Well, I have two more modules for my class right now.  This one is the biggest one, there are 5 assignments to this one, including a narrated Power Point presentation.  I’m just starting on my assignments, they are due on Friday, but I wanted to get a big jump start on them, especially the Power Point Presentation. 

Pregnancy is going well so far, but this child is getting very big!  These are definitely the “dog days” of pregnancy.  On Tuesday, I will be 37 weeks, which means he will be considered full term then.  I have had some foot and ankle swelling, hip and pelvic pain, and lots of pressure and Braxton Hicks contractions.  I know this may sound crazy, but there are moments when he gets moving around in there so much, I worry he is going to break the “water” trying to get out!  I think he must be getting uncomfortable in there, not enough room to move.  I am resolving myself to the “impending doom” of Labor.  I know it is coming and it is not going to be pleasant.  I’m praying to God to go easy on me!    I am always scared of the unknown and this is a big UNKNOWN in my life right now.  I realize it is a natural process just like the “monthly” visitor that has been absent from my life for about 8 months now (boy has that been nice!), but I get the feeling that paybacks for lost time are hell?  I think the art of pregnancy is to make women so uncomfortable with this huge baby inside them that they don’t care what they have to go through to get it out?  Sleeping is one of my favorite passtimes, but even sleeping is not so easy, as it seems like I wake up every half an hour to visit the bathroom!  Oh well, I must remember that I am fortunate to be expecting what I hope is going to be a beautiful child.  Remind of how beautiful my child is when he is 2 and telling me “No!” every few minutes, or when he is a teenager and screams at me for not letting him take the car, or wanting to wear something that I find inappropriate, or wanting to stay out past ten o’clock on a school night.  Yes, the joys of parenthood only start with something called LABOR!  I do have moments that I look at this big ol’ belly and go, “What did I get myself into?”  With that said though, the room is ready for him.  His clothes are all neatly put away, the diaper bag is packed and in the stroller for him.  (I have not packed my own bag just yet though.)  I guess I should be doing that soon hunh? 

Nesting is in full swing also.  My husband keeps asking me why we are cleaning so many things, and I said because when this baby comes, people are going to descend on our house like mad, so let’s make it “semi-clean” for them and for us when we come home.  It’s funny because one of my colleagues is pregnant and due any moment, and she said it is weird the way you just want to get rid of “cludder”.  Most of the time you think twice about throwing something out, but when you are pregnant and want to get rid of something, the garbage man is so handy!  They come right to your house and remove all unwanted things from the curb!  It’s wonderful.  I think tomorrow we are going to be going through some cupboards and pitching some things.  We need to create a “baby cupboard” to put bottles and bowls and of course eventually food in for him.  So, we will need to condense and create a space out there for him also. 

 Well, I suppose I should get back to school work, however, I’m really feeling the need for a nap right now! 

~sn