Daydreaming while waiting impatiently!

[frustratedearthmother]

I cleaned closets.... don't think I've done it since... Glad you're feeling better!

 

[tortoise]

I barely nested at all with DS. (I was on strict bed rest until 36 weeks, he was born 37 weeks, 2 days). I was splitting perennials that last week. It was an early spring that year too. End of March I was out in the garden. The day after DS was born, we had a WINDY cold snap. Winter weather. Figuring out car seat stuff in cold wind was no fun at all!

The list of things I've been up to is pretty ridiculous! Sharpened every wood pencil in the house. Duct taping the cracks in laundry basket handles. Baby toys in the dishwasher. I've just got out my label maker and plastic baskets.... be very afraid!

 

[Britesea]

Is your husband going into the "keeper" box or the "not sure"? lol

 

[tortoise]

There is no "not sure" box! And garbage bags are piling up!

DH is still on my good side - he has not commented on the new baskets in the bathroom. He has his usual attitude that organizing (containerizing and labeling) will not last. Funny, because EVERY organization project has "lasted". DS gets all excited about organizing - that goes a long way to making it successful.

I purged and organized DS' school / craft supplies. I moved all his craft stuff downstairs where it MUST be cleaned up after every project. He was going wild with that stuff upstairs - no supervision. He is very excited about it!!! I took pictures of his art / craft projects for him before throwing most of it away. We saved a drawing to give to Grandma.

I'm starting tomatoes and peppers in the morning. The potting soil is still too wet tonight to put seeds in. DH was brush hogging today. We have a field road through the middle of rented crop land. We were told that moving that path to the edge of the field could increase crop land rent. DH started working on that. In the afternoon he went out with DS and they did more work cutting out brush on the field edge.

I have a huge amount of grading to do. I haven't entered any grades since I was in the hospital - 6 weeks ago! (And I'm sure I wasn't current then!) I finished all the loose worksheets tonight. I need to tackle his textbook/notebook work next. I'm HOPING to have his schooling finished before Baby comes! DS has 17 attendance days left this semester. I'm wanting to have all the grading done on his last school day. He has plenty of schoolwork to continue with, but we won't have to track attendance or grades. He still has standardized testing in a month also.

 

[tortoise]

We have snow again! There is about 1.5" on the ground now. It should melt fast. We saw a male bluebird yesterday!!

I did my massive pre-baby stock-up shopping trip - with the help of a motorized wheelchair. I'm back to nesting after a couple days with pelvis/hip pain. The big stuff is pretty much done.

So far this morning, I've washed the windows, laundry put away, cleaned the laundry room, organized DH's dresser drawers, halfway done polishing dining room chairs.

My MIL accepted my invite to stay with us for a couple of weeks after Baby is born. So I've added more to my list to make the guest room more comfortable and make space on the bathroom shelves.

 

[Britesea]

Slow down, girl! You'll need all that energy later!

 

[tortoise]

No big changes here. 10 DAYS until my activity restrictions are lifted. My Irritable Uterus is much less "irritable" now and I'm able to do more.

I have an appointment for my son for ADHD medication in 7 DAYS. (that might be a bigger deal than the baby countdown!) It's sad because he is doing HIS best, but it's still terrible and it's literally ripping my family apart. DH and I are fighting every day over it. And we have NEVER fought before. Conflict, disagreements, sure, but we've never fought like this before. I'm impatient to get some relief over here. I just hope the nurse practitioner will "see" it. My son presents as neurotypical in casual settings. However, his neuropsych evaluation from last year is a very different story. His giftedness hides a lot of the effect in a classroom setting. Plus the definition of ADHD is much different than most people assume it is. For example, there are 2 types. My son in the inattentive type, which doesn't look the way people expect. (No hyperactivity!)

 

[Denim Deb]

Whereas my son was all over the place.

Sounds like you're getting a lot done! Good for you. I don't recall doing any of that when I was pregnant w/either of my kids.

 

[tortoise]

We made it to 36 weeks! Baby is welcome to arrive whenever he wants now. 10 weeks ago when I was in the hospital, DH told me he would buy me a new car if I made it to 36 weeks. Does it count if I get a dog and name it "new car"? We don't need a car, but I've been wanting a third dog for 6 years - ever since I gave up having multiple dogs to move in with him in the city with pet restrictions. And I've been seriously looking for a third dog since April last year when our offer was accepted on the farm! (Plus I really, really hate the carpet in this house, so new dog = housetraining = NEW HARD FLOOR! win-win in my opinion. lose-lose in DH's opinion )

We had a chicken killed today. Not sure what got it, possibly a hawk.

DS's appointment resulted in referral to child psychiatrist. There is only 1 for hundreds of miles, so the first available appointment was mid-August. Very frustrating.

Nesting continues, limited by fatigue. I overhauled the filing cabinet - color-coded file folders even.

My appetite and sleep schedule are "off". I'm having a hard time eating anything. Protein makes me gassy and sick. I have sensory issues with eating vegetables. So eating exclusively carbs, sugars, and fats. Now my OB is all worried about gestational diabetes. I feel like telling him off. I'm not going to eat food that makes me sick, and I wouldn't eat a vegetable if it was the last calorie left on the face of the earth. <-- overly dramatic, there are a couple-few veggies I can get down on specific terms, and not very frequently. Add to that a history of anorexia and various disordered eating patterns and it's a disaster waiting to happen - I would stop eating completely before I would eat a "chicken and veggies" gestational diabetes diet. <-- not overly dramatic! I declined the glucola blood sugar test (again). Am doing a random glucose test on Friday. :grumble: My last random glucose test 4 weeks ago was normal.

DH wanted to move goats to their summer pasture today. I was too tired and upset about everything above and then some to do it. I might move them tomorrow. I think I can do it just with the help of a bag of grain. They're crazy obsessed with grain, and I was able to move them a couple days ago alone with just the grain. The goats and sheep got out and were wandering around the yard and in the pole shed! Silly goats!

I'm attempting to wash some wool. It's very poor wool, this is just learning process for me. Also deciding if I'm going to try to save any wool when I do the full-body shearing. Their fleeces are POOR from all the burdock they've gotten into!

 

[Britesea]

Conga Rats on 36 weeks! I think you should listen to what your body is telling you; if proteins and veggies are making you feel sick, then maybe there is a reason? Are you able to tolerate "good" carbs like whole grains?
Poor quality wool could still be used to make practice yarn, as you mentioned, and then used as rope, or knitted/woven into stock blankets and such. When you get better at spinning, then you can work on getting something like merinos for wool (if you can even find them!)