Made it home. Phew.
First and foremost, sitting in the seat of my car was much, much more uncomfortable than it was driving up!!! Secondly, we drove right into a thunderstorm with horrible, no-visibility sheeting rain and lightning - I pulled over 3 times because I couldn't see the white line to follow it, and lightning struck within 100 feet of the car twice. It was horribly loud. I don't think that the thunderstorm scared Sprout so much, I had no problem with sitting and waiting on the side of the road for it to pass, but I spent at least 2 hours of the drive, if not closer to 3, driving through very heavy rain. I think it stressed me out. That + the uncomfortable posture seems to have convinced Sprout to move into some not-so-great position. I have been getting some ferocious jabs in my cervix today to the point where I was wondering if it was changing somehow. Jabs in the cervix formerly were uncomfortable and startling, these just plain hurt. No contractions, though. In the meantime I have retreated back to the bedroom and am sitting as tall as I can in a Schneidersitz (tailor's pose? can one say that in English? I'm still thinking in German) and sprout seems to have blissfully gone back to sleep...
Last night was a major transition night for me, going from a natural breeze-cooled 50 degree fahrenheit room and my own double bed and no noise except a slight rustle of leaves and a loon in the distance to sharing a queen bed with a human and a very snuggly cat, the air filter running and the air conditioner coming on at random moments. Thank goodness for the chance to sleep until 10 and no outside obligations whatsoever... for the foreseeable future, WOW! Jo brought me breakfast, too.
Oh, and can you believe, after those 5 hours in the car I came home with essentially a case of diaper rash!??
the combination of sweat, elastic and leukorrhea left me walking around like a cowboy after a long day in the saddle. I completely understand why babies cry about this! Hooray for Weleda calendula cream, even if it does make Jo sneeze.
The house is a disaster, but I did not expect otherwise. Sarah and Savannah, I came into the bedroom to find your shirts and suit in a (relatively neat) pile on the floor. I'll try to get to them this week.
Savannah - in the letters in this month's Mothering there is a picture of a mama tandem nursing her twins whom she birthed vaginally. Made me think of you!
Sydney is here to say that she has missed all of you... Jo said the cats knew yesterday, somehow, that I was coming home. They followed her around all day, meowing.
Jo says thanks for the birthday greetings.
I hope to get some bead shopping in tomorrow or Tuesday if Sprout is a touch more restful. Otherwise I'm just going to park myself here and do very little!! Wish our new light rail line went all the way to the Mall of America already, but that won't happen til April.
But IKEA opens in 10 days!!! Happy dance!
That's all for now, I guess. Glad to be back home.
xo, j
First and foremost, sitting in the seat of my car was much, much more uncomfortable than it was driving up!!! Secondly, we drove right into a thunderstorm with horrible, no-visibility sheeting rain and lightning - I pulled over 3 times because I couldn't see the white line to follow it, and lightning struck within 100 feet of the car twice. It was horribly loud. I don't think that the thunderstorm scared Sprout so much, I had no problem with sitting and waiting on the side of the road for it to pass, but I spent at least 2 hours of the drive, if not closer to 3, driving through very heavy rain. I think it stressed me out. That + the uncomfortable posture seems to have convinced Sprout to move into some not-so-great position. I have been getting some ferocious jabs in my cervix today to the point where I was wondering if it was changing somehow. Jabs in the cervix formerly were uncomfortable and startling, these just plain hurt. No contractions, though. In the meantime I have retreated back to the bedroom and am sitting as tall as I can in a Schneidersitz (tailor's pose? can one say that in English? I'm still thinking in German) and sprout seems to have blissfully gone back to sleep...
Last night was a major transition night for me, going from a natural breeze-cooled 50 degree fahrenheit room and my own double bed and no noise except a slight rustle of leaves and a loon in the distance to sharing a queen bed with a human and a very snuggly cat, the air filter running and the air conditioner coming on at random moments. Thank goodness for the chance to sleep until 10 and no outside obligations whatsoever... for the foreseeable future, WOW! Jo brought me breakfast, too.
Oh, and can you believe, after those 5 hours in the car I came home with essentially a case of diaper rash!??
the combination of sweat, elastic and leukorrhea left me walking around like a cowboy after a long day in the saddle. I completely understand why babies cry about this! Hooray for Weleda calendula cream, even if it does make Jo sneeze.The house is a disaster, but I did not expect otherwise. Sarah and Savannah, I came into the bedroom to find your shirts and suit in a (relatively neat) pile on the floor. I'll try to get to them this week.
Savannah - in the letters in this month's Mothering there is a picture of a mama tandem nursing her twins whom she birthed vaginally. Made me think of you!
Sydney is here to say that she has missed all of you... Jo said the cats knew yesterday, somehow, that I was coming home. They followed her around all day, meowing.
Jo says thanks for the birthday greetings.
I hope to get some bead shopping in tomorrow or Tuesday if Sprout is a touch more restful. Otherwise I'm just going to park myself here and do very little!! Wish our new light rail line went all the way to the Mall of America already, but that won't happen til April.
But IKEA opens in 10 days!!! Happy dance!
That's all for now, I guess. Glad to be back home.
xo, j
Just thought it was interesting... back to your previoiusly scheduled discussion.
Anyway, I hope we were able to help you with a little input. 
Still makes my heart skip when I have to write a check like that. :LOL Doesn't seem that long ago when writing a $500 check seemed to cause heart failure.
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: Doesn't help that it's rained so much in the last 3 weeks. I think I'm a little achy from the rain too. 
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: Then he said that he could also give me a ticket for not pulling over immediately, and when I tried to defend myself by explaining that the shoulder is only about two feet wide with 6' deep ditches on either side, and I didn't feel safe pulling over there, and that's why I slowed way down and put my turn signal on so that he would know I was going to pull over when I could (a turn-off was just up ahead,) and he said that I should have just stopped in the middle of the road then. !!! Gads, what am I supposed to say to that? Then he proceeds to grill me on my children's weights and ages to make sure that they are all in the appropriate seating. It just felt like it went on and on, and he had this tone in his voice was like he thought that I was a stupid wayward child, and it was so frustrating because I couldn't say what I was thinking, which was, so why the hell aren't you busting the semis that scream past my house at 80 miles an hour (in a 45 zone,) but of course I couldn't say anything except "yes, I understand." I just wanted to go home and drink some water and cry in peace. It was really not a good day. 
I hope your family cuddled you lots to make up for that jerk! Your room sounds beautiful. I hope you do take pictures for us to see.
I mean come on, your license had expired 2 WEEKS ago, it's not like it had been months. UGH!! Sorry he stressed you out so badly. Like a pregnant woman needs that! You new room sounds wonderful. Can't wait to see pictures. 
