April 11, 2009

  • Saturday morning

    Good morning all. I hope that everyone is having a great holiday weekend. My peeps in Louisiana are probably getting ready for some crawfish boils and good time with family. I am not sure what our Ohio peeps are up to, an Easter egg hunt and some ham maybe? Here, its just another day. We will have dinner with Mandy and her crew tomorrow, but outside of that, there aren't any plans. Whatever you are doing, I hope you enjoy it.

    Yesterday I got the laundry and dishes done. Tancy read up about the two breast pumps that we have. I also got the dishes done, cooked dinner for her before she left for work and sterilized some of the breast pump parts. I don't know if Tancy is starting to feel like she needs to prepare or what, but we even had a talk about how to get in touch with her at work if she should be there when its time to go to the hospital. It was cute and sweet and comforting that she thinks about what she needs to be getting in order (like FMLA paperwork).

    I got a call from some friends of ours who are expecting their second child any minute. They invited me to dinner with them and two other friends of ours. The couple who is expecting #2 also had some clothes for Lillie that I could get while I was there. I don't need an excuse to go visit them and I really wanted to see preggo before she popped. So I left out from home right around 5:00 to see everyone. The weather here was terrible and I was just a little nervous about how bad it might get. But, lucky for me, it got a little lighter the closer to them I got.

    I got there just before 5:30 and we put the clothes in the car while there was a break in the weather and before it got dark. We visited for a bit and before long our other friends arrived. We all talked and laughed and enjoyed their little girl for a while, playing with her, talking to her, she's an adorable little sprite. Then we ordered dinner and two of the girls were nice enough to go get the food for everyone. The three of us remaining visited and did the "wife" thing. I think, at this point in my life, just hanging out at the house and visiting like this is my favorite way to spend time with friends. You really get caught up and connected, it just feels good to me and reminds me of family get togethers when I was a kid.

    Soon the food was back and we all ate. It was yummy. The little one had her own table and chair and ate with us. She's so stinkin' cute. Someone, who shall remain nameless, tried to push "chicken on a stick" to everyone... it was funny. I personally ate like I was starving. I felt like I was. Not sure why. When dinner was over we moved back to the living room and continued our catching up, occasionally talking about whatever was on TV or work or kids. We talked about birth plans, or the lack thereof, we talked about breast feeding and all things baby. We even talked about guns and marijuana. It was a very interesting range in conversation.

    I was going to go out to Mandy & Steve's and spend some time, but I didn't hear back from Mandy, so I figured they probably had date night or something. Or they might have just vegged at the house. No telling to be honest. I need to check in today and see how the weather was there last night and what they are up to. I got an invite to join some friends this afternoon at a campground we frequent... I don't know if I will or not, that would put me home alot later tonight than last night from a longer distance, kinda makes me apprehensive. But you never can tell what I might do!

    I ended up being out later than I intended, time snuck up on me. I think it was 10:45 by the time we cleared out of there. I drove home, the rain had thankfully stopped, feeling somewhere between ready to be home and settle in for the night and a bit apprehensive about coming home so late by myself (remember, it was the first night of nights... takes me some time to adjust). I got home right around 11:15. I came in, let the pups out, let them back in and headed to bed. I wasn't concerned about being home alone, or having been gone for so long, or coming home to an empty house. I was, however, wide awake. I folded the clothes that I had washed earlier in the day and put them away. I also put away the clothes that I had unpacked from our Louisiana trip earlier that day. So all that was done. After that I made the bed. Lauren had washed the sheets and remade the bed, but the sheet wasn't tucked at all and it was all sliding off the foot of the bed. So I needed to fix that before I could get in bed. Once that was done I took my medicine (with chocolate milk) and grabbed a snack (sometimes late at night I feel so hungry, I don't like to eat so late, but sometimes there's no avoiding it) and then climbed into bed.

    I posted an update to Facebook and before long heard from a friend of mine in Louisiana. We sent each other messages back and forth till nearly 2:00 AM. I finally felt like I could go to sleep, told her I was out and snuggled up with the covers up to my neck. I was out in no time. I woke at 3:00 when the TV was doing its usual update... I hate that. I was sleeping so soundly. Fortunately after a quick trip to the potty I was able to go back to sleep without any trouble. I woke up again around 5:00 for another potty trip and right back to bed. I think it was around 6:30 when Tancy came in. I sent the puppies out to her (they carry on so when she comes in, I am not sure how to stop that) so that she could let them out to potty. Then I went to the potty myself and back to bed. Before long she was in bed with me, we talked for a minute or two and were both back to sleep pretty immediately.

    At 9:30 the puppies started carrying on again... I was not at all happy about that. They had already been out to potty, so that wasn't their issue, but they were probably ready for their breakfast. Still, I don't appreciate our two dogs waking me up when I've had so much trouble just getting to sleep. Oh well, just my morning grumpies talking. Soon enough I'll have a screaming baby waking me at all hours of the night and that'll just be that. I think that's why it bugs me with the puppies... it's like "Can't you just let me sleep while I can?!" Cause going back to sleep when Tancy comes in and sleeping till I wake up is quickly coming to a halt.

    Anyway, I got up, let the pups out. Apparently Hemmi didn't potty this morning early. Funny thing, he wasn't the one fussing in the bedroom. I made coffee and then let the pups back in and fed them. I fixed my cup of coffee and settled in to write this blog. It feels so good to go back through the events of a day/night, good or bad, it's just a great way to remind me of the things I am so thankful for or to help me let go of things that hurt. Very therapeutic.

    I have no idea what I might get into today. The floor needs to be swept, I might try to tackle that... I am intimidated by that, it usually does me in. But I hate to ask Tancy to do it before she goes to work. She didn't sleep yesterday at all, then worked all night. I will let her sleep as late as possible today. Tomorrow, around 1:00 the fam will be here to start cooking and just hang out.

    Oh, I almost forgot to share.... Last night, our friends expecting their second child shared some interesting information with me. I've already sent an email to our lawyer to share it with her and move forward. Apparently, according to preggo, she never got her new birth certificate (the hang up with Louisiana). She took her legal paperwork and her original (certified) birth certificate to the social security office and filed for a new social security card. Once she had that, she took her legal documentation and her new social security card (with her changed last name) to the DMV and got a new drivers license. She never requested a new birth certificate, she still doesn't have one, and she didn't need one to get a new social security card. Now, I don't know if this process wouldn't be the same for me (like maybe behind the scenes they contacted her state of birth and had to have their approval or something) because Louisiana practices different legal process, or if it will work... but if our lawyer agrees, we are certainly going to give it a shot. As far as NC is concerned, I am legally a Dean... but social security isn't NC, so I am just not sure what to expect. I will keep you posted, but I am presently hopeful that we could have solved our problem. We shall see.

    Alright kidders, I am going to sign off of here and see what trouble I can get into. I hope that you all have a great day today. I think it is suppose to be gorgeous here, Mom says its gorgeous there too. I am very glad to hear that... I am sick to death of the rain!

    I am sending lots of love to Casie and her family. Her grandmother-in-law is still not doing well last I heard, no change. Her husband is still not feeling well either. So I am sending them well wishes today.
    To my dear Aunt Jan-E-Poo, I hope she's having a GREAT time in Missouri with her Mama. Post some pics or something for us!

    Ok, love to all!