Week 24 check up and other random things to write about

Today I had my 24 week appointment. It went really well! I started seeing the other doctor in the practice, whom I like much better than the doctor I was seeing, so I think I'll stick with her for the time being. John hasn't gotten to meet her yet, as today was the first time I met her, and he had to work today. I'm hoping that maybe my November appointment can get scheduled for a time that he will be able to make it. I think he would come if he could, but doctors offices are always only open at the same times as schools - go figure.
Anyway, the baby's heartbeat was 154 beats per minute, which is good. My due date got bumped up another day, to 1/16/2007, but I'm not going to worry about that, because it's a whole one day difference. But I'm glad the appointment went well.
There isn't a whole lot of other news. I still have some gripes about my job, but there isn't much anyone can do about it - stupid working for a non profit that doesn't have enough grant money. I should have known what I was getting myself into when I took this job. Subbing is going well, as always. I still wish I'd gotten the teaching thing to work out this year, but no such luck. Maybe next fall when the baby is older, I'll look for a teaching job again. I'm starting to consider getting a masters so I can teach. It would be great if John and I could operate on similar schedules. At least with my shelter job, I am only working 12 hours a week there, so it would practially be like having the summer off with him. Plus, I get a 3 day weekend, so we could still go away if we wanted to, and not have to worry about leaving after work, etc.
The only other gripe I have probably isn't really appropriate to post in a plublic blog. It has to do with people that lots of people I know are friends with, and I don't want to start a big issue. So I guess I'll just leave it at that I am missing a lot of my friends right now - it's hard to have virtually all of my friends not know what it's like to be pregnant, or getting ready to plan for a baby. Sometimes I don't even feel like John understands completely how much this is going to affect our lives. I think he's trying to understand. I think women just understand it more because we're the ones to carry the baby until it's born. It's much more real for someone that feels the baby, or the pain, aggravation, etc., that goes with it.
Anyway, that's about all the news from here for now. I'll be back again later in the week to update!