Mind Over Matter

Maybe....just maybe...If we get enough "willing" we can make this baby come before I have to be induced tomorrow night at 6pm.  If I would have known that I would end up being induced, I would have done it 2 weeks ago before my doc went on vacation!  Just think...right now, instead of reading this, you would be looking at cute little pictures of the new munchkin and you'd be secretly making fun of me for all of my sleep deprivation typos...

I can feel that the force is strong within all of you...If you want to help, send me all your thoughts and "willings" on the following things and we will make this baby appear!

1. Contractions...

2. Dilating...

3. More contractions, a little bit closer together...

4. More dilating...

5. More contractions, even though these hurt...

6. More dilating...

7. The really ouchy contractions that make you wonder why you ever had sex in the first place.

8. The urge to push...

And most importantly...

9. Small baby head size...

I'm putting my faith in the mind power of my fellow blogging addicts...we have 21 hours, (10.5 hours...updated 7:30am) we can do it!

Light-Weight Nerd

So, evidently I am not nerdy enough to actually get a score because I took the stupid test twice...and it never gave me a number score, but it gave me my percentages.  I always knew that I was a nerd...I am just surprised that my dumb/dork/awkward percentage isn't higher!

Blogging Questions...

Since I am still new to the blogging...I have a few questions for you veterans out there.

1. When I post a blog, it is reporting the time all crazy.  It is off by like three hours, and its not exactly 3 hours off either...If if is actually 9:21 PM, it will say that I posted at like 6:37 PM.  I don't get it??? I have been going in manually and changing it, although I had some issues with that too the other night.
2. I love the little 'cross-out' feature that I have seen used, especially by Andrea.  I looked everywhere for that option and can't find it!
3. Is there any special reason to put labels on your posts? Is that just a cataloging feature for the archives?

I guess that is all I have right now, but I am sure I will think of more as time goes on...

My "To Do" list is all crossed off...

I woke up this morning bound and determined that the baby was going to come today.  I know Grandpa John was placing his bets on today since it is the 7th and his birthday (and my dad's, actually) are on the 7th (of different months).  Joslynn went to daycare today so, in my attempt to induce labor, in a subtle way, I made a little 'to do' list of things to get done, hoping that the baby would come and my list would sit on the kitchen counter with nothing crossed off.  As I sit here blogging though, I realize that my list (below) is all crossed off, and I need to come up with a new one...

• Pick up toys...Our living room and family room downstairs usually look like a toy store got massive stomach cramps and threw up everywhere...all that bending and still, no baby...
• Vacuum...I vacuumed the entire house, including the foyer and downstairs...even the laundry room!  I have to tell you too...when I vacuum, I vacuum.  (I love my Dyson)...and still...nada...
  
• Clean bathroom...The toilet got some special attention because, of course, Joslynn gravitates to that the instant she walks in there...scrub, scrub, scrub and still, nothing...
  
• Re-pot plants...I had been putting off re-potting some house plants simply because I wasn't feeling very 'green-thumbish' lately, but I thought to myself, 'It's somethin' to do...' So I went outside in the humidity, hunched and bent over my, now beautiful, plants and still, you guessed it...no baby...

Since the physical activity wasn't working for me...I thought, 'Maybe doing as little as possible will set something into motion...'

• Check blogs...I read everyone else's blogs, but didn't post one of my own, because that would require mental work and I just didn't have it in me earlier...nope, nothing but the normal kicks...
  
• Watch House Hunters...Josh and I watched an episode together before he went to class...my back ached a little, so I got really excited, but didn't want to say anything...it just turned out to be a back ache...
  
• Read...I finally gave in yesterday and went to Barnes and Noble and bought the book that I wanted to read, even though the hardcover was expensive.  My hope was that as soon as I opened up to the first chapter that I would go into labor and my book would just have to wait; I am now on page 99...just a bunch more kickin' as I laid on the couch...
  

So, my list is all crossed off.  After I post this blog, I think I need to write up a new one...

The Waiting Game...

Sounds like a new game show doesn't it?

As I sit and wait around for this non-punctual baby to make its grand entrance, I am in need of things to distract me.  If I don't occupy myself somehow I start doing things like clean the top of the cabinets or start to re-design the layout of my living room furniture; trust me, there isn't a lot of room to work with, so I definitely need a diversion.  Everyone knows that when you are waiting for something, it always seems like an eternity before it actually happens.  A few examples that you may be able to relate to are: like waiting for Friday during that long week at work, like waiting for payday, like waiting for your food when you are starving, or like waiting to have a baby that you were counting on having 2 weeks ago...

Here are the things that I have tried thus far, and maybe why they haven't worked to keep my attention for long:

1. Clean, clean, clean...everyone knows that no matter how much you clean, the job is never done, especially with a 13 month old, my kitchen floor could be swept 17 times a day and it would still be dirty.

2. Shopping online...this is a problem because you know as well as I do that money doesn't grow on trees, especially in a yard that is owned by two teachers.  Also, when you do order online, you don't have the satisfaction of seeing your new purchase right there in front of you, so, again, you play the waiting game while you wait for it be come in the mail...

3. Planning my science curriculum...I have gone into school more in June this summer than I really wanted to, so I am just a little more than burned out, for the time being, on school stuff, and trying to get that stuff done at home is impossible because it's just more fun to play and be silly than to be serious and focused on work...

4. Read a book (for fun)...I can't remember the last time that I actually did that, but the book that I want to read, A Thousand Splendid Suns, is only in hardcover at the store and I don't really want to spend $26 on it, so that is out the window...

5. Bake homemade blueberry muffins...I did some baking a few days ago, and of course the muffins are all gone now, and it is too hot to do any more baking right now.

6. Watch TV...I have watched more TV in the past week or two than I did in the past year combined.  I watched a bunch of reality shows that I didn't even know existed: The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, Shear Genius, Tori & Dean, Denise Richards: Its Complicated, The Next Food Network Star...just to name a few.

7. Research food recipes...I did find a few new recipes, although that brings me back to #5 with the heat problem...

8. Take a nap...I rarely, if ever, take naps, and they can only last so long, and then you are back to waiting when you wake up.

9. Blogging...I started my blog as part of this waiting game, and I can only come up with so much to talk about when I have one thing on my brain and one large, kicking thing in my belly...

Any other "distraction" ideas are more than welcomed. 

OCD or "Nesting" ???

Yes, I'm still pregnant...so my topic tends to lean toward that nature.  I apologize for the lack of variety, but as I sit here with nothing better to do than to put off my science curriculum planning, I can't help but have these crazy blogging ideas pop in my head.  

I was cleaning today, as I have been for the past week or two, because I actually have time to do it (Joslynn was at daycare today).  I know that pregnant women go through that "nesting" period, but I can't tell if it is that or just my OCD that I talked about in my "Get to know me..." section.  I get in these cleaning frenzies and just hop from one task to another like the flight of the bumble bee.  So, if you care to read on, I'll let you decide if it is the Monica in me...(Andrea, you know what I'm talking about) or if it is the "nesting"...

Anyway, as I was crouched down vacuuming under the edge of the kitchen cabinets, where all those little crumbs tend to pile up, a vision flashed in my head from a great movie.  If anyone would have walked in and saw me doing what I was doing, they would probably agree that it reminded them of the scene from "There's Something About Mary" where Magda is hopped up on Speed and lifts up the couch with one arm and vacuums underneath it...only, subtract the Speed from my real-life version.  

As I continued in my vacuum frenzy, giving my Dyson a good workout, I got a little lazy and decided that it would be easier to suck up the crumbs from the kitchen table and food pieces in Joslynn's highchair rather than wipe them all up by hand. As I did so, it brought the vision of Goldie Hawn in "Overboard" as she used the vacuum cleaner to clean up the dinner table, and to top it off, she sucked up a banana peel...I didn't do that, but I think I sucked up a few pieces of graham cracker, some noodles and a piece of strawberry or two. 

I also cleaned the top of the cabinets (which Josh would probably scold me for) and then went on to organize my spice cupboard...what do you think, OCD or "nesting?"  I still can't tell...

Summer and its pregnancy alternatives...

So, my due date is 2 days away...

They always say that it's good to be able to laugh at yourself...so in my last days of this pregnancy I have done a lot of daydreaming about what I would/could be doing if I weren't pregnant, and then just chuckle to myself when I consider the alternative route that I take to make life bearable...

(daydreaming: harp music and the "wavy blur" happen now)

1. I would be sitting outside in a lawn chair, in a bikini, enjoying the sun's beautiful rays.

Alternative: Sitting inside like a hermit because I ran out of clothes that fit weeks, no, wait a minute, months ago...

2. I could be sitting inside of Joslynn's little play pool with her, keeping cool and enjoying the heat of summer.

Alternative: I grunt and groan to lower myself into a lawn chair beside her pool and just put my swollen feet in so I don't overflow the pool...

3. I could go for a run in the morning and even push Joslynn in the jogger with me...

Alternative:  I wave as she and Josh take off and then I lay on the couch for a quick cat nap...

4. I could shoplift watermelons at the supermarket...

Alternative: I actually got (teasingly) accused of doing so...

5. In the evening, I could sit out on our lawn swing with a nice cool, adult beverage and snuggle up with Josh...

Alternative: I fall asleep on the couch, spill my water (because it fell off the belly shelf) and Josh has to give me a push (or pull) to help me up...

6. I would go to a pool or beach and enjoy the water there...

Alternative: A cold shower...let's face it, I'll spare the world that terror.

7. I would go and get an actual pedicure, because Lord knows my feet need it...

Alternative: I attempted to give myself one, out of courtesy for the salon workers--honestly, it was like a Weeble Wobble reaching for its feet!

8.  I would go out for an afternoon/evening walk...

Alternative: I think I'll stay inside with my feet up and blog...

Ahh...life's little miracles...