"Overtired..."

As a little girl, I often had a hard time falling asleep. I can remember my mother telling me that I was "overtired" on more than one occasion, which meant that I was too tired to even fall asleep. I am not sure if she made that term up or if it was legit, but none the less I adopt it now. I am overtired. I am so tired that I cannot sleep.
Being pregnant has brought a whole new meaning to the term "exhaustion" for me and I never imagined I could feel as tired as I feel. I guess I have been lucky in other senses because I have only been sick off and on and haven't had to be hospitalized for dehydration or anything, but at the moment being this tired seems to me like the worst possible symptom!
I had a busy weekend and really overdid myself. Friday night we were home, but I did alot around the house. I have a hard time sitting around doing nothing, although I love the thought of it and always plan to do it, it just never works out that way. Saturday morning I met my friends Jenny, Kim and Ashley to go bridesmaids dress shopping for Ashley's wedding. I had the best time and just really needed that socialization with some of my girlfriends. It was great to get together and just be silly. I was even able to attach a "belly" to myself at David's Bridal while we were trying on dresses and this brought lots of laughter. It was kind of neat to see what I might look like in Ashley's wedding...of course with the latch on belly all the weight was contained in the front. I am sure this won't be the case when I am actually 8 months pregant wearing a dress! When I got home Saturday I had 15 minutes to freshen up before we headed out to chaperone a trip to bowling and dinner with the youth group. This was all great fun, but by the time I got home I was so exhausted and I had the worst headache. I didn't sleep very well Saturday night and after church we had to head to Madison for my cousin Emily's 18th birthday party. I am sure I was "oh so much fun" because I really was just completey non-social. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't make myself feel like I was pleasant company. I was so tired and just out of it. I felt like a walking zombie. I slept all the way home and crawled into bed the minute I walked into the door. I took a nice nap and woke up in a great mood. Unfortunately I think the nap hindered my sleep because I did not sleep even an hour last night. I slept 15 minutes here and there but I saw every half hour that crept by. Needless to say today I am of course...so tired. But, I've managaged to be in a good mood and my students really keep me moving. I have a great group this year!
Cliff went for his bloodwork today, hopefully we will hear from them in the next few days. We are still really at peace about everything going on and are so excited to see our baby on Thursday! I think it will look like a small shrimp with little arms and legs. We'll see!