Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Nest has been built
Back from an extended weekend in Bedford. I took down the last pieces of our condo that didn't make the cut since the boy is now due in about 4 weeks. Once I was there I removed my old bed and replaced it with our double-sized futon and conversion couch/bed frame. It didn't end there as my grandparents had lightening hit a tree which knocked out power to half the house. Once the electricians came they realized it wasn't up to code (since it’s been pretty much the same since the 1950s) so they had to rewire a ton of stuff, making my grandmother nervous. Several things had been zapped by the lightening, like a TV and answering machine, and some lamps, so I went out with her and got those replaced and worked on setting them up with a new doorbell and answering machine. As I'm still not 100% recovered from my back pain, I had to be really careful moving things around without totally throwing my back out again. I still have pain when I bend forward, but I can lift things up as long as I'm not bending. I'm scheduling another acupuncture session very soon.
So once I moved things around at my grandparents I purchased a glider rocking chair and my brother's jogging stroller, plus my mom and grandma gave me yet more baby clothes. We have so many clothes its nuts. I think the Boy has finally out clothed me and he's not even here yet!
While being home, I spent Saturday night at Scott's bonfire, while a small group of people joined, the weather was absolutely amazing. Crisp, cool, and with the bonfire going it was wonderful. I enjoyed seeing and talking to everyone there, especially at around 10:30pm when all the kids had gone or went to bed and Scott had had a few too many beers and started bringing out his sailor mouth. He cracked me up. I think Justine was ready to leave him there that night. Well he got me laughing pretty hard so it was probably worth it, yeah?
 The next day, I finally got to check out the Mundane Men for the first time. Apparently the Mundane Men are thinking of changing their name since adding ex-Plastic Cheeses Brad Wilhelm to the mix. They're now officially more rock than ever, and I dig the heavier sound. It was hot that day, and I think the band felt like they suffered a bit from the heat. Afterwards we headed over to Upland Brewery and indulged in food and drink. Oh, and Ned and I saw some graffiti artists in an alley behind Rhinos -- yes we were excited seeing the anti-established artists at work!
After returning to Chicago yesterday afternoon, Sonya and I put some of the final work to finishing out "the nest". We went to Target and bought the remaining goods for the Boy, then I put together both my brother's running stroller and our regular stroller, and my cousins baby rocker and the glider. Then after all of that I installed the baby seat and called it a day. Next up is packing our clothes and waiting until the Boy is ready to leave the inner premises. Last night he had the hiccups and was bouncing around in Sonya's gut. Made me laugh.
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