Mental Meanderings 8/19/2011

Last updated on: August 22, 2014 at 3:49 pm by Rebecca Frech

Mental Meanderings 8/19/2011 2014-08-22T15:49:29-05:00 Rebecca Frech

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There’s a big ol’ pot of chili simmering away on my stove right now. Happiness! Who cares that it’s 110* outside? I’ve been craving traditionally cold weather foods like chili and chicken and dumplings. Just wait for winter when all I want to eat is a heaping helping of ice cream. I wish I could blame being pregnant, but this is normal for me.

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I keep forgetting that I’m pregnant. I’m not doing anything to jeopardize the new girl, but I can go the whole day without thinking about the fact that she’s coming. I just am that busy. Even the big belly doesn’t register in my mind. Then I crawl into bed at night and in that moment of calm I feel her stretch or kick and I think “Oh, hi there!” and I feel like I finally get to greet her for the day.

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I realized yesterday that this baby will be here in 3 months and we have nothing ready at all for her. We have no crib (ours disintegrated when we took it apart), no clothes (#4 was born in the summer so her clothes won’t work for our winter baby), no car seat (#6 is still using it)…there is one outfit hanging in the closet which a neighbor gave us but it’s too big for a newborn.

I’m not panicking yet, but I could quickly get there.

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I’m letting my mother in law design and order #7’s baptismal gown. She never had a girl and always wanted one. She’s thrilled! I trust her completely. It’s one less thing on my to do list.

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#1 worked all summer at the company where the Computer Guy worked. She enjoyed being a grown up for the summer, they were thrilled with the job she did for them. The great thing is that this taste of a real office has completely changed what she wants to study in college. She used to think that graphic design was for her, but now she’s finding that she really enjoys accounting and is interested in the laws surrounding private enterprise and how they affect corporations.

When I picked her up this afternoon, she was in a deep discussion with one of the officers of the company about the national debt, the rate of taxation, federal spending and the proper place of the federal government. I love that he took her seriously. I love even more that she was dead on in her analysis.

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We start schooling on Monday with a reduced class schedule. I like to start off with the things which might need a refresher like math or Latin and get them reacquainted before we jump back in with both feet. It eases us all into in a bit at a time.

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#3 has built up a tolerance to his ADHD medication and has really been struggling for the last few weeks. I really feel for him. I know how hard it is to have your brain working normally at last only to lose that feeling. We went to the doctor yesterday and changed prescriptions. I’m sending up a prayer and hoping like mad that this helps him. I think we all miss the calmer boy he was a few months ago.

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The chili is ready. I’m off to have a cup and curl up with a biography of Ben Franklin. Biographies are my favorite genre of books. I really am just a big ol’ nerd.

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