The past few weeks I have beeen reconnecting with friends and family. The only bad thing is that in regards to the family aspect, something sad had to happen first.
Last Tuesday my Great-Uncle St. John died. He was 88. So it was bittersweet as we all knew it was coming, but still didn’t want him to go. He was the patriach of the family and the last of the brothers and sisters that included my grandmother, Mabel. He was like a second father to my mother and his kids like siblings. I remember gathering at his house growing up and playing in the backyard and trying to sneak into his man-cave out back and get sips off his liqour bottle. Man were we some crazy kids. And now he’s gone. His wife passed a few years ago and that was so sad. it was then we knew his time with us was limited.
But as they say, when one door closes, another opens and it gave the family a reason to meet up again. I got to see a brand-new cousin! He was born 8-5-08! And can I just say, all 3rd-trimester pregnant women really need to hold a newborn. It really helps to give you a breath of fresh air. I felt so much better after holding him and smelling his head. I can’t wait to meet my little one!
Anyways, the funeral was very nice. My uncle was in the military and fought in WWII so they played taps and it was awesome. As awesome as such a sad song can be at least. It nice to see everyone, even if someone did have to pass and we all promised to make sure we didn’t see each other under those circumstances again.
Well like I said, I not only reunited with family but friends as well. A few weeks back I heard through the grapevine that a girl I went to middle school and high school with was pregnant. We’ve worked at the same job since I’ve been there but my company is VERY big. And there are a lot of people in my building. well I hadn’t seen her in months, so finally I went looking for her. And Viola! she is pregnant and due 5 days before me! Joy! Someone to hang out with during my maternity leave. So that was nice.
Then a few days later, my best friend from middle found me on Myspace. Crazy! I haven’t seen that girl in forever! So that was a really nice catch-up. Unfortunaly she lives out n CT so we won’t be hitting up the movies or anything, but we can chat by email.
And I promise to keep in tough with all of these people. I am not the best at keeping up and checking in. I just go about my life and keep to myself. But I miss out. I know this. So I’m going to do what I can to reach out more and do my share of the work in these relationships. This is such a new path for me.
So anyone that is anyone knows my best girl is getting married. YAY! I love weddings. I could redo my wedding everyday for a year and never get tired. I would of course change things up here and there but still. Ahh weddings. Love them!
Oh so as we gear down closer to the baby I’m getting a bit more impatient. I REALLY do not want to be at work anymore. I’m over it. But alas I’m doing good and so the working must go on. At least I can get some love there. Friday they threw me a baby shower and I had the best cake ever! I really need to upload the one pic I have. And take pics of my goods. No pics from the actual shower as I work in a classfied building and cameras aren’t allowed. Anyways I got a homemade blankets, clothes, photo album, gift cards, etc. It was all so nice. I about cried from all the niceness. And if my life would just settle down I plan to bring in cinnamon rolls as a way to say thank you.
And today I scored a really cute bassinest off of craigslist for only 15 bucks. It’s practically brand-new. Like seriously. We looked it up and it’s at target for 75 bucks. So yay for deals. We weren’t planning on getting one but just incase this baby comes before we get our new mattress, we need somewhere for it to sleep. And right now, our bed isn’t big enough.
Which speaking of bed, it’s almost 2am in these here parts. I must be flying on some sort of pregnant mama high. Nice. Should make work fun tomorrow!
May you arrive when you are ready.
