"You will make many changes before settling satisfactorily"

This from a fortune cookie on Saturday night, day one in the new home.

I do not think we have settled satisfactorily just yet, as we are still in the "many changes" phase of the prediction, but well on the way.

Just getting over the jet lag too, thanks for all of your well wishes everyone.

Let's see, in the last couple of months, the cannoli has begun Tai-Bo in earnest (and apparently he holds guest classes on Tuesday and Thursday around 5:40 am, if anyone is interested.) Settle down in there, young man. The whole thing has become much more "Alien" like lately; we half expect his little foot or tushie to come poking through.

On the baby front, we attended a couple of birthing classes where they [surprise surprise] teach you how to breathe. Can't believe I've been winging it all these years. Well, you'll be happy to know I've lost my amateur status. And the HE-HE-HE breathing found in nearly every sitcom and television drama where a birth takes place is wrong wrong wrong. Good way to hyperventilate, but not much else. The RN Stepford Wife who ran the show had some interesting things to say about pain medication, which diminished our respect for her considerably: When asked "at what point in the delivery are various pain options available?" (since most of the moms-to-be it seems were expressing at least a passing interest in going the natural route) she replied, with a maddening hand-waving dismissiveness, "Oh, honey don't worry about that. When the time comes, the doctor will handle it. That's why he gets paid the big bucks."

Um. No.

Happily, the rest of the room seemed as horrified as we were. Luckily, much of her other advice was not similarly post-WWII-era in its banality and misogynistic tone.

So the prince is due to arrive in about three weeks, give or take. We were showered with baby loot over Memorial day weekend, to an astonishing degree. This kid will be well appointed. Dr. Wendy knitted the most beautiful little outfit I've ever seen. Little yarny booties with buttons and everything! Quite spectacular. Everyone has been very generous.

And, on Friday last we finally moved into the new house. I have some great before-and-after pictures that will be posted here in short order. [Found a quick and easy way to craft photo web pages that will take the hard work out of it.] Some fairly complete renovations before it was all through, and it still retains the old-home charm without being old-home inconvenient.

So now the nesting begins in earnest. More news is forthcoming, but just wanted to poke my head in here and scrootch some lemur-heads affectionately before heading back to work.
It helps that they replaced my old computer so internet access is now possible once again.

In other news, productivity hits an all-time low...



posted by MT at 12:08 PM |