Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Huddled, Stacked and Waiting: What my life (and body!) looks like right now


right now we are waiting to find out if our offer on a house will be accepted. although buying a house is big, i feel unconcerned (but of course i'll be really disappointed if we don't get it, mostly because that means we still have to keep looking). i think that's because i'm not really living in the present. i can't imagine what life is going to be like 5 weeks from now, and yet, it's almost all i think about (besides my very present backache that is!).

the truth is, i've always been like this. i am capable of being in either the physical, immediate present—as in, make dinner and put it in my tummy NOW!—or at some time in the future when things will be different. i am always looking forward to changing my situation. right now, i am impatient and tense. it is the worst combination. and it is sort of a problem.

but i tried hard this past weekend to be in the present (and to be happy—but that's a different story). i'm super lucky that loverboy is a little bit more concerned about the present state of our living situation, as he helped me reorganize and clear out the 2nd bedroom so that we can actually have somewhere to put all the baby stuff we have and still need to buy. it's actually a huge relief to get some breathing room up in here! what with a bicycle, a stroller and a weight bench, i was beginning to feel like i couldn't have this baby because there was no room in the inn. so maybe that's also why i'm okay if we don't get this house. now that there is space, i can have this baby and it can live with us too! i tell you, things are already looking up.

also, this weekend i enjoyed snow flurries!, sleeping in, taking lars to the park, and Chinese takeout. the rest of the time i was a gigantic grump because that's how i be on weekends, what what.

this is me at 34.5 weeks, looking forward to 40 weeks:



6 comments:

  1. You're almost there! In another two weeks you really enter that "any day now" territory and that's crazy! I know the waiting is so tough and the physical discomfort can be even worse, but you're so close. Hang in there:)

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  2. cute belly! i totally understand not being able to grasp reality with this massive pending life change (baby). Even with my 3rd pregnancy I couldn't wrap my head around the fact that this thing that is taking over my body with come out and be an actual baby. It's an amazing adventure though- just take it one day at a time. (oh, and can I have your couch??) :)

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  3. love you! for some reason i has this brief funny idea that i was going to be seeing you soon...and i was super happy and excited and everything like that...and then i realized i actually wasn't...and i was super sad...and then i realized i do have some power to DO things...maybe later this year i should take a trip to the east...anyway love you.

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  4. so exciting about the house! and these last five weeks will fly by and then everything will be different. really neat post about your experience in the "nesting" phase. hope bradley classes are still going well, and hope to catch up more soon. xo

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  5. Enjoy the last few weeks, like everyone says everything will be different. But it definitely helps when you feel like there is room to breathe. I kept hoping the baby would stay in while we finished decorating her room (which she did). It was only until after the room was done where I was like, "Okay, you can come out now, I'm "ready"." :) It's also important to stay happy, I'm still working on that now but I hope things will start to even out soon. So happy for you!

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