So here I am, with all this time on my hands, and I haven’t blogged. This is the start of my third week home on maternity leave. No baby yet. Tomorrow is my ‘official’ due date. If I haven’t had the baby by 1 week past my due date, I’ll be induced. I’ve been spending my time leisurely unpacking and picking up things for our new home. Today I purchased drapery cloth to make curtains for our three french doors. Two doors open from our veranda into the living room. The third french door is on our bathroom. Don’t ask me why there is a french door on a bathroom (we certainly didn’t put it there), but there we have it. The door does have a curtain on it, but its hideous. Oddly enough, I’m finding there are advantages to having a french door on a bathroom. When you need to use the bathroom in the middle of the night, there is enough light coming in from the hallway light that you don’t have to turn on the bathroom light and blind yourself. Speaking of going to the bathroom in the middle of the night, I’m not doing too bad so far. Usually its only once a night that I have to go.Â
I’m looking forward to having this baby but I’m also enjoying the quiet time to myself once the kids go off to school. I’m realizing how much I need this and how much I wasn’t getting it before. It’s nice. I don’t think it will be too bad once the baby comes; it will be taking naps, so I’ll still have some time to myself. It’s been a long time since I’ve had a newborn around. I’m feeling pretty relaxed right now, but I wonder what it’s going to be like getting back into that whole new world once again.