rain and a heartbeat

Today was framed by rain, as a lot of this spring has been.
The minutes of the day:
Mr. S and I walked in the rain, this morning and voted in our tiny town's election. It is strange to live in a small town(pop 1500) that is surrounded by large towns and the capitol, just a mile away.
Then I got ready for school, went and did some grading, went to my (now) monthly OB appt.

After months and years of every visit to an OB or RE involving blood tests and scans it was very strange to just leave a little urine, have myself weighed, and have my blood pressure checked. Then my OB came in and said, "OK, you're 13 weeks, let's see if we can hear the heartbeat."

It took him a minute, and I got a bit worried, but tried to remain calm, but he found it(after hearing my obvious, slower beat) the under-water rapid woosh entered the room, and he said, "good, it is a strong beat." And that was it!

The appointment was almost anti-climatic, except for hearing the so very reassuring heartbeat. I go back in in a month.

Then I took the metro to my car and went to meet a new tutoring student.

It rained from here to there, all day. And, I think I am catching a cold. But, I feel like I am entering truly into 'normal pregnant lady' status, slowly, oddly.