Bassinet

After church and lunch today, I got back home and decided to tackle the bassinet that I'd started yesterday, only to leave in pieces all over the nursery floor. Turns out, I did need help. I'm apparently not coordinated enough to put it together myself. With some help from the CG, we got it together in about twenty minutes. It's beautiful, I absolutely love it.

A restful night

I've discovered that I absolutley cannot underestimate the rewards of a good night sleep. Last night was the first night in quite a awhile where I slept soundly. Yes, I still got up twice to pee but that's nothing compared to normal. I don't remember waking up once to find a more comfortable position. I was awoken about 20 minutes early to the feel of my baby attacking my sides, which sounds uncomfortable, but was really nice since he's spent the last few days being fairly inactive. I layed in bed until it was time to get ready for work, just enjoying the quiet time with me and my baby. By the time I was ready to get out of bed, I was fully awake and in a great mood. I don't even mind that I'm at work and actually have the motivation to get things done today. Yes City Girl, I did just say that. Of course, I'm on here blogging instead of doing any work, but I'm going to start as soon as I publish this, lol. If this lasts all day, I'm going to go home and put together my bassinet and glider.

3 day weekend

The absolute best thing about working in the banking industry is that they give you just about every holiday imaginable off. Which equals out to a lot of 3 day weekends, and since yesterday was President's Day I got to enjoy yet another one. On Saturday I went out to dinner with the CG, and we had a great time at the restaurant, even though we had to wait an hour (it was the Wine Walk in Cannon Beach). A very nice Valentine's Day. After church on Sunday I drove out to visit my best friend, and we had a lot of fun together. First we went to Outback (it is our tradition) and then wandered around Gresham browsing shops. I even bought a new book (Inkheart). So far it's pretty good. I stayed overnight at my parent's place and on Monday went to Babies R Us with my mom. The first thing I noticed was that quite a bit of what I registered for is not actually IN the store. A bit frustrating, I wish BRU would mention that online...but I went online later in the evening and changed a few things to items that were in the store. I also carried around the Graco Safeseat and the Chicco Keyfit for a bit. I like the Chicco more, but I still can't justify spending that much on it. Ah well. While we were there, my mom came across a beautiful bassinet and she bought it for me. I couldn't be happier, I love it! It is much better than the co-sleeper I was registered for, and for the same price. I also bought my glider while I was there, after spending 20 minutes just rocking in it. It was so comfortable, I can't wait to put the one I bought together so I can rock in it at home.

The only negative thing from the weekend is that my baby has moved even lower, something I would have swore was impossible. Walking is becoming so painful, it feels like my pelvis is going to break. I know I'm a wimp when it comes to pain...but is this normal?? Work today was very hard, and I keep wondering how I am going to make it 8 1/2 more weeks.

Ears

For the past 2 days I have had this constant rushing sound in my ears that is starting to drive me nuts. I can't hear very well either. They don't feel plugged and they don't hurt, it's just like a constant background noise of something similar to running water - but not quite. I honestly don't know what to do. A coworker is insistant that she thinks I have an ear infection, but don't ear infections hurt? I don't want to go to the clinic and pay a co-pay for them to just tell me I'm fine. That seems a bit ridiculious. But if this doesn't go away soon, I'm going to go offically crazy.

Naps

There is something so glorious about taking a nap in the middle of the day. It's so refreshing. I never sleep nearly as well at night as I do when taking a nap. I got one of those naps today. It felt amazing. I'm going pay for it tonight, but I don't care. It was worth it.

Car trouble

While driving home from work last night, I recieved quite a shock. When I went to turn left onto my road, the car fought me so hard that I nearly drove into the neighbor's fence. My husband, henceforth to be known as CG (computer geek) drove it and it did the same thing to him. We had his brother - the handy mechanic - look at it, and he's really not sure what is going on either. It doesn't do it when the car is in park or in reverse, and it doesn't do it when trying to turn right. So we've got an appointment to have it looked at tomorrow morning. I'm trying very hard to not stress. I mean, this is a new car (to us anyway). There shouldn't be anything wrong with it. We believe it is still covered under warrenty, so hopefully the repairs shouldn't cost us anything. Even if we do, we have our tax return coming so it's not like we would be stuck with a bill we can't pay. I just hope it is a simple fix.