No class tonight and I have been sickly domestic!

Because some of my classmates come from a distance, class was canceled tonight. I was not too disappointed. The weather doesn't really seem like it has gotten bad, so maybe it won't.
Dustin is still in town. He called at nine. Said he was going to have a few drinks with the other managers, get a bite to eat, but wouldn't be home late. Um. Not late, right.
Anyway. I have been doing laundry all day. I have just about everything done. I am completely amazed that I got so much done. I also am feeling a little disturbed, is it possible that I could be this efficient and domestic? Nah. I'm pretty sure today was a fluke. It was nice to have a chance to just keep doing the laundry undisturbed.
I have some phone calls to make in the morning and then an appointment in the afternoon. I had time to make the calls today, but was enjoying the relaxing pace of my laundry and TV day. I think that is about all I did today.
Like I said, I feel really domestic and productive. I also shouldn't have to do laundry forever. I am running out of room to put the clothes. We never have them all clean at the same time.
It will be nice to have a closet again. Some day.
Good night.

Good Place Today!

I had a really good night of sleep last night. I was comfortable. I found the perfect pillow configuration for my pregnant figure. I have been tossing and turning a lot lately and it has made sleeping difficult. We got to sleep in a little bit. It was a blissful morning.
My parents left this morning, hoping to beat the looming storm home. They should make it if the roads aren't too icy.
Dustin went to work. I have been home. Doing laundry, mostly. Getting a few things organized. I'll do a little reading for my class tonight. It should be good. I hope the weather stays fairly nice, it is supposedly supposed to get bad. Right now. Gorgeous. Icy out, but I'm not out right now. I'll have to be careful getting to the car later tonight.
I wonder if we will have class canceled if the weather gets bad? I have two classmates that have to drive a ways and it is a night that would be hard to miss. Right now, I don't see class being canceled. I hope it isn't. I want to get as much done as possible. Besides, we start IV stuff tonight. Fun.
I will be able to start helping with the bedroom again. Dustin is picking up some mudding knives today so we can get started. Mudding. Very good. We'll also choose and pick up trim woodwork so we can stain and varnish it before the carpet is put down. It feels like things are coming together.
I felt frustrated yesterday. My parents wouldn't really let me help with anything. Dustin and I had a long talk about it last night, it helped. I appreciate all the help my parents give. We couldn't have gotten as much done without them. It's just that Dustin and I have the attitude that I'll do what I can. Everyone else wants me to sit down and rest. I get restless and frustrated.
Today. I have gotten through the feelings of yesterday. I'm thankful, but also ready to get back to doing some things for myself.
I got Dustin's valentine's day present ordered today. I hope it comes in time. I forgot to order it last week. I think it should make it on time.
So, today. I'm in a good place, so I hope I stay there.

Only 10 weeks to go! I want to decorate and stuff!

I am trying to wrap my mind around the fact that we are approximately 10 weeks away from being parents. That gets pretty overwhelming considering I don't think I'm capable of taking care of my dogs. (House breaking still sucks!)
I have a strong urge to really get ready for the baby. Clean the house. Decorate a place for the baby. Get stuff ready. But with the remodeling upstairs, I can do nothing. Cleaning is pointless, we have so much sawdust and sheetrock dust flying that it is fruitless. I clean up the kitchen floor a bit at night, but that's about all that happens. I dust off or wash off the counters for cooking and meals, but that is about all I can do. My mom says when the project is done she will come for a couple days and help me clean up the house. Thank goodness. By then, I will be running out of time.
I have stuff to decorate with, but there is no place to put it yet.
Today. I opened the car seat and stroller. I put the stroller together. Read about the carseat. Learned that it is less difficult to strap an astronaut into the space shuttle than an infant in a car. I need to figure out where to order the second car base from. I'm sure it was in there somewhere, but I didn't see it. I'll look closer later.
Dustin thought I was nuts to get it out. In many ways he is right. We had more room for the box than for the whole setup opened. But, he also said, "It makes you happy, so it's good." I really do like the stroller and car seat I picked out.
I'm bummed that I can't help more upstairs, I feel like I am in the way. I was studying for class tomorrow, but I've kinda run out of that too.
I could work on supper, but don't know when anyone wants to eat. We had lunch earlier, so I'll wait a little while.
So, I feel like I'm in a holding pattern. Not really able to go forward. Not really able to do anything in the present.
I was busy working on taxes for the last days, so I felt useful. Today. Not so much. Just a lot of facebook time.
I can't wait until stuff on the room gets close to being able to decorate and put the bedroom together. I can't wait until we order a new bed. That will be heaven. Our backs are killing us in our worn out bed. I'm struggling with my back already, so I have a terrible time getting comfortable.
The weather still sucks and it will be sucking for the next couple days. I'm hoping if I have class tomorrow night that Dustin will drive me. I'm sure he will. We might end up canceling, I wouldn't be surprised. We are suppose to get more rain and then 4-8 inches of snow on top of it, and more rain. It's going to be ugly. It's ugly already.
Well, I think I will go pretend to be productive.

Very productive weekend! And did I mention it's a boy!

We have gotten so much done this weekend, on so many fronts.
My mom and dad came to help us on Saturday with the bedroom. 12 sheets of the drywall went up. Stairs continued to be build and this evening, they were finally made walkable, I no longer have to go up the attic ladder, which is good because I have been having trouble getting up the attic latter the last couple days.
There is finish work on the stairs, of course, but they are done for now. Dustin and my dad worked so hard on them, There was so much work, so much measuring, so much figuring out how to make it work. It is going to be great. I am so excited for the whole room to come together.
I was not able to help with a lot of the weekend work. There was too much heavy lifting and lifting above my head, so I was downstairs most of the weekend, working on taxes. I have a couple phone calls to make tomorrow to double check some things, but for the most part. D-U-N. We meet with the accountant on Wednesday and that should be it. I am feeling pretty proud to not be stressing out.
Tomorrow, I will finish getting caught up on class and in the evening I am supposed to go to a breastfeeding class at the hospital. With the weather the way it is, we'll see what happens.
Dustin got called into work tonight, so hopefully he will get home safely soon.
It started raining a couple hours ago. We are looking at two days of freezing rain and snow on top. It is going to be horrible. They are even talking power outages because of the ice. I hope they are wrong, but it isn't starting that way.
My mom and dad were going home tomorrow, but I have a feeling that they will be staying at least one extra day with this weather. That's okay, it's fun to have them here.
It has really started to sink in that the baby is coming soon and it became very real for Dustin when we found out it was a boy.
This reality is starting to sink in with me too. I know nothing about boys! I know it will be okay, I'll learn as I go, but it really is something that freaks me out sometimes. Actually, the whole parenthood thing freaks me out sometimes. I guess it is supposed to, I think I might be weird if it didn't. I think wrapping my mind around this was a big part of my weekend too.
Tomorrow, I am going to also put together the stroller and look over the car seat, just for fun. I got it awhile ago, but it has been in the box.
It was a good weekend. I can see so much progress. I am so excited for the bedroom to be finished, for the baby to come, I am so excited.

It's a boy!

Today we had an ultrasound and the baby revealed himself. It's a boy. YAY! I had a feeling it was a boy and I was right. A lot of people thought it was a girl. Fast heartbeat, the way i was carrying.
Today, it was very obviously a boy. So, the question is answered.
Dustin is totally excited to have a boy first. Both of us would have been fine with either a boy or girl, but Dustin really wanted a boy first. We'll have a girl eventually.
I had to buy some boy clothes today to celebrate the occasion. I got some great carter sleepers and they are blue and adorable. I also got a great sleeper that has monkeys all over it. It will match the great monkey hat that Reyna got him.
As I have been on this journey so many things have made this more real as time has progressed. The first ultrasound, seeing the baby in there and seeing the heartbeat. It seemed more real.
When I felt the first flutters inside my tummy and could feel the baby in there, it was more real. The first time I could feel the kicking and put Dustin's hand on my abdomen and he could feel it kicking too, that made things more real.
Watching my stomach get bigger, a little depressing, but it was more real.
Today, seeing an image and being able to say, that is my son. That made it very real. I'm going to be a mom to a little boy. Wow. I can't wait, but I will, I have many weeks to go.

Good Morning. Bet you are wondering why I am up already.

I have been awake since 5:30 a.m. Puppy needed to go out. I brought her in and tried to sleep longer, only made it to 6:30 and decided to get up.
So far. I have played with dogs. Put laundry in the dryer. Fed the dogs and cat. made the bed. Folded towels.
I will now take a shower and start laundry after the shower. I have lots to catch up on. The washer drainage pipe was frozen...AGAIN! Stupid cold. Anyway. I thawed it out yesterday and since it is above zero two days in a row, I should be golden. I hope it is warm enough to get the pickup started. We had gelling problems with the diesel pickup again. It's always something, isn't it.
I have to have insurance stuff ready for the crop adjuster by 10:00. I'll do that after my shower. We have been waiting on this man forever and he had the nerve to sound impatient that he had to wait for us to have time to have him come get the stuff.
Dustin sounds annoyed about my hair appt today. I don't care. I made it awhile ago. Just get over the fact that I need the car. I should get to do some fun things too. At least I should get to leave the house.
I am hoping to get the taxes done by the weekend, we'll see what happens. The appointment is Wed. afternoon. The big part of going through the receipts is next. I hate that part, it takes time and energy and patience. I have none of these things, Dustin has less. I will do my best.
So, time to get moving.

29 weeks, 3 days

I am single for the day. Dustin is working a shift, so I am taking advantage of the time alone. I vacuumed and picked up some of the construction mess. I left the office, it is covered with sawdust and it is just going to get messed up again, so nope.
I'll work on our taxes for the evening. I don't want to do too much of it at a time, I'll go nuts, but I can get a good bunch done. I just hate getting it all together. I didn't do a good job this year of keeping up, so I really am doing it all at the end and that isn't good.
This year, I will do better, I can't do worse, that's for sure.
The baby has been pretty quiet today. Days like that always make me nervous. I'm use to always knowing he/she is there. I'll do a kick count in a little bit to ease my mind, I'll drink a cold glass of water and that usually starts it going. Baby is usually so active that I don't have to wonder what's going on.
The dogs are playing very noisily, but they seem to be doing well.
I am trying to get a few loads of laundry done and taxes put together, but since I really am not in the mood to do either, it has been difficult.
Tomorrow is the best day. It is pamper myself day. I have a hair appointment. I am so excited, it should be blissful. 3 hours to myself. I can't wait.
Well, I better get some more work done. Or any work done will be helpful.
good night.