First nasty thunderstorms of the season rolling in...I think Jake is a little nervous. He was double-checking that all the bikes were out of the way so I could shut the garage, then him and Holly went around and shut all the blinds and curtains in our house, it was so dark in here it was like midnite lol. Eric used to be the one who was really afraid of storms. When he was 3 yrs old and I was about 8 months preggo with Holly, a tornado came up so fast (literally it was a 1/4 mile away but the sun was shining at our house) that i had to grab him out of his bed while he was taking a nap and huddle in his closet. He has never forgotten about that! It was great to finally have some nice weather today, Adam went up north to clean out his manshack since he is giving it up for awhile, and Eric is gone to gramma's so we took a little drive down by the river park. Holly and Jake thought it was hilarious that there were ducks in the village swimming pool:) They didn't last too long at the park, I think because they play on the playground so much at school, it seems like they're getting "too old" for park trips now, now they want to shoot hoops and rollerblade, and go fishing by the river instead. It would have been a perfect day for us to take a long bike ride, but it will be awhile before I can do that with them again :( Prolly will spend a lot of time this summer toting Mabel and her stroller off for walks in the woods with them instead.
Yesterday I made Adam come grocery shopping with us, since he is going to be home for the next week and I wanted him to pick out some stuff, otherwise he is a perpetual recorded message over and over. "you never buy anything good. I'm going to Taco Bell". (Well really he just doesn't LIKE anything- nothing in the slow cooker remember?!) Well it was also 10-double coupon day, so I gave him half the grocery list and I took half and we met when we were done and I threw a bunch of stuff in his cart and gave him some coupons. He looked like he was getting pretty cranky, until he saw how much money we actually saved. (61.00 and 2 free gallons of milk.) I however was also starting to get cranky, I swear I was walking through that store and I felt that THUD again like Mabel dropped another inch. Hello-I'm not gonna mince words! Butter knife to the crotch! Theoretically I know babies don't really "drop" like that, but holy man, I hardly could walk through the store, by the time I was in the checkout line I was like in a cold sweat. Really it's getting ridiculous- it's a beautiful day Mabel, time to come out!
One of my friends brought me a labor cake yesterday- nope, didn't work. (It has castor oil in it, thank god you cant taste it.) we bought a pineapple yesterday and I made myself eat it all day long, even in a smoothie- nope, she's still in there. I killed myself cleaning the house again this morning- owwww i will pay for that later when i want to sleep. All I am getting in return are killer contractions that don't count as "being in labor" apparently, because they are not regular enough. (even though i have them pretty much every time i walk, and all night long for the last three nights, bad enough to wake me out of my sleep even. And they're not the same as Braxton Hicks- i have those too, but these are the real ones that hurt. A lot.) So uncomfortable and just antsy, like I don't know whether to lay down and cry or get up and walk around.
I seriously do not remember being this miserable with any of the other kids except Jake, and that was only for the week before he was born, and because he was lying on my sciatic nerve so my legs were numb. AND I was pregnant three other times in June, July, and August, and I STILL was not this miserable. This makes me think that there's no way she could possibly stay in there for another 3 weeks. (I'm prolly kidding myself, but if she does, i am in for 3 weeks of hell.) All my other kids were also induced, so this whole thing feels really wierd to me, because I think this one is finally gonna be the one that decides to come out on her own. I feel like that girl who swells up like a blueberry in Willie Wonka, just sitting around waiting to pop like a giant water balloon. . I know there's a lot of stuff I should be doing yet (don't have any of her clothes put away, don't even have a bag packed or anything.) but i really just want to lay down and not move.....
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