What my brother doesn't know....

The saturday before Mother's day we got up to my parents in time for supper. Just a few minutes before my brother and his family arrived. I love my brother and I love his wife, but lord do they love to tease. So they were teasing me like crazy being like so you are pregnant. (and if they knew we were trying it is because they found out from 3 people that they don't talk to). So they were just giving us a hard time. I was getting mad during there teasing. Thinking man what if I was pregnant and going to tell everyone and they just totally screwed up my big announcement. But as it is I'm just waiting on my period to try again. So I just kept telling my brother "what do you know that I don't".

Well, Sunday was 5 weeks post period and I was thinking all my "symptoms" were in my head. Monday night we were at the campground near Niagara and I was like when we stop by the drug store tomorrow lets pick up a pregnancy test. So, we do and we walk all over Niagara on Tuesday. We got back to the campground and watched the sunset and before we eat I go went to the bathroom and POAS. I am staring at it walking back to the campsite and one line of the plus is very strong and the other is pretty faint and I am in SHOCK. I hand it too DH and was like I need to look at the instructions. So I grab the instructions and the line that is faint is the one that shows up or -. The one that is strong is plus. OMG. I just laughed hysterically. We are going to have a baby! Seriously!!

Anyway, we are still on vacation which is going great and it is kind of nice to find out on vacation because we aren't tempted to tell everyone we know right now!

Put me in Coach

Well, beat the drum and hold the phone - the sun came out today!

We're born again, there's new grass on the field.A

-roundin' third, and headed for home, it's a brown-eyed handsome man;

Anyone can understand the way I feel.

CHORUS:Oh, put me in, Coach - I'm ready to play today;

Put me in, Coach - I'm ready to play today;

Look at me, I can be Centerfield.

Well, I spent some time in the Mudville Nine, watchin' it from the bench;

You know I took some lumps when the Mighty Casey struck out.

So Say Hey Willie, tell Ty Cobb and Joe DiMaggio;

Don't say "it ain't so", you know the time is now.

Oh, put me in, Coach - I'm ready to play today;
Put me in, Coach - I'm ready to play today;
Look at me, I can be Centerfield.

Yeah! I got it, I got it!

Got a beat-up glove, a homemade bat, and brand-new pair of shoes
;You know I think it's time to give this game a ride.

Just to hit the ball and touch 'em all - a moment in the sun;(pop)

It's gone and you can tell that one goodbye!

So I heard this song on my way home after a LONG day and I was like you know this is going to be my moto tomorrow. My "role model" for tomorrow will be Cubs "rookie" Bobby Scales. He spent 11 years in the minors! 11 years and got called up yesterday and played today and got his first major league hit. So when my boss calls on me tomorrow, even though I am probably more Aramis Rameriez (the "long tenured star" of the team) than Bobby Scales. I am going to say Coach (boss) put me in. I can do it.

(I do have to add that the sun DID NOT come out to stay today, but oh well).

Vacation Planning

We are getting excited. The time is getting close. Just 5 days of work and we are out of here. We have a list of places to camp and reservations at Acadia National Park. It was a struggle. Niagara is so expensive even to camp. Campgrounds aren't going to be open yet in the Adirondacks and White Mountain area. State Parks were closed for an extended period of time in the Boston area due to a December Ice storm. Private Parks were expensive ($30 a night). But we found some reasonably priced alternatives.

AMJ and UB are going to be at Grandma's this weekend just to see me. :) My brother and his family are going to come over for supper on Saturday. Mom says Elisabeth is talking a little! OMG! She is getting so grown up.

Speaking of babies...I don't think I am pregnant but no period just yet. That does not really surprise me.

Now back to writing a report for the Hidden Valley.

Rain Rain Go Away

For the first time in our life together, my DH and I allowed the weather to dictate a major change in plans. Oh it affects little things all the time ... do I go walk/run on the road or do I use the elliptical? Do we work in the yard or clean the house? But we have never cancelled a weekend away because of the weather and we did today. We are suppose to be camping with the church this weekend, but we said not in this rain. They are calling for buckets of rain to fall in the next 3 days. Like 2-5 inches (of rain, not snow). THe James River rose 10' overnight!! 10'! Yikes. So while I am bummed. There is an upside... I can hopefully get some more projects wrapped up at work. I can give the house a thorough cleaning before leaving. Anyway, it is still raining. It makes me glad I live on top of the mountain.

Hmmmm...maybe?

We couldn't be this lucky, could we? I mean we just went off BC, could I truly be pregnant. I was going through my "symptoms". I still think it might all be in my head. This morning I was like no, I'm not pregnant. This is in my head. While I was thinking that, bang I got this huge wave a nausea. Seriously. I am still feeling queasy. I guess we will find out Sunday...or maybe it is the Swine Flu (j/k).

A Clean Office

TD and I went nuts this morning at the office. We tackled BL's desk and ALL the mark ups that he kept under his desk. Then we hit the plan and server room and went through all the junk on there. Next was the flat files in the back room. When we got done, the only papers were those on TS's desk. Everything else has been properly filed (except what we are personally working on and even that is limited. It feels good to have th office cleaned up. We just get lazy and it is easier to put stuff on the flat surfaces to be filed later, but then later never comes. I know I do the same thing at home. The problem at home is that is just me and there is a greater diversification of papers. When it is plans it is ok this is old, this a copy, etc and I know what to do with it. At home, it is just oh crap, what do I do with this.

Last night I went to Aerobics at church. It was fun. Bill was feeling really bad yesterday. I wish I knew what to do with him. I was really looking forward to going home and see we couldn't get me knocked up and then he could barely move. Let alone that. Oh well, if it doesn't happen this month. There is always next month and the next month and the next one. :)

What a week

It was not personally overly crazy. I was just at Tan-Tar-A for a conference Wed-FRi. That was nice, but boohoo i missed Bill. I've been a bit clingy since I got home. But the conference was good and I plan on going back next year unless I have a newborn. :)

Mom said Tuesday both Sue R and Sue W died. I think they were both 70, which really isn't that old, is it? Sue R's daughter is 3 years older than me. She had contracted ensephilitius last summer and they treated it as a stroke for several days before they realized it wasn't a stroke. By then it was too late. The damage was done. Her poor daughter got married last summer and her mom was in a vegative state and just never came out of it. Sue W had pancreatic cancer. She went for emergancy surgury Monday and was gone on Tuesday. So sad. Mom said they were college roomies and came to Henry together to teach. I never knew that. Funny how you only learn about things when people die.

Then Wednesday Kristin emailed me and said she had moved in with Ian in Evanston. I am really happy for her. They are getting married in Nov and it makes me super happy. Then ironically Kathryn emailed me Thursday to say that she and Loan bought a house and she'll be moving in with him in May. Yeah. My engaged friends are finally going to get to live in the same town as their fiance's for the first time in years.

Today while the confirmation class was meeting I was talking to Daniel. He asked me when Bill and I were going to have kids and I was like whenever. You know 9 or 10 months. LOL. I kind of blushed when I said that. Then I asked if he and Michelle were going to have #2, he was like we're trying. We kind of laughed at the people who have it all planned out. I wish. God definately has a little something to say about it. Bill was a little embarassed that I actually told Daniel 9 or 10 months, but its Daniel. Plus it helped that he and Michelle are trying. While we aren't really close to them for a number of reasons, they are nice and good parents with similar values. (Although Michelle is super bossy).