Coming Soon

In case I have some blog readers who aren't friends with me on Facebook (*crickets*), now is the time to reveal that shortly after our 5th anniversary this June, I will be welcoming an epidural and subsequently a child into the world!  We are equal parts terrified and thrilled.  Actually, probably more terror for me and more thrill for Scott.

I found out I was pregnant a long time ago while Scott was on a foreign business trip.  It seemed lame to tell him over Skype, so I opted to wait.  Normally I don't blow my nose without his knowledge, so the delayed surprise announcement almost drove me to insanity.  I remember talking to him on the phone while he was away and lying through my teeth saying, "You haven't missed much."

Once he got home, I decided to make a sign and put it in the future child's room in our house and then somehow trick him into going there (easier said than done, no one sets foot in that room ever).  Anyway, I'd show you the sign, but I have a strict no-pregnancy-test-photo policy as far as online postings go. When he came home, I acted bizarre, told him I had a surprise for him (to which he responded, "Is it a pile of money?" ... ...), and I sent him in there and filmed it, and it was awesome.

The last 4+ months have been about as you'd expect them to be when an alien has hijacked your mid-regions.*  We now refer to my body as a haunted house because it's inhabited by a small demon ghost that floats around terrorizing my organs.  I find discussion of these things interesting, but mostly disgusting, so this blog will be a safe zone for everyone involved.  No "birth stories"** or tales of all the weird things that are going on in there.  You're welcome.

I've never been that woman who's obsessed with babies or content vomiting daily for the greater good, so this is certainly a stressful experience.  We're of course super excited though!***  For now, I guess we just wait and hope patience is a virtue that can be developed.  It can, right?  RIGHT?  ANSWER ME NOW.

*Actually much much worse.  Pregnancy is...kind of awful. Don't let the crazy moms fool you.
**Ew.
***Or as excited as you can be when you've become a human sloth.

Around Here - Winter

We're...

...working: on painting the downstairs living room, on motivating ourselves to paint the upstairs bedroom afterward, and mostly on our actual paid work.

...hoping: I can get better at Splendor (newest board game) or we may  not be playing it much, for no bugs this busy season at work, Scott doesn't get kidnapped at the sketchy hotel he's going  to stay at in Idaho.

...waiting: for our upcoming trip to Cancun (which we just booked yesterday!), for the chips and salsa at said vacation in Cancun, for everything else in Cancun.

...watching: Making a Murderer because we just can't stop.  Whenever I think about it my eyes just get huge.

...learning: about how to use the new Blendtec, that Scott prefers more colors than just gray in home decor (and I'm thinking, what else...is there?), how to use my new photo-editing software.

...reading: Complications (Atul Gawande) and the scriptures (Scott's reading a book about retirement investing as well).

...eating: fewer winter foods than normal but I did manage to squeeze in one soup thus far.  Yesterday we went out to get breakfast for the first time (it might've been our first drive through as well), which was fun.  Turns out if you get a Beto's burrito, you can just gnaw on it all day for all 3 meals.

...laughing: at the grassroots Shakespeare show we saw David in last night, at the weird dreams I've had lately (last night I was wife #2 in a polygamist colony---um, brain???), this video.

The Most Wonderful Week of the Year

The 5 days that contain Christmas and both of our birthdays is fast approaching!  It is a good week, but it is kind of a bummer that we never actually plan anything unique as far as birthdays go, since... CHRISTMAS.  At the same time, it's also nice.  There is no strain to do anything but tack on an extra present or two to the Christmas haul.  Also, it forces us to be really deliberate about gift ideas we give to our families, since we know all year long that we'll have to come up with a lot of ideas all at once (or risk thinking of useless things at the last second, heaven forbid).

This year I find myself turning 26, which is bizarre but also not since 26 is a lot like 25.  Scott reminded me that scientifically this is the year I begin the slow decay toward death, but the 31-year-old over here has held up pretty well, so I'm not too concerned.  The solar panel salesman also asked me if my parents were home the other day, so I guess I can't feel too old.

2015 has been a great year.  I found out I only used $12 toward my healthcare deductible and I think that's a great indication of peace and prosperity.  We're excited to ring in the New Year at Los Hermanos as always, and guess what?  We finally feel rich enough to buy some of their T-shirts, so we can save Grandma some money on our specialty drinks in perpetuity!  I think 2016's looking pretty great already.