Still Here #3

I don’t know how long this little girl is fixing to stay in her cosy location!! I feel like everything is in line, in place, all prepared for action and yet… nothing! I went to the doctor’s on Thursday, and things are moving along but no sign of immediate action. While there, I scheduled to go in on Monday morning to be induced, should I not have the baby before then. I wouldn’t mind waiting for a few more days particularly, but with Michael going back to work on Wednesday, it seemed like the thing to do. And it sure is nice to have a specific end-date – not to mention making it easier for my mom to know when to come: she’ll drive down tomorrow afternoon after church with my sister KD to watch the boys while we’re in the hospital, and then stay through Friday, probably.\par
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We’ve been staying busy in a leisurely sort of way. Michael and I have watched No Country for Old Men and We Are Marshall this week. No Country was intense, and very memorable, if not necessarily enjoyable. We Are Marshall was a sports movie, so I missed half of the conversations due to sports jargon – not to mention having no idea what was going on during the all-important football games portrayed in the movie. I have enjoyed some inspirational sports movies, and this one was OK, and touching with the whole air-plane crash, but it felt a bit long to me.\par
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Yesterday (Friday) Michael’s folks invited us over for the afternoon and dinner. The guys all ended up going to the Oregon Zoo with the 3 little boys, and Valerie and I stayed home, just the two of us, in air-conditioned splendor. It was really nice! Quiet.. cool.. uninterrupted! We ate popcorn and watched parts one and two of North and South, a movie I really enjoyed! I’ve watched the rest of it since we got home, and it is very enjoyable and satisfying. It’s more broad than a Jane Austen story – including a somewhat in-depth portrayal of the industrial revolution, worker conditions, labor unions, management, finances, speculation, etc. The boys had a good time at the zoo, although Ezra was pretty scared by the new Dinosaur exhibit they went to see.\par
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So anyway… things are going pretty well, in spite of Monica’s tardiness. I’ll post after the baby’s born, if not before. We’ll see how long it takes to get pictures up…