Just Some News

Good evening, friends. I hope you are all well. Hopefully you are staying cool, also. Here in Michigan we are having record high temps every day. It's been mid-high 90s almost constantly. This wouldn't be quite so bad if I were just one person right now...but as it is, I have heat and exhaustion for two. Thanks to a two-hour long shopping trip this afternoon, I now have a swimsuit that fits over both myself and Charlie. Hopefully this helps the heat a bit by allowing me in the pool and lake over the next five weeks!

Five weeks! Oh dear, it seems so soon! And, my, it seems way too long to wait. Oh well. The nursery is being set up nicely. Joshua was able to bring home a couple of tall bookcases which have become nearly all the storage in Charlotte's room. I had him make a couple of hanging rods between them and they serve a dual purpose--show off her lovely little dresses and stabilize the shelving! We have little boxes and baskets all over the shelves acting as drawers to organize all her socks and outfits and toys... All we need to do now is move out our bookcase of "grown-up" books and move in a crib and hang up a few decorations. I think five weeks should be enough time for that. 

Everyone keeps asking if I have packed my hospital bag yet. No, I have not. People have been asking since 28 weeks. No, I had not done it then, either. I wasn't expecting her to come 12 weeks early. Next weekend is camping, and I need my suitcase for that. Then, I will come home and unpack, and start packing my hospital bag... 4 weeks before I expect to need it. I think that should be enough time...especially considering that Holland Hospital is completely prepared to provide absolutely everything I might need, including 3am meals after delivery and deodorant and toothpaste and shampoo. 

Not much else happening here. I still want a house of my own, so I keep looking. I'll have to stop soon, though, because our lease renews in a week. Sigh... At least then I will have a little bit of stability for 6 months, right? 

I guess that's all! Mostly just waiting around for Charlie to decide she is done being squished. Joshua suggested that if I eat enough it might just push her out... But I think I would have to eat a lot more than I am capable of. Might just have to wait.