So Monday night/Tuesday morning, freakishly cold air along with precipitation combined to make the DFW Metroplex into one large ice skating rink. I don't like ice skating...perhaps because I tried it once and absolutely sucked at it. That's my story with pretty much all skating, though, except on the carpet at the skating rink in Minden, Louisiana back in the day. I totally did fine on the carpet. But anyway, this is NOT about skating.
It IS about what I've been up to the past few days. I live upstairs in an apartment. We access our apartment via outside stairs. Those stairs have been iced over since Tuesday morning. Since I really don't have a place to go, and I would rather be safe and warm, I have not ventured down the stairs. That means I have been stuck in my apartment for three and a half days, with no plans to go anywhere tomorrow either. It's supposed to snow tomorrow and maybe get up to 32 degrees, which means nothing will melt.
How have I not gone crazy yet? Here are the reasons I'm still of sound mind:
1. Will has been home the whole time as well! He's been working from home, so I'm not by myself all day long. It also means I don't have to worry about him getting safely to and from work. We don't get on each other's nerves, and I honestly wish we could spend every day ever together...so this is nice.
2. I've had some work to do. I recently started doing some data entry work from home. Each morning, I've gotten up and done 2-3 hours of work. It makes me not feel completely useless and lazy. Making a little bit of money is better than making NO money.
3. I got notice that I will start a full-time job next Monday! I was originally told I would start Thursday (as in today), then it got pushed back to Friday, and then again until Monday. Fine by me. I was scared to death at the prospect of driving in the mess tomorrow morning. It also means I haven't had to be looking for a job. If this job were not on the horizon, I would have had a throw-away week where I couldn't really apply for jobs (except from at home) or do any temp work. Since I'm at home, I was able to complete a mandatory orientation call this afternoon for the new job.
4. My kitchen is clean. I cleaned it Monday, and I've been able to keep it that way with all this extra time on my hands. I've cooked too. Monday night I made a big pot of lentils and we just finished it off today at lunch. I really have a strong urge to bake, but I don't have any butter and the milk situation is about to become dire.
5. Watching 30 Rock on Netflix streaming while eating lunch with Will. Funny stuff.
6. Feeling Liam kick. Dude must have heard I ratted him out in my last post about not being able to feel him kick from the outside. It seemed like overnight he grew and got stronger. Now almost all of his kicks can be felt from the outside and he's expanded his territory to above the belly button, so I feel kicks and punches all over. My belly has gotten bigger this week as a result of his expansion. I was supposed to go for my monthly check-up this past Tuesday, but it was canceled due to weather. I will have to wait until next Thursday to see how Liam is doing. I'm thankful my doctor does extended hours on Thursdays so I will not have to miss work for the appointment. I figure that's a really good thing for my first week.
One good thing we figured out in the past week is where we will be living when Liam is born. I don't like our current apartment, and the layout wouldn't work very well with having a baby. Our desire was to move to a house or duplex, but after looking around, we decided against that. We're comfortable with the amount we pay for rent now, and we'd have to go way up on that to get a place we deem decent enough. So as much as I don't want to be THAT person in the apartment complex with a screaming baby, we have decided to move to a different apartment complex. We decided we were attached to our neighborhood and our lovely park, so we're just moving down the street to a nicer and newer complex. We will have another 2 bedroom place, about the same size as this one, and the rent will be about what we pay now. It actually is cheaper than what our rent would be if we stayed here because the rent never goes down here, only up. We're all about downsizing, so we will be getting rid of even more stuff before we move. That way we'll have room for baby stuff. Liam will have his own little room and I can already imagine it being soooo cute. We won't move until the middle of April, though, so pray that Liam is aware that he's not due out until at least May 22. It is another upstairs apartment, but the stairs are inside and carpeted so they give the place a kind of lofty feel. The wall that is by the stairs is only a half wall, though, which does concern me a little once Liam is mobile. We will HAVE to get a baby gate to put at the top of the stairs and not put anything that can be climbed on by the half wall. But we will probably only live there for about a year, so he'll be about 10-11 months old when we move again.
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