Week 23 flying by

My husband surprised me as always with the camera and caught me as I was just waking up, hence the crazy hair. I swear I just had bed head hair, and I don't go out in public looking like I have mall bangs, LOL! Truthfully, I don't even have bangs - it was just crazy positioning on some layers :-)

Somehow amazingly week 23 is flying by. After a bit too eventful of a weekend, I'm delighted to say that I honestly don't know where the week has gone to - and that is a great thing these days! Monday I slept most of the day, I think I was catching up from the weekend. Plus the cat was out of the bag at work that I had been at the hospital over the weekend and a bunch of the CRNAs I work with called to check in. Phone calls make the day fly. Tuesday my mom came over, brought a whole bunch of food for us, did some laundry, and rough housed with my dog a bit (who has been looking at me lately like "Get up - let's play!") in the morning. In the afternoon my friend Pauline came over and kept me company with her cute 14 month old daughter. She brought me a bag of goodies for myself and the baby and it was a bit like Christmas in August. Today our cleaning lady came and made our house look like a home again and gave it the TLC it so desperately needed. My dog followed her room to room as she worked taking her toys. Luckily our cleaning lady has a little dog herself and is a dog lover. She always takes an extra moment or two to give Neela a little belly rub, or to toss her one of her favorite things to fetch. Today she was over almost an extra hour because she kept stopping to ask me questions about the upcoming baby, and how everything was going. I can't say I minded the company - no matter what form it comes in these days.

This afternoon I had another appointment at my OB's office which was uneventful - just a quick in and out since I saw him a few days ago at the hospital. I got my progesterone shot, weigh in, BP check, and the normal goodies. In just 5 days on Monday I'll have another cervical length check, a 24 week growth scan, and get my steriod shots started. For some reason that day is one I've been looking forward to as a bit of a milestone day for us, and I'm eagerly awaiting it.

While watching TV today I saw that presidential candidate McCain's wife had to be taken to one of hospitals near our home. She had injured her wrist from shaking a hand of a supporter a bit too vigorously. Now that's an accident that sounds both kind of funny and bizarre all at the same time! I got a call from my friend I went to school with who is a nurse there, and she said the hospital was a zoo with all of the news people and security people swarming around. The hospital and our house are both in the middle of an event this weekend that draws a crazy amount of traffic anyways - so the added flow of people has been adding to the congestion and craziness in the area. My husband said it took him extra long to get home from work tonight already, and the even doesn't technically start until Saturday. It's called the Woodward Dream Cruise and is a kind of classic car show where people come from all over with renovated old fashioned cars and drive up and down a road that runs between downtown and north about 10 miles. Each city along the way has events, food, and areas blocked off that you can park your old car with entertainment for the people that walk around to view it. It draws over 1 million people to the event. Usually we browse around part of it with both of our families and have a BBQ at our house. This year I think we'll have to skip and watch the highlights on TV :-)

Susan from ova achiever pointed me towards a really cool concept of designer or stylish hospital gowns at this site. Now if I had to wear a hospital gown for days on end, I wouldn't complain as much if it were stylish. I loved the link she sent, and maybe we should all drop it in the suggestion box outside the various L & D departments at the hospitals. Ha, if only those L & D departments actually had suggestions boxes that would be a good start.

Thank you so much for your kind words, good thoughts, and positive vibes for little Spot and I going forward after our little weekend bump. I honestly appreciate it so much, it's nice to know we're not in this alone sometimes. Well, I'm off to finish watching the rest of the Olympics for the night. Is it just me, or did anyone else notice that the men's beach volleyball team for Argentina is very attractive? I still rooted for the US team to beat them, but it sure was nice to watch the match from all angles if you know what I mean, hehe! Go USA!