Friday, October 9, 2009

Nope, he ain't here

So it is now the end of the line and baby is not showing any sign of popping out for a big hello. I am still thinking he may show on the 13th. In fact, that would be great, because I would prefer not to have to induce labor, but I would also prefer not to have to tell anyone I am eleven months pregnant.
I told Mr. W that in a couple days(at 40 weeks), in reality I could say I am ten months pregnant. If every month were February that would hold true.
Today I ate peanut butter toast, cookies, green onion chips, cheese crackers, a whole mess of healthy choices. I also worked what was supposed to be "my last day". I have a feeling I will be reporting in on Monday, anyway. I told my boss I was in for Monday and Tuesday, but after that, count me out. I just can't make it through any more appointments because I have to run and pee every 15 minutes. It makes for pretty useless meetings because someone can only keep my attention as long as the urge to "go" is not distracting me. That gives them all of about 5-10 minutes to get out everything they have on their mind. I also have pregnancy brain, which basically renders me useless at any problem solving, troubleshooting, attention to detail or pretty much anything else that doesn't involve just random chit chat. Basically, everything that makes me useful to an employer is starting to shut down at this stage. I could have stayed in bed all day today, but I didn't. I could have, though. And I bet I would have enjoyed it.
If my elusive pumpkin baby wasn't enough to get me down, the weather is lousy right now. Cold, rainy, ugly, and just generally kind of depressing. Not that I would expect much more out of October, but I could use one of those cheesy Brady Bunch "Sunshine days" in my life right now.
So I guess I may as well go ahead and start selecting new foods to represent the baby in the days ahead.
I am thinking of a burnt cookie, a spotty brown banana, a raisin and prune. Let's see how many of those end up getting used.
That could be the fun game that keeps me sane next week.

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