Thursday, September 15, 2005
Today I went grocery shopping with the two little boys. It was one of those stressful trips where I knew I only had a certain amount of money left in checking and that if I went over that amount, checks would start bouncing. It reminded me of a filmstrip we watched for FHE back when I was a little girl. It was about a family and they were all getting excited about going to an amusement park (or something like that.) Anyway, then the dad loses his job and he uses his last dollar to buy his wife a rose and gives her his last dime in the box with the rose. And it's so sad and pathetic cause you know the kids aren't going to get to go to the amusement park and everyone is so sad. I don't remember what lesson I was supposed to learn from that filmstrip but I do know how it feels to be that poor. Our freezer is on the fritz and all those casseroles I worked so hard to stock up on and all our meat and my ice cream cake from my baby shower are all turning to mush. And we have a new beetle pest in our basement that's freaking me out and the house needs painted and our cupboard still needs rehung and it seems like no matter how we try to budget, we're always short. But nevermind. . . . I stayed within my budgeted amount and our gas tank is full and we have the necessities and life is good.
When we got home I ran to have a shower before Chris and Ben arrived. They brought lunch and a movie and even though we didn't get around to the movie, the three boys had lots of fun together. Then, I did preschool with the boys, which Noah absolutely loves and begs for everyday. Today we made name plaques with nails and painted them. Noah learned how to spell and write his last name and Denver ran off to do something else when I tried to get him to practice writing his name. He's still young, no big deal.
Then we went to get Hunter who was glad to be back at school and seemed happy about the day. When I asked how his little friend Ashlin was, he said, "GREAT!" And then he added, "She asked 'Boyfriend Girlfriend? and I said, 'Yeah!'" He was thrilled about that since she's been giving him the cold shoulder since school started. I guess distance really does make the heart grow fonder. We'll see for how long.
I had a doctor's appointment at 5pm and yup, I'm still pregnant. Baby's fine. I'm fine. No signs of delivering anytime soon. No big surprise. My due date is the 30th of this month but I fully expect to go over a day or two, putting me at October 1st or 2nd. I'm getting a little anxious but I think I'm more scared about what happens after I deliver, so I think I can wait.
 
 
posted by Shana # 10:32 PM 
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