Clean Up

It’s time to clean up clean up
Everybody do your share
Clean up clean up
Soon the mess will not be there

So seven garbage stickers, four adults, three hours, two gallons of Pinesol water, and one professional carpet cleaner later, and the center room is ready for priming. The frustrating thing is that this was after a "deep clean" job, but hey...different strokes for different folks. The work is done and we can get to the decorating work now.

It's been a real challenge this week, too...Boy was sick (again) with his cough. We are switching doctors and hopefully the new doctor will be more helpful. No, I'm not a medical professional, but a child shouldn't cough so hard he throws up. There has to be *something* I can do to keep this under control.

I've had on and off Braxton-Hicks contractions...nothing regular, but strong enough to make me catch my breath. The downward pressure (not contractions) on Thursday night had me convinced my waters were going to break...I was disappointed they didn't. Lifting Boy is torture on my groin...and like I said, he's been sick this week.

But I have done a bunch of organizing. I got my birth plan written out and I have called in the calvary. I had a team in last night to wash walls and do plaster work, I have a team coming Monday to do taping and start priming, I have another team coming Tuesday to move furniture...

It's hard not being able to do this stuff myself. Just making pancakes this morning left me in tears...I WANT THIS PREGNANCY TO BE OVER!!!

Beloved and so many others are quick to hug me, rub my shoulders, and whisper, "Soon..."

soon.