Well we just got back from the pool and I don’t want to get up to the laundry or the dishes so I have to blogg to give me an excuse to keep sitting here at the computer. Danica is napping and Hayden is having quiet time which means he can do anything except bug me, today he chose to play on the old x-box. The pool was a lot of fun, it was the ward playgroup at the park which is right next to the pool and since the weather is so warm now they said it will be at the pool most Thursdays. Luckily I had our swimsuits in the car. There were three other boys Hayden’s age so he was in heaven. I am still dealing with being new but I know that just has to last a while. Everyone is really nice and I’m just waiting to “click” with someone who is also in need of a new friend so we can move past just saying hi in the halls or making small talk at playgroup. Luckily I have only been here two weeks so I can’t get discouraged yet! There were 4 other new families on Sunday so that is really promising. There is another family in the ward who graduated from dental school last year and she is really nice. She has two girls, ages 4 and 2 and is having her third tomorrow! So maybe once she gets back on her feet we can get together... although that is just in time for me to have the baby!!
I am now over 30 weeks and getting nervous! Time is just flying by and I don’t feel ready yet! Most days I feel great and only mildly uncomfortable. The baby is kicking ALL the time!! The Gap here has a nice maternity section so I just got some great shorts that I want to wear every day! I’m still sorting through the medical insurance stuff, from what we can tell our “prime” policy which allows us to get the medical care for free doesn’t kick in until July 1st but they will see me down at the hospital since it’s an OB thing. There is a clinic closer but until the paperwork is done I can’t get a straight answer on whether or not I can go there instead. Since I am a new patient they want me to come in and spend an hour doing paperwork and then sit around waiting for a nurse to be able to see me. I asked in if I could come in the afternoon and she said it had to be in the morning in case it takes a long time... so until I figure our what to do with the kids for so long I am just going to have to wait. Maybe I’ll get visiting teachers soon and I can ask one of them to watch the kids... in the meantime I’m hoping Tom can pick up the paperwork for me so I can fill it out in advance and then I’ll utilize the daycare at the hospital, it’s $4 an hour for two kids so if I can be done within two hours that won’t be too bad.
Anyway, these are a lot of boring details that you don’t need to know. I have really stalled long enough... oh, but a funny thing Hayden said yesterday. Tom wasn’t going to be home from work until at least 10 so we went to my grandma’s house, it’s an hour and half north of here. When we got home at 9:30 Hayden asked where Tom was and I said he was at work. He got worried and said “But how will dad find the way home in the dark, he doesn’t have a map in that car!!” I told him not to worry because he was a smart dad and he would figure it out. Hayden said “Yeah, and I’m a smart kid, he learned it from me.” So thank you Hayden for teaching Tom how to be smart!
Maybe one of these days Tom will actually blogg about how it’s going starting the new program... don’t hold your breath!
Tracey