Week 24 (11/6- 11/12)

So a pretty big development in my life is happening. Hov and I decided to try and see if we can't get him back up here in Tallahassee. We were seriously weighing our options starting a few days ago and now it's in full effect. We sort of realized that all these sacrifices we were making by living with family members and saving every penny and dealing with all things Miami (traffic, horrible commutes, douchebags) was to eventually get a lifestyle down there that we pretty much already have up here. The only thing that was keeping us going was being near family which is still really important to us but I think we have to consider a positive quality of life. My family already has said they're going to be visiting a lot anyway. We'll see what happens. Staying in Tallahassee means Hov has to find a job up here now since he obviously can't go back to his old job. If he can't find a job then he can't really leave Miami since we need his income to pay all the bills. I really hope it works out. We have so much space up here that is OUR space. I'd feel a lot better if it worked out and also it would be way easier with finishing my program. Fingers crossed everyone. It's too bad we don't have more contacts up here, it just seems like most of the people we have known have Tallahassee as a stopping point, not really as a destination.

I've been in ZERO mood to cook lately which has meant there has been more eating out this week than normal. Not really great but quite tasty. I must get better. This belly is big enough as is! I did have a super craving for tres leches for some reason so I decided to make one and halfway through realized I couldn't eat the frosting so left it naked and have basically eaten half of it as of today. Keep in mind that the pan it's in is a half-sheet. It came out way too thin but the last time I made it in a regular 9x13 pan there wasn't enough space for the frosting so I thought this was the solution (which wouldn't have mattered anyway since I didn't make the frosting) but I won't be making this mistake again.

Another amazing thing is I got the babyshower invite from my girls Brooke and Maddie, I'm obsessed. Brooke is so talented with all DIY things, she made her own wedding invitations and I love what she did with these invites. So simple but so cute. I can't wait for the babyshower, I'm excited.


I also finally went and changed my name officially. I am no longer Claudia Vargas, it's now Claudia Arakelian. It's like a tongue twister, try to say it three times fast. I had tried to go shortly after we went to the courthouse but the government shutdown was going on and they laughed in my face. This time I went to the social security office 20 minutes before they opened and was already 11th in line. I was pretty annoyed but actually it went really quickly and it was totally fine. In and out in like 15 minutes. I took advantage of being out to go have breakfast by myself at Canopy Road. I pretty much raged. They have the most delicious sweet potato pancakes so of course I had to get one of those, and eggs with a side of bacon... but then I had a craving for biscuits and gravy so I got some of those too. I left with a bunch of leftovers but those didn't last until the end of the day. The only thing that was annoying was you can't go change your drivers license the same day you go to the social security office, you have to wait 24 hours so I did. I went to the DMV the next day only to find out that the person at the SS office had messed up the paperwork but she it was entered online correctly and of course I needed two alternate things to verify my address which left me scrambling. Thank goodness I had my voter registration card which counted as one and it just so happened that I had a check that I hadn't cashed yet that I used as a "pay stub" that had the address on it. Shenanigans. So I was happy I could change my name on that but then they tell me that I need a new picture. I had a fantastic drivers license picture but they wanted a new one. Of course they did. I had just come from the gym, my hair is a mess, no make-up. Ugh. My name is changed but my picture looks awful which is annoying. I can go back and get a new one whenever I decide to do my hair and makeup one day.

This is officially the end of the 6th month. Get ready people!!!! Baby is the size of an ear of corn this week. The baby likes balling up in one place, usually on the right side of my belly and then stretching out and then balling up again. I feel like I have an alien in my belly. So crazy feeling. One more month and we're officially in the last trimester. I can't get over it. This is really happening.