Sunday, May 31, 2009

Writer's Block

I remember this happened the last time I hit that final stretch in my pregnancy (aka the 3rd trimester). I just have NOTHING to write about anymore. Or at least nothing that sounds remotely interesting. Still, I feel the need to post something here for the few, faithful readers who still check in from time-to-time:

  • My kids finished school last week. The crazy morning routine and 20 minute drive to school will NOT be missed this summer.
  • I have one week of work left. I am very excited to spend more time at home and very sad to leave THE best job ever. But, my other kids got at least three years of being home with mom, and just because this one is late to the party doesn't mean she should miss out on having time at home with mommy. (Actually, I'm worried she will be spoiled. Very few of my kids were ever home alone with me because they had at least one sibling or cousin there too and learned to share early.)
  • Elisa's party at the park birthday was fun and low maintenance. I still have a niece and nephew's birthdays coming up soon, but their parties are their mothers' stressors and I'm done with kid parties until December!
  • My dog had to get the $600 pin in his leg reset because he snapped some of the wires in there by moving around too much on it-despite our best efforts to discourage him. The vet didn't charge for the do-over (except for boarding fees) and went in with zip ties this time. Apparently, lots of vets do that, but it was a first for ours. I'm not sure how I feel about that, but I'm hoping for the best. So far, the big guy is in good spirits.
  • I had a little too much fun with my second-to-last paycheck this weekend. I went to Babies 'R Us on Friday and out to dinner and a movie on Saturday. I make no apologies for either.
  • The movie was Terminator: Salvation-would I have liked it better had I actually seen any of the other Terminator movies? I did like it, I'm just curious.
  • I CANNOT get comfortable lately and I'm just now past 30 weeks pregnant. I still have at least 9 more weeks of this. Heartburn, hip pain, back pain, and all that other fun. Oh goody!
  • I am glad that the baby is active and healthy, even if she has taken over my poor body to get there.
  • I finally finished Mansfield Park-two thumbs up! And now I need new book suggestions.

7 comments:

Tiffany

We need to get together after you are done with work this week. When life is a little slower for both of us.

Lanie

I've got Rhett Butler's People if you'd like to read it. It's actually pretty good.

Anonymous

I just read some brain candy you'd probably enjoy...called One Fifth Avenue...really good for fluff, IMHO.

Love,
Jen

Christina

I've finished Sense and Sensibility and can pass it on to you. Also after watching the movie "The Golden Compass" I got the books and read them. They were very interesting and sucked me in. Natalie will like them also. They are in one book so it's kind of big but all last week I had to keep reading it to see how it turned out!

Christina

They aren't Harry Potter as far as HAVE to read them but they are pretty darn good. Darker than HP.

Melessa

Tiffany-Sounds like a plan!

Lanie-Actually, I would like to read that.

Jen-I'll have to look for that one too.

Chris-Natalie has been wanting to read those for some time, so she would be really happy with you. (When isn't she happy with you, though? Being a godmother has its privilages.)
I'm excited for Sense and Sensibility

Anne

Don't worry too much about this baby being spoiled, because it's probably inevitable. Julie was adored by everyone because she was the youngest and the cutest, so she had four older siblings to spoil her in addition to parents, grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles, etc. We all fought over her. You are powerless to stem the tide of adoration for this baby, so just let yourself enjoy every minute alone with her that you want. I think after raising the first four you deserve to have just one baby to care for during the day, and the first four turned out great so clearly you're doing a fine job. Are you REALLY going to miss changing diapers on two all day, or trying to potty train while simultaneously caring for an infant and meeting the needs of older ones too? I don't think so.

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