The second trimester has left us. General William “Third Trimester” Sherman has replaced it and is now on a death march to the sea leaving a swath of destruction in its path. Survivors march westward carrying what few things they can underneath the glow of the burning city. Oh, it’s not that bad, really.
Here is some advice which you should heed well: do not attempt to be pregnant, sell a house, buy a house, and quit a job all in the span of a few weeks. Tensions will run high. You will rue several things and people. But! We have passed through these trials unscathed and are now stronger than ever! Like Batman!
One of the worst things about having an offspring on the way while your house is on the market is the inability to “nest.” While the desire was much stronger in Val, I admit that there were times when I wished we could just paint the damn kids room. It was one more psychological weight thrown on top of the already vast stack of anvils on our shoulders. So, one of the first things we did on purchase of the new house was paint the baby’s room (orange). Hand-me-down furniture is on the way and should be installed by Monday. Valerie is pleased. (We also are going to buy an ostentatiously large television).
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Now that birth is upon us we’ve signed up for “child birth classes” — something I am incredibly dubious about due to all the newagey hoo-ha involved. But let’s be honest here: no one should give a shit about what I think. If preggo wants to do it, we’ll do it. The class we are taking is quasi lamaze. The whole point of the thing is to teach mothers how to cope and relax themselves without (within reason) the use of pain medication but with the use of things like “breathing,” “massage,” and “crystals.” Ok, I made that last one up, but the lady did say “you have many chakras in your body.” And this lady is a registered nurse! I’m just saying.
Anyway the class has been insightful thus far and the first one was not a total waste of time. We did lay on the floor in the dark while listening to new age music, which was kind of nice/weird? We’ll see how the rest go — I hear there is a video of a birth?