Stormy Skies

Fall came blowing in like a bat out of a wet and windy hell. I am loving it. The stormy weather gets me amped up. This may stem from a youth spent on the coast.

 

While the jet stream raged on this weekend we kept fairly busy.

 

Saturday morning and early afternoon was spent visiting family (exhausting) and friends (energizing!). Not all the family visiting was bad; mostly it was the visit with my mother that took it out of me.

 

I hadn't seen her since before I got pregnant, which in turn means before I had my teeth completed. So yea, it had been a while, and she had been dropping mommy guilt all over the place about how she hoped to feel the little one moving/kicking before I have her and so on. So I decide to bite the headache inducing bullet and stopping by to see her. I made it perfectly clear the night before that we would not have a lot of time to visit and that, no, we could not take her for a drive, nor did we have room to take her to LC. 

That in mind, she proceeded to ask not once but THREE times during our twenty minute visit that dragged on forever if we would take her to the coast. And after the THIRD NO, she then asked if I had any money... -_- Seriously. 

And as for her getting to feel the baby kick, it's really fucking difficult when the person wanting to feel the baby is apparently terrified of pushing hard enough... I managed to wake her up and get her moving around in there and my mom was barely touching my t shirt, let alone applying enough pressure to feel the baby move. I had to hold her hand down hard enough. The baby gave a really good kick and I ask her if she felt it, she responds, "No, not the kick but I feel her moving." I just looked at her for half a second and then told her that was the baby kicking.  Sigh. o.O 

And to top it off, while trying to antagonize the baby into moving about (yes, I like to call it antagonizing) my mom freaked out (for lack of better terms) and told me not to poke. I told her it is actually good for the baby and developing her reflexes. It's been over a quarter century since she had a baby and I know a lot has changed so I was trying to be understanding, but come on!

 

The whole time I swear I could hear Collin's teeth grinding. I had asked him on our way there to try not to stare at my mother the way Spaz stares at him when he is touching my bump. I know he tried, but I now know where Spaz gets that look.

 

The rest of the day breezed by (quite literally). My sister gave us two more bags of baby clothes (always welcome!). My dad was super stoked when we gave him his DVD of Iron Man 3. The deli was closed, which was kind of nice. It gave us a chance to catch up with G & K and not have to worry about customers interrupting the visit.

 

We met for lunch at Sambo's. The food was a disappointment. I should have ordered off the breakfast menu, but I opted for the chicken strips which were just bleh. It seemed like the chicken was precooked and THEN breaded and fried. The breading was greasy and did not stay on the meat and the meat was overcooked and tough. The fries were okay...

 

When we got home, I was exhausted so we opted to take a nap... We slept from 2:45 until almost 5pm... It felt great.

 

Yesterday was spent doing laundry and baking/cooking. I made cookies for a couple of the gals Collin works with. Okay, so maybe I also made them for us, but at least by giving away over half of them I am less likely to go all Cookie Monster on them... LOL. 

I then started the sausage marinara for the lasagna I made last night. I let the sauce simmer for about three hours. It turned out amazing. 

Another meal that is plenty big to freeze half of it for a future dinner. I am working to stock pile casseroles and sauce; like lasagna, meatloaf, enchiladas, and tikka masala, for use when I just don't want to cook. I am hoping not to suffer too much pre-packaged food during the last weeks of the pregnancy and the first weeks being home with baby. I know one of my friends recently dealt with this and that (combined with advice from another new momma) inspired me to start working on filling the freezer with homemade dinners now while I have the energy. 

This is actually pretty easy as we are entering cooler weather and I love making soups, stews, and casserole type dishes that store and freeze well (and I have a hard time limiting to make only four servings). I'm sure I will still end up eating some pre-packaged meals, but I hope to curtail it as much as possible.

 

I also completed the sign for the baby's room yesterday, and must say I am quite pleased with the outcome. I was going to do the traditional individual letters, but couldn't find any in the typeface I wanted. We opted to print, stencil, and paint her name on a piece of crafting plywood. It turned out bold and bright and EXACTLY what I wanted for it.

Now I am going to go curl up on the couch and watch this stupid teen drama I got sucked into...