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Thursday, Mar. 14, 2002 - 9:40 p.m. - Lazy Bums
Wow, today was one dreary, rainy, gloomy lazy day for us. I started out with a long list of things I wanted to do today, but the gloomy, gray weather just seemed to suck the energy right out of me. It seemed to have the same effect on Michael too, and we both ended up taking naps – something that isn’t so unusual for me these days, but definitely is for him. Now I really need to get myself started on some thank you notes. I owe a lot of people thank yous and I’m usually so good about being prompt about getting those out. Lately I’ve just been a bum! This morning we had a visit from Michael’s former co-worker and his 3 year old daughter, L. As usual L spent the majority of the visit trying to lure Midnight out of hiding (into which Midnight went the moment she saw L at the door), but was unsuccessful even though I gave her some treats to try and get Midnight to come out. She sure had us laughing a number of times with her little speeches. She had brought along the game Hungry Hungry Hippos and we found it quite amusing that we adults played the game longer and more enthusiastically than she did. She was not happy with us. They stayed for lunch and until she had an “accident” and discovered they didn’t have a change of clothes in her diaper bag. Fortunately they did have a pull-up so that they could at least get her home in something! After they left Michael and I just pooped out, not that the visit was so terribly stressful or anything. Michael’s interview on Tuesday went well and he is hoping he’ll be hearing from the company with an offer by tomorrow or next week. I hope he’s right. He also had a phone/technical interview with the other company yesterday and is going in for an interview with them on Monday. The best scenario would be if he got offers from both companies and could chose between the two, but he will take an offer from either one should he get it. I think if the bigger company (let’s call it company A) were to offer him a job, he’d take it but he’s not very keen on that company (he’s worked with them indirectly before in his last job and isn’t too impressed with them). He’d probably keep looking for other opportunities while working for them. The second company (company B) is much smaller, more of a startup really, but seems to be more appealing to him at this point. That’s the company that he has an interview with on Monday. He feels there would be more room for growth and more of a learning opportunity. Either way, I hope that he might be employed again soon. We were discussing benefits today though. While we hate paying our huge COBRA payments for our insurance right now, we probably will have to continue them, since most insurance companies view pregnancy as a “pre-existing condition” and I’m afraid of losing the wonderful benefits we have now. Right now I can see any doctor I want without a referral, all our infertility stuff is still covered (although I guess I’m not listed as “infertile” now), all my blood tests and ultrasounds have been covered completely, etc. I don’t want to lose that, although we are paying through the nose for our coverage. I’m just worried we’ll get substandard coverage with new benefits and I’d have to switch Dr’s or hospitals which I really, really don’t want to do. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see. Oh, and I got an email from my friend, “I”, who said that she put her little daughter in the pink outfit I gave her the day after I left and her husband loved her in it and thought it was adorable!! Yeah! My friend was so surprised, but pleasantly so. So at least I don’t have to worry that it will be stuffed in a drawer and never put on her, which would be a shame. This evening we spoke on the phone with my SIL in Virginia to find out what to get our little nephew for his birthday which is coming up at the end of this month. Besides getting some good ideas (educational software – any good suggestions for a 3 year old?) we found out that she is pregnant and due in November!!! I was pretty sure that we’d be hearing some kind of announcement from her soon because when we were there visiting she seemed to infer that they might be trying for #2 soon. So that is kind of neat. I must admit that my only “issue” or fear about her pregnancy is that something might yet happen to my pregnancy and then having her deliver a baby so close to my own due date would be very difficult. I know it isn’t something I should even think about, but I must admit that that fear did cross my mind. I will try not to think that way though and continue to think positively about my own pregnancy and just be happy. I still can’t help but wish time would move a little faster and I’d be a little further along. I know I should just enjoy the now, and I do, but those worries are still always there in the background. I guess they’ll never go away completely. Tomorrow I’m going to meet my brother for lunch. It should be fun. I don’t think we’ve had lunch together (other than at a family function) for a few years. I’ll have to remember to ask him about my ideas for birthday gifts for his two boys. We have all the nephew’s birthdays in one month – March 23, March 26 and March 29!! My brother is taken the family to Disneyland in April, so I’ve been trying to think of some kind of gift that would tie in with their trip. I’m thinking about getting two of those little suitcases on wheels with the Disney characters on them, but want to run the idea past my brother first. My goodness my journal entries are getting boring. I really need to start being a bit more creative again or I’ll be losing my whole little audience. Thanks for reading and sticking with me. My readers are the best!
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