidence of my naked parts, and she probably thinks I will regret this and that it will dog me for the rest of my life, or some nightmarish situation. Feh.
I can’t wait to blog about it.
Tell Denny I said hi, as in HIGH! VOLTAGE! ROCK AND ROLL!
What pretty fungus! It reminds me of a level in Super Mario Sunshine, which probably means I should go out and see real nature more often.
Ok just call me the random pregnancy advice lady because apparently those are the only comments I can leave. Whatever. Plain Sudafed and Chlortrimeton. That’s not spelled right at all, but it’s kind of the original allergy medicine of all allergy medicine and so has been around forever, blah blah blah, very safe and very effective. I’ve sent out my thanks to the universe for it several times over the past year and a half. Still makes you kind of sleepy. But, word to the wise. Find the meds you can take now and work really well for you now because people think you’ll be able to go back to normal med life after the baby- but you can’t if you’re nursing. sucks. If you’re ever in dire need of info call Labor and Delivery- they’ve got a magic list of drugs you can take- and they’re nice 🙂