Where did that waistline go anyway???

It disappeared before my eyes overnight. I always thought that it would be a gradual thing, but low and behold, it happened very quickly, among many other changes as well. The weather had started to become "summerlike" in mid May, and normally I would have liked to be active and do things after a day at the office, but not that May. I literally went to work, returned to my apartment, ate dinner and fell asleep by 8:30 or so...I was absolutely exhausted by the time I got home from work, I could not lift a finger let alone contemplate using the pool in my building, which was not like me at all. On days where I had slightly more energy afterwork, I would read pregnancy books, but usually I would make it through only one chapter and then my eye lids would win the battle. I was lucky though, to have such an amazing man beside my side, who took care of me and actually made me believe that I still looked the same and that my waistline hadn't changed that much. Yeah right... and my backyard wasn't getting bigger either.
Thinking back, that month was very non-eventful. Aside from a weekend kayaking trip to Gabriola Island (must have had a spurt of energy that weekend) normally weekdays consisted of work, eat, read, sleep and on weekends, sleep, eat, walks, read, and the odd outting to a movie or visiting friends and family. But June proved to be a much more interesting month, whew. Not only was it the last month of the first trimester, but Michael and I decided to go on a road trip and our only two goals were to relax and have fun. My brother gave us a "timeshare certificate" to use at the Fairmont Hotsprings, and off we went. We drove through many small towns to get to our final destination, and once we arrived in Fairmont, we were pleased with the accomodation. This was numero uno for me, I looked at a bed and its bedding, in a whole new light. The bigger the better....i'm talking about the bed, not me.
Michael managed to play golf at three different courses, one without me, and the other two I drove the cart, we had some laughs with that. Next stop was Montana, where we cycled through the old trussel bridges. I was distracted by our fun that I forgot about pregnancy, which looking back, was a good thing. Sometimes it's a breath of fresh air to not think too much.
Our last stop was a summer resort town in Idaho - I can't even remember the name of it now, can I blame my memory loss on post pregnancy??? Probably not 17 months after the fact. We took the kayak out and went for a nice long paddle on a sunny day, our goals were met - we were relaxed and having fun.
The end of June I began to feel "normal" again. Not as lethargic as I had been the previous month, and I accepted the fact that my body was changing. Little did I know that six months later I would endure the biggest change of all, more about that later. Next up, "I need a Blizzard and I need it now"