Today has been a MUCH better day, PRAISE GOD!

Church, followed by a picnic (in the rain, no less!) and a wonderful (and funny) servant auction.  I really wish we’d been able to bid on one of the teens, but we’ll have to save up for it next year!  Lorelei also had a fabulous time, playing and running back and forth in the rain with the other kiddos.  And, even past her usual naptime, she held up surprisingly well.  She only started crying a couple of times, but both were because she got “hurt” by falling or tripping.  (She’s okay, though!)

Being out of the house for most of the day really helped take the focus off of some of the stress, and despite the many questions that involved “So, when are you due?” - I found myself thinking MOSTLY not of when A will be here or that she isn’t already.  I love our new church family, and while many of them have been expecting a baby any day now (like me!), some were surprised that my due date was so close.  “Wow!” they’d say, “That’s like any day now!”  Smile and shrug.  “Maybe!”  And, for once…it didn’t even matter.  And, just like that, I’d forget about it all over again as I kept busy with other things.

Yesterday, we went into town and I bought three books from the used book store.  I’d been looking for The Secret Life Of Bees ever since my friend had gushed over how great it was to a hostess who had it in her possession.  So, I found a copy of that and even got it half off because it had some water damage in the back half of the book!  Woohoo!  The other 2 books are very light-hearted and supposed to be pretty funny.  Three books should DEFINITELY last me for 9-12 days, don’t you think?  I’m going for something to relax my brain AND well…relax my brain.  I can’t go on a vacation, or even a mini one that involves a hotel or B&B, so a book it is!

Lorelei has become fairly obsessed with the number TWO.  Two bananas, please.  Two dolls, please.  Two. Two. Two.  Not really a pregnancy update, but thought I’d throw it in there. 

I’m still waiting on this nasty rash to go away and am looking forward to not itching again (this is the 3rd time it’s showed up this pregnancy!) AND to not have icky oil ointment staining my shirts would be awesome too.  In the past, it only took a few days to clear up, so here’s hoping!

Tomorrow is another dr. appt.  I’m trying to hold off induction for about another 9 days (if she doesn’t come by herself), so I’m not sure what all will happen at this one.

Who knows, maybe I won’t even make that appointment.  Maybe, just maybe, she’ll come to me in the hospital!  Or not, whichever.

**End of uterus updates for today**

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