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Saturday, May. 11, 2002 - 10:30 p.m. - A Long Overdue Update
Where does the time go?? Well, they always say that time flies when you are having fun, which is precisely what I’ve been up to for the last week. Fun! I guess I should recap… Last Friday I had the pleasure to meet with N, her husband E and little Em! To my surprise and delight it decided not to rain that day after all although it was still very, very chilly here. After going to the wrong hotel and waiting in the lobby for about 2 minutes, I happened to look out the window at the hotel sign and saw I was waiting at the wrong place!! Ack! The hotel they were staying at was right behind the one I was sitting in. With a red face I headed back out the door and made it to the right hotel. I met with N, E and Em in the parking lot – as they were waiting in the car for me since little Em had fallen asleep in her car seat and was taking a quick nap! N gave me a gift of an adorable little pink cotton outfit for the Peep and a bag of yummie Crunchie bars! Oh Boy! Since I’m taking the Glucose tolerance test next week, I’d best eat up those bars before the test just in case! We then went and had some lunch at Anthony’s Pier 66, which N and E treated me to, and then I had to dash off to get a blood test done. Unfortunately our time was short, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. At first Em wasn’t so sure about me, but luckily over lunch she warmed up to me and even came and sat on my lap for a few pictures. She’s just so cute and such a daddy’s girl. It was fun to see her in action. Thank you N, E and Em for the lunch, the gift for the Peep, the Crunchie bars and for taking some time out of your busy schedule to meet with me! I really enjoyed our time together!  Later that evening Michael and I went to see Spider-man and much to my surprised I actually enjoyed it. I don’t usually get into those superhero type films (though I did like X-Men), but really enjoyed Spider-man. I liked the way the built up the character in the first half of the film and the special effects were pretty neat. Unfortunately now I can’t remember how I spent the rest of the weekend, though I know I had a lot of fun, since I didn’t have time to write an entry! I believe my mom and I got together to discuss how we wanted to do the mural in the nursery and make some preliminary drawings. Monday we met at Michael’s and bought some supplies and then I headed to Home Depot and bought paint and more supplies. Then Tuesday we started on the room. Thank goodness my mom is artistically talented, because I’m a hopeless case in that area. First we sponged on the dark blue on the ceiling (that took pretty much a whole day) after which I was pooped, the next day I did pretty much the whole ceiling again with a lighter blue. Let me tell you sponge painting a ceiling is hard work, my neck got a crick and my arms hurt from being raised above my head so much and my legs were sore from climbing up and down the step-stool. I slept well that night too. My mom added clouds to the ceiling that night and started in on some of the green. The next day she added trees. Since then we’ve added stars on the ceilings and walls, some mushroom houses, a village, a moon and a few flowers. (I don’t have any pictures yet of what we did the last two days, but I’ll take some tomorrow.) Here are a few pictures of the process…  The nursery Before we did anything.
 Painting the wainscoting Beadboard in the Backyard  The first coat of paint sponged onto the ceiling  Adding some trees.  The lazy artist! There’s a big difference between these last pictures from what it looks like today, it’s really starting to come together now. I’ll have to post another picture tomorrow. Tomorrow marks the first Mother’s Day in a number of years in which I won’t be a little depressed. I don’t think people who aren’t going through infertility treatments can really understand just how hard Mother’s Day can be. Sure we are happy to be able to celebrate our own mothers and those around us who are mothers, but it is very bittersweet. Especially difficult are those touching commercials and all the reminders about how wonderful mothers are. When you want nothing more to be a mother, be called mother, be given a handmade card or gift from your own child, it’s hard to see others all around you receiving these gifts of love and appreciation. While I’m not sure if my husband is going to make a big deal about Mother’s Day this year (he keeps claiming that I’m not a mother yet), I have a feeling he’ll at least have a card for me. (He’d better.) My mom brought me a present to open for tomorrow and I received my first Mother’s Day card in the mail the other day! Best of all, I have a little Peep growing inside me. A dream I’ve had all my life is coming true and I’m happy to join the Mothers of the World in this experience. I don’t need presents or breakfasts in bed or much else to make this Mother’s Day special, it’s already special because no matter what my husband says, I’m already mother to the Peep and that is a Mother’s Day gift good enough for me! I wish all you mothers out there and all you wonderful ladies who read my journal who are still trying to conceive a special day tomorrow. I hope those of you whose dream to be a mother is yet unfulfilled receive some special treatment from your husbands / partners. If you feel like it take some time to cry, but keep hope. At the end of last year I thought that I would never be in the position I’m in now, I had almost given up hope, so I’ve learned not to ever do that again. There is always hope. By the way, don't forget to check my weblog from time to time for updates. I should post there more often, but I can't say that I've been good about posting there either.
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