36 weeks, 3 days

wow, apparently 2 people read this blog LOL! thanks crystal and nancy! i'll admit i'm somewhat disappointed... but i must remind myself that pregnancy is mostly interesting to pregnant people only! to others it probably just seems like a lot of whining and sentamentality! too funny. oh well.

the weekend went all right! i forced myself to get some stuff done - cleaning-wise! i'm having a lot of problems with my hips and lower back, so i'm not overly mobile these days. which is driving me absolutely insane. and we're crazy-busy this week - we had j&b all weekend (sat/sun day) so it was pretty hard to get any errands done. plus the van had to go in for new breaks ($600, gone, just like that, POOF!), so we were down one vehicle.

i DID manage to get some shopping done - lili and i spent saturday morning together, some girl time! we had breakfast together, and then picked up a few things for the hospital stay (slippers, nighties etc), and even a few things for baby. after only an hour though, i was feeling increasingly uncomfortable. we went to the craft store to look for a good stencil for the girls' room (didn't find any), and usually lili and i will spend hours looking through the art supplies etc... but not this time!

i have to tell you, this has been great for my budget!

suddenly though, today i realized how short on time we really are - tomorrow ian is working at the school with me, and he goes back to work on wednesday. hopefully we can get our neighbors to babysit the kids wednesday for a few hours in the evening, so ian and i can go shopping... because thursday after work ian and i are going out for dinner and a movie (can't remember the last time we did that... but it's my birthday, so i'm thrilled that we'll have the chance!)... friday i work days, ian works nights.... saturday ian will be asleep all day, so i can take both kids and try and get some stuff done then... saturday evening ian works all night, so i'll be party-prepping on my own! sunday is the day of the party (lili's birthday party) which will likely NOT be at edworthy park after all, but at our house, which means, you got it, must have a clean house!. sunday, ian will be sleeping until the party starts, and i'll have cohen, lili plus j&b too!

i'm a little stressed out about it. however, i've come up with a few solutions.

1 - visit dollar store at lunch tomorrow at work - buy decorations.
2 - order groceries for party online! LOVE pic'n'del! have delivered sat am.
3 - become nazi-mary tomorrow, and make ian and the kids clean clean clean clean.
4 - do not go into labour.

speaking of labour. i'm definitely noticing that my body is preparing more and more. lots of lower back pain, cramps, and general fatigue. the urge to nest is there but not overwhelming yet... if i walk a lot, the contractions start up pretty quickly - but as soon as i rest, they slow down and fade away.

i'm mentally prepared to go until my due date. in fact, i need all the time i can get! i found out today that our neighbors are going to try and give us 2 weeks off - the first two tours in May off - which would mean we wouldn't have their kids until May 24! oh my god! i really hope it works out that way - it would be really fantastic to a) have a week or two of my mat leave to spend with just cohen and lili and b) to have a week or two with baby and my kids!

sure wish the weather would turn... i actually planned fairly carefully to have a spring baby... and yet... it's FREEZING out there! sheesh!