Sunday, September 16, 2007
the wait
We're all packed in preparation for Sonya's impending labor. The house is almost ready for Sonya's parents who arrive Sept 27th unless she goes in labor early, then they can change their ticket and come immediately. My family is also on standby. My mom, grandma, and aunt Lana are definitely coming up, with an assorted variety of other family members possibly coming depending on what time and day of the week all this goes down. We spent today cleaning up our bedroom and straightening the living room and kitchen. I was also able to squeeze in archiving a bunch of music to disc today and organizing my computers. Aside from that Sonya wants me to review our helpful DVD class and read an extended article on acupressure during labor.
The boy's room has been rearranged for Sonya's parents and I removed a few weeks back a double futon bed and frame and replaced it with a nice double-high queen-sized areobed. I've also been washing the windows and doing those little things that never get done.
Overall Sonya continues to be active. Last night we ventured to eat at a Vietnamese restaurant in Uptown, which is one of the central locations for that community. We ate at a place called Cafe Laos which got good reviews online and I think it's actually Laotian and not Vietnamese as the dishes were slightly different. The food wasn't bad, but the inside of the place kind of sucked and the neighborhood was run down and nothing I would want to return to. After that our Saturday night highlight was grocery shopping at Jewel. We rotate from Whole Foods to Trader Joe's to Jewels.
Today the weather was perfect. Just gorgeous and she and I did a 30-40min walk after we had finished cleaning. I felt her stomach yesterday and I tell ya, there's a liitle person with some strong legs. I would push his feet away and he'd kick back. It's bizarre but he's already a member of the family. I'm always asking Sonya how "how are you guys doing?". I mean, hey, there's two of them. She's ready for him to come on out now and says it semi-often.
The clothes are ready, the room put together, the space has been figured out, and of course Lewis marked one of the baby's little rockers which we got from a friend, but that friend has a cat, so I got to remember that everything must be washed if it's come from somewhere else with pets.
I just read my post, it's pretty disjointed but I've got a lot on my mind. You know the expression, "running to the finish line". Yeah, I'm running to the finish line.
Tomorrow after work I go to the acupuncturist for my back. If you want to know the state of my back now, the pain is gone, but I still feel stiff. I want to see getting this problem fixed, as at some point I'd like to come down to Bloomington and play some pick-up racquetball with various friends. Man I long for those days of playing almost everyday.
Enjoy your Sunday night.
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