The Waiting Game

I’m writing about small things today, because it’s a day of small things for me. And this is, after all, a weblog (one definition of which is “a publicly accessible journal for an individual”). Really, I don’t think that’s the best definition of a blog, but I suppose it’s one of them.

I got online to check the weather for today, preparatory to running some errands. (Yes, I could just step outside, but that can be deceiving.) I had just been thinking, I am so tired today. I don’t remember feeling this physically drained for a long, long time. The advertisement on the weather page was, ironically enough, ”Tired of being tired?” and it showed an athletic man running a marathon or something. That’s what the end of the third trimester feels like – running a marathon. God bless you mamas who do this with two or three preschoolers underfoot!

I’m also feeling rather nauseated today, and have just started having some more back pain and cramping (which woke me up at 6:00 this morning, too). Of course, I interpret everything as a precursor to labor, hoping this-or-that symptom is a sign that things are moving along.

As far as I’m concerned, he can stay in there for a couple more days, though – I’ve been praying he would come this weekend. I just cleaned the bathrooms and vacuumed and paid a bill and washed the dishes, and now I’m going to Babies ‘R’ Us to spend a gift card. Tomorrow I want to finish getting his room set up (as much as I can without a dresser to put things in; my mom is bringing it down when she comes) and pack as much of a hospital bag as I can with things I don’t use on a daily basis. I have the baby’s things ready to take already. I also want to try to find a baby book; I still haven’t decided exactly what I want.

It’s starting to feel like I will be home alone during the day forever, but I keep reminding myself this season will be over in less than two weeks, so I need to enjoy it while I can! I have my list of things to do, but even then I start to get bored and procrastinate, because I am either in Superwoman mode or Supertired mode. However, right now I’m in the happy medium and really enjoying it. It’s a beautiful day – time to get shopping! (Not the most fun thing to do at 9 months pregnant, as I discovered at Walmart on Tuesday.)

Also, A.J. and I watched Monsters, Inc. last night and it was so fun. “Boo” is so cute!

As a side note, for those of you who are interested in knowing when my baby’s born but aren’t friends with me in real life, you can check my Twitter account for updates. I haven’t really been using it lately, but I can update it from my phone, so I may remember to send an update there before I’m out of the hospital and able to update my blog. So if I go silent on you and you happen to be curious, you know where to look.