BIG Day!

Today was a very busy day. Both the housekeeper and the new babysitter came at the same time. This was planned so that the new babysitter could watch Lucie (and referee b/t Lucie and the housekeepers son) while I cleaned out the coolers and fridges for the new fridge. The delivery man for the fridge came right after they left. It did not go well. He moved my old fridge out to the garage and brought the new one in only to find that the plug had been ripped out. Of course, because I am a tight wad, the one I bought was "clearance-discontinued item" so they could not replace it. So, I would be back to square one, but now my fridge is in the garage running off of an extension cord. I have to go outside everytime I need "chocolate milk". Now, I dont know what to do. Jarred told me to go ahead and buy a regular priced one, but I am so pissy about how much time I spent on the cheaper one that buying one at full price (a tough move for me anyway) just seems ridiculous. I just cannot believe it was sitting in my kitchen, and then was gone. My time is very limited right now and what a waste. Anyway, MAYBE I will go back tomorrow and just get the other one. I would like to "shop around" for another clearance one but with Lucie it is pretty much a nightmare even if she is really good. It is really hard for me to climb in and get her in/out of the truck now, and it has been hot. And everywhere I go, like 5 people ask me how much longer, when are you due, what are you having, how are you feeling? I hate the how are you feeling (from strangers). How does it look like I feel? I am sweaty, fat, dont have any clothes that fit, and am toting along a 2 year old yelling Uno, Dos, Tres.......

My appt. with emmy went good on Wed. I do have higher than normal (for me) blood pressure, technically pre-hypertensive, but she did not seem concerned. Especially after I told her everything that had been going on (mostly not fun). I was NOT surprised, as life has been pretty much a rollercoaster the past two weeks. The generator catching on fire really put me over the edge. I truly believe that if the power had not come on Sunday night, I might have lost my mind. I was in that catatonic, I better not move for in case something else bad happens. Like if I just stay really still, Karma wont notice me anymore. I will have to write the whole generator event up as a seperate post. While I may not have been physically scarred, it certainly emotionally scarred me, haha.

I feel really wrapped up in a combo of waiting for the baby to come and hurrying up and trying to get everything done before the baby comes. I did rearrange the furniture in our room yesterday to make room for the tub. I also moved all of the supplies, clothes, etc. from the bathroom cabinet to the dresser in the bedroom. I am going to pick up the tub from our doula tomorrow and keep it here at the house for when the time comes. Emmy keeps talking about my labor being in the 3-4 hour range. I dont know, I am trying to prepare for anything, which I have been getting alot of practice at the past 2 weeks. Seems like everything is happening really fast already. Cannot believe the first of my "due dates" from my "due range" will be here Sat. The range is over a week, so who knows it could be 2 more weeks before the baby comes. I am ready, maybe I can rest a little then, yeah right! My personal goal is for the baby to come before the Auburn game.....I dont know why, just a mental thing I took up a couple of months ago. Also, I would rather it NOT come on our anniversary. I dont want to not be able to go out on our anniversary because of a kids b-day.

Sounds like it will be very windy here starting around midnight. I dont care at all. I am SOOO unbelieveably happy that IKE is going (we hope) to Texas. I will take messed up fridges, firey generators, etc for that blessing.

I do miss all of my family so much and wish that we all lived closer so that you all could stop in after work or on the way to the grocery to visit with me. OR, I could just come by and bother yall. I get pretty lonely with Jarred gone so much. Cant wait to call you and let you know the baby has come. Also, dont expect a girls name right away. I am having BIG TIME trouble with this one. I sure do hope that I think of one that just fits her, if it is a girl that is.