Strange Behavior

While I figured my body would be going through many changes in these 9 months, I would have never guessed the kind of changes. On a regular basis I find myself stopping mid-action to say "Who ARE you?". Some examples:

1. I eat McDonalds.

Before pregnancy, you would never (okay rarely) find me eating at Micky Ds. Their chicken is obviously not really chicken, their 'healthy' options are gross, and everything on the menu is loaded with sodium, preservatives and other terrible things. I mean, haven't you seen Food, Inc? Or Supersize Me? If I had to have fast food, you'd find me at subway (veggie sandwich on flat bread) or Chipotle (veggie burrito bowl).

Until now.

This happened: I woke up the other morning, and  I was VERY happy because it was one of the rare mornings I felt halfway normal with some energy. I had some OJ and a Cliff Bar for breakfast then headed out the door. On my way to work, I saw those same golden arches I see everyday, but I suddenly had to have McDonalds breakfast SO BAD. Like...if you told me "no" I might have literally punched you. So I squealed into the parking lot, found the drive-through line as WAY too long, and so I marched inside. It may have been my imagination, but I'm pretty sure everyone saw 'crazy' in my eyes and got out of my way. I ordered 2 breakfast burritos and a coke (a coke!?) and it was glorious. I was half elated (I'm finally hungry yay!) and half mortified (a coke?!). Either way, a band of heathens couldn't stop me from that meal.

2. I forget things. (IMPORTANT things.)

The other weekend, hubs and I went back to his hometown in Indiana for a family get together, and we stayed the weekend. It was a lovely time, and as we left on Sunday I made extra sure we packed everything up, because occasionally I leave little things behind. Little things. We get half way to Cincinnati when I wanted to check my text messages. It took be about 30 seconds to realize my phone was in my purse...which was back at the In-Laws'. I was SO mad at me. My co-worker called it pregnancy brain so I'm going with that. Thankfully my Mother In Law is AWESOME and met hubs halfway the next day to deliver my precious articles. Still feeling guilty about that one. Stupid pregnancy brain.

3. I'm suddenly bad at parking.

Being pregnant has impacted my parking skills. Crazy, right? When I park, my car somehow ends up crooked, or not totally in one parking spot. Weird, I know. I'm quite certain I've always been a phenomenal parker. I guess it's one of those random side effects of being pregnant. Yup, never had parking issues before pregnancy. (Don't ask hubs about this...he'll lie and say I've always been bad at parking.)

Pregnancy has made me a bad parker. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.