Snotty

My head is full of snot. Extreme sinus pressure. Just thought the world (or at least the few friends and family who are kind enough to read this damn thing) should know that. It's driving me crazy. The only thing that relieves the pressure is taking a shower, but by now I am SO sick of getting wet every 5 minutes. I know, whine whine whine. But I will never again take for granted the value of antihistamines once I'm allowed to start taking them again.

Lance is at his final day of the nursery school. Since a couple of the classes had their last day with him yesterday, he played their favorite game "Shape Shop." It basically is the kids making shapes with their bodies that they then have to hold as the shop-keeper (Lance) picks them up and moves them around. After having picked up 2 and 3 year olds all day, he was HOBBLING last night. I don't think I've seen him that tired or crippled in a long time, if ever. It was really cute. I don't know how he's going to survive another day of it today. On the other hand, he's got to build his stamina back up again before Parker starts making him pick her up over and over and over. And over...

Spoke with oxford insurance today. Apparently their records show my appeal being reviewed and their rules say that they'll make a decision in 15 calendar days, which technically means by the end of today. PLEASE KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED.

Bought the paper we think we want to use for Parker's birth announcement. It keeps getting more and more real over here. I hope Parker waits until we clean the house up a bit. On the other hand, let's be honest, I don't want to keep her in my uterus forever...

Parker just super jujitsu kicked my stomach way out. She's really getting strong. But I think that the fact that she can still make such big movements means that she's still got a while to go. The books seem to say that one factor in a baby being ready to escape the womb is being too crowded to move.

I can't remember if I mentioned that one of Lance's best friends is having a baby. They are at about 12 weeks. I am SO GLAD that he has one of his old friends to talk to about all this daddy stuff. It was one thing for him to talk to friends of mine that have become his, or friends at the dog park, but it's REALLY good to share this with a friend that is just his. Very exciting.

Today is the dress rehearsal for one of our circus classes. Most of the costumes are being re-used from previous years, but I'm having fun making them new vests to wear. I just have to fit them today and then bang out, oh, say, 20 of them for next week. Totally manageable for a super pregnant lady! More excellent decision making on my part!

Feel like there's more that I could ramble on about, but I'm starting to fall asleep and must conserve resources before teaching.

love love love

xoxo