A ray of sunshine

Even in the midst of all this stress and negativity, there's a big bright light shining through (see above photo). This was taken this morning and is the most beautiful sight! It made all the crap that's been going on just fade away for a little while.

By the way, we're still homeless and have no news on the house, but this made my morning!

Along with the pictures, the ultrasound tech did a test to check for chromosomal abnormalities. It's called Nuchal Translucency--basically, this is an area on the base of the baby's skull (back of the neck) that they check at this point in the pregnancy to make sure there's no thickening (of bone or something). They check this in conjunction with a blood test and all-in-all, the test is MUCH safer and less invasive to the baby than a couple of other tests that have existed for a while (amniocentesis, and CVS). From what the technician saw, everything looks normal! Pretty remarkable that as "abnormal" as the conception and implantation of this baby was, we have a so-far relatively normal child! That's pretty cool!

No word yet on the sex (still too early). Paul doesn't want to know, but I do, so I'm not sure what to do. I might hold off knowing until closer to the end, but I'm not sure if this is a secret I could keep without spilling to him.

Just thought you'd all enjoy a more positive post from me! :) ENJOY!!

Nope.

Still homeless. Apparently, banks and mortgage companies are backed up to the hilt with refinances, foreclosures, etc. Our little mortgage is just sitting and waiting for someone to look at it. SUCKS. I have no idea how long this will take, but I'm scared shitless that the current owners of the house we want to buy are going to get really tired of waiting, decide it's no longer worth their time, and relist their house on the market. They could technically do this (though I think it would be a HUGE hassle for them). SUCKS.

I have an ultrasound scheduled tomorrow morning...my first with this new OB. Paul's going with and is SO EXCITED at the idea of hearing the heartbeat! Hopefully, that's part of the whole deal tomorrow. It'll be his first time seeing or hearing anything, so I'm sure it'll all be exciting for him!

I did test positive for beta strep (via a pee sample). From what I'm hearing and reading, it's serious but preventable and shouldn't affect the baby. The doc will put me on strong IV antibiotics the day of labor to avoid passing anything to the baby. It's pretty common, from the sounds of it.

Despite being homeless, we've been spending a wee bit of time in the garage of the new house, where a bunch of our stuff is stored (that which was in the house when we moved out--we still have the storage unit). Eventually, and hopefully, we'll actually be allowed to move into the rest of the house and when we do, we'll need help!! I can't carry anything, so we'll be in search of some strappingly strong men who will do hard labor (not like delivering a baby or anything) in exchange for beer and pizza. If you're interested, I'm taking applications. ☺

Enjoy the upcoming beautiful weekend! Keep fingers crossed that we'll be in our house soooooon!

Coming to you LIVE from...

Panera in St. Charles. Nope, still no house. My patience has been tried again and again, but at least I've come to realize that I really have no choice but to wait, so I need to make the "best" of it. Hahahaha. Not so funny.

We do, however, have a garage. After some wrestling among the lawyers, we were able to come up with a contract to rent the garage in the new house. This alleviates our daily $100 shit-sitting-on-a-truck expense that the moving company was charging us. They came this morning and emptied the truck into about 2/3 of the garage. They did a fine job of it, too. My scooter came out of this unscathed.

And my plants did as well. That was the biggest and sweetest surprise! I have a couple VERY large plants that had been sitting in a dark truck for a week, one of them in a box (don't ask...). I was soooooooooo happy to see them still among the living this morning! And yes, I realize how unhealthy it is to have any kind of emotional attachment to plants, but I do. They are living things, after all. One is a ficus I'd bought as a twig at Walmart in the early 90's that's grown to about 4-5 feet. It's fluffy and quite beautiful, and normally ficus' don't like to be moved--this one's officially been through the ringer, but it's survived beautifully. All plants are now sitting outside on the front porch of the house, which isn't really in the whole garage agreement, but I'll take my chances.

No other news to report. No baby news yet--my next appt isn't until the 29th, so we sit tight until then. There was talk about us possibly closing this Friday, but both Paul and I doubt that will happen. They've been pushing it off 2 days at a time for the last week. Should it not happen on Friday, we might be heading to Waynee World for the weekend. Believe it or not, the beds there are WAY more comfortable than where we're at now.

Enjoy the hot weather while it lasts! Apparently, that won't be long....

No news yet.

In this case, no news is NOT good news.

We're still waiting. And waiting. And, while we're at it, waiting a little more. We're paying through the nose to have our stuff sit on a moving truck, which they're soon going to empty if we don't have it delivered somewhere. That means we'll be charged for them unloading and later reloading it. Yippee.

This is all so depressing. Paul can't do anything more than he's already done. I just sit around, afraid to go out for fear I'll spend money we don't have on things we have no room for. I go to work, then go back to Ken's and stay there. I hate his house, if I haven't said that before.

Many people have made incredible offers for us to go stay with them, and for that, I'm so thankful. I think we're set on staying where we're at, which isn't far from work for Paul. In the meantime, any "down" time I have is spent catching up on Tivo'd shows. It keeps me somewhat sane to sit and watch other peoples' problems instead of dwelling on my own.

Keep all fingers crossed that this will work out. I wish there was something we could do or say to make SOMETHING happen. This has tried my patience beyond all expectation....

This f'ing sucks.

We're STILL homeless. The stupid banks are taking their time deciding if we're worthy of a loan from them for our house. It's Sunday and the lawyers are now saying it could be Wednesday before anything is decided. GREAT NEWS for those of us who packed 2 days worth of everything in an overnight bag.

We've been staying with Paul's friend, Ken. He has a nice house WAY out west in Elburn. He's a bachelor, always has been and likely always will be, so his house isn't exactly homey. He does, however, have room for us and the dog. We don't have a lot with us right now, except in our cars which are packed full. His bed is also hideously uncomfortable--I can barely stand in the mornings. This makes it hard to do just about anything. This, plus the lack of internet connection, is just about to set me over the edge of sanity.

I'm in a horrid mood these days, not fit for human company. I had to go buy clothes to wear to a birthday party today and work tomorrow. The last thing I need is more clothes! Ugh. I've never been so frustrated.

We're hoping to be able to rent the house for a few days, or a week, or whatever it takes to get financing. I'm not sure if we need a co-signer or not, but we'll check into that. Embarrassing, since we both have pristine credit records.

More when I know it...

Homeless in Geneva

Poop. Looks like we aren't going to have financing in time to close on the house tomorrow, which means we move out, but not in. Yes, we will be ever-so-slightly homeless. I'm bummed. We'll be spending the night with Paul's friend, Ken. He's really nice, but he has no internet or cable, so it'll be a loooooooooooong day. Also means I have to go email-free for about 24 hours. Ugh. How else will I hear Cathy complaining about my lack of interesting blog news? ☺ HEE HEE!

We're hoping to have everything straightened out by Friday at the latest. Meanwhile, the cats are at the vet clinic (where I work). It'll be nice to have them home again! At least it'll be nice to have Daisy back. Salsa's another story....

So that's the latest. I can only hope that the next time I update this blog, it'll be from my new beautiful house!!