and i thought the carnies were weird....

I'll start off with the mundane items.
Avery is still doing very well. I lucked out, and didn't gain any weight for 3 weeks. my doctor was so proud! however, in those 3 weeks, i found out how large my feet can swell before shoes become uncomfortable. we all know how salt makes us puffy... i feel it affects me more than most, as pizza or chinese food usually made wearing rings the next day an impossible act...but now...oh wow... give me hot wings and pizza at consecutive meals, and i'm fit to be part of the macy's thanksgiving day parade! it was shocking how puffy my feet got (my left more than my right)! but after two days of salad and other low-sodium foods, they were back to normal.
So, other than watching my sodium intake, taking my iron supplements, and everything else that goes along with it, everything is good!
And then there are the dreams...
they all say you'll have some vivid dreams, and they won't make any sense. some people have dreams about childbirth, some have dreams about animals, some have dreams about giving birth TO animals.... but they mostly have to do with either giving birth or saving an animal/child. Mine have nothing to do with that. at all. not even close.
I mentioned the carnies... yes, carnival folk...they were my first strange dream. they showed up at my childhood house (in my dream i had a useless teenage brother that didn't want to be dressed up to go to dinner and was texting at the breakfast bar), removed the hood from my car and took it with them, and then they left one of them in a lawn chair to set up shop with a laptop, cell phone, etc. all running off my car battery. this dude was dressed like brad pitt in Snatch, where he dons a tie to dress up...short sleeve shirt, totally dirty, no socks with his dress shoes... you get the picture. very odd. i had handcuffs for some reason and restrained the man.... that was about it...
Then there was the exhibitionist dream. I've never had one of those where you show up at school/work naked, and you're all embarassed. ever. but this one was close. I was somewhere like a mall or clothing store or something, and i had come out of a dressing room or a bathroom (not sure), and had not put a shirt on. I don't think i was pregnant, but my boobs certainly were. anyway, people i knew stopped me and were trying to help, whispering "heather.. omg.. i think you forgot something...." and things like that. and my response was "oh... oops! whatever!"! i totally didn't care that i was walking around in public topless. with not so hot boobs. that was all that happened... what that means, i don't know....maybe it has to do with the fact that all sorts of people are going to see parts of me that aren't meant for the public eye in about 8 weeks. or sooner. and i'm ok with that....
since then, there have been more short snippits that i remember for about an hour and that's about it, but i remember them being odd.
that's all i've got right now...
i need to get back to work, it hasn't slowed down...
just thought i'd update...