So three weeks from today (almost exactly to the hour) we will walk into the hospital and in a few hours, Lord willing, I will no longer be pregnant and we will have our little baby boy! I am so completely and totally over being pregnant at this point. At least Genevieve is feeling better and is fun to be around again so I have a reminder of how totally worth it this all is. My sister Alicia is wondering why she doesn’t have the nesting urge, it must be hereditary because I have no urge to clean and purge my home before we welcome someone new into our home. His crib is set up and I bought the bumper pad last night but it will probably sit there in the package for a few days and that is all we have done. There are toys thrown all over the place and I don’t think I dog would even want to eat off my floors (even though there is more than enough to feed a whole pack of dogs on the floor, thanks Genevieve!).
I am a list maker, my two sisters and I get this from our Mom, she loves making her lists. My only problem is yesterday I made my list of everything that needs to be done before baby boy comes home and now I have no urge to do any of it. However with the right motivation I do have the urge to do one thing.
I technically never finished my requirements for my teaching certificate. I still need to make my online portfolio and until then all my hard work toward my certificate is useless. My mother’s impending arrival is a good motivation to get it done because to be honest I don’t think she will give me a moments peace until it is done (with good intentions mind you and I realize it). I have had well over a year to do this, in fact I got an e-mail from someone in the program asking if I was planning on finishing, ouch. So today I am supposed to ignore the toys and the crumbs, ignore the bumper pad, and ignore the rest of the list so I can gather my stuff and make my portfolio. If only I had been a good student and done this as my classes moved along or when Nat did his. If only, if only…
So Alicia, don’t worry I have no nesting urge as well. My urge is to go take a nap while my child naps (that is what they tell you to do, but THEY probably already have their list complete).
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January 6, 2009 at 5:15 pm
I made lists this morning. One for Damon and one for me. Maybe we will start on them today. At least some of the buying I can do online and don’t have to leave the house.
January 6, 2009 at 6:12 pm
Oh Moma should be proud! I highlighted Nat’s parts of the list. I even included blank lines at the bottom to add to the list.
January 7, 2009 at 2:26 am
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