Small Potatoes

Not much news over here to report. Sorry to bore you . . . But lately it has hit us a little harder than usual as the weeks are slowly turning into days that a new resident in our home will soon be here. At my last dr. appointment she said "You could go into labor anytime now!" Although I knew that it was possible, it was as if permission was granted and now it's more believable!

And so I feel like I live everyday as if it were my last - without a kid. It's an interesting way to live. The laundry is caught up on, the dishes don't sit around as long, the thank you cards get written and sent out promptly, the bills don't wait as long to be paid, there is always gas in the car! Yes, I do have more time than most (I know I'm very lucky) but since we don't know when life will turn upside down we just do as much as possible in a day just to be caught up. Too bad I don't always live like this. Having this unknown deadline is very motivating. I will try to remember this once BT is here. I may not be able to keep up with the regimen right away, but once we are settled, it's not a bad way to live - like it's your last! (But in a good way)

Other random things . . . I had a total pregnancy brain moment a few weeks ago. I was ranting to Leo about something as I was getting laundry into the machine. I put the clothes in, the soap and then I walked away. Leo said "Aren't you going to start the wash?" Oh yeah, closing the top, spinning the dial and actually starting it would be helpful. He just stood there and watched me with a sirk on his face wondering if I would notice. I wouldn't have. And who knows how long it would have sat like that.

The next week, Danielle and I were at my mom's having dinner. Right in the middle I stop, my hands midair, look up and say "ouch." Everyone at the table stops and looks at me "What?! The baby?!" "Nah," I say. "My tooth. A little sensitive. I think I need a visit to the dentists office." They didn't hear me after I said tooth. When someone is as pregnant as I am right now, everything relates to the baby in some way and that's all that matters. Something like a possible cavity is small potatoes I suppose.

I'll let you all know when there are bigger potatoes to be concerned about . . .