5 more weeks to go!!!

only five more weeks til baby is due. i can't wait. i feel big and awkward; like a big walrus. if i sprout flippers and tusks, i won't be at all surprised. baby is starting to feel crowded and i think is trying to kick his way out sometimes. every once in a while, i'll get a particularly forceful jab from within, reminding me that i'm not the only one who's waiting until d-day. :)

i was looking at a website that gives helpful suggestions to expectant moms, and one of them was to wear satin pajamas or have satin sheets so that you could slide in and out of bed more easily. this sounds like a good idea til i think about how heavy i feel. i wonder if when i got into bed, if i would just continue sliding on those wonderfully slippery satin sheets and fly off the other side with the speed of a torpedo. so it's no to satin sheets. i'll take my chances with cotton for now. although, getting up is the awkward part. remember the weeble wobbles that kids used to play with about 30 years ago? well, anyway, they never fall over, they just wobble from side to side. well, that's kinda how i have to get up... wobble from side to side a bit to get momentum, and then haul myself upright. after this momentous amount of effort, i have to sit at the side of the bed and then finally, i can stand up. talk about work.

we are mostly ready, at any rate... just have to get a few odds and ends. but it's better this time; i know what i want and what is really necessary this time. :)

well, i'm off for now. clay has just discovered my back pack and has taken everything out and i have to go retrieve everything.