i've had terrible back pain the past few days. i was pretty much down and out all weekend. i laid in bed or on the couch friday-sunday. i crawled to the bathroom. i was miserable. i used the heating pad on and off. it hurt to move. i hobbled into church to hear the girls sing for mother's day. i'm guessing it's my sciatic nerve. back pain is no joke. it's made me really appreciate how healthy my body has been, even through this pregnancy.
i had a dr appointment this morning. denise was home and kept molly for me. i waited for quite a long time...the first time i've really had to wait this whole pregnancy. i was in just 5 days ago and hadn't started dilating at all..but was surprised when dr froerer told me i was an "easy 1" and about 50% effaced! he had to help me roll sideways and up off the table with my 95 year old back.
i came home feeling a bit panicked that she'll come too early! i planned to have the girls school all wrapped up, mom too. i called matt...he was as calm as a cucumber and relieved my fears telling me whenever she comes will be great and it will all work out. i joked and said, "what if she comes when the city dumpster is scheduled to come"-he said he'd have to miss the birth. ha. he has a way of helping me keep perspective.
molly and i had lunch and played with the wobbly people. i skidded them down the table and she laughed and wanted to do it again and again. i convinced her to come watch a movie with me in bed..but she didn't last long. she was bored. she played "lego friends" in the girls room for a bit before she came back to my room and got back in bed with me. this time she fell asleep. the big girls got home from school minutes later.
we jumped right into annie's homework. two math pages and her power hour packet-vocab. lucy changed into her tumbling leotard. molly woke up crying (because she was left alone). she came with me to drop lucy off with big crocodile tears in her eyes from waking up too early and then wanting a snack and anything else she could think of to cry about at the moment.
annie got the dishwasher unloaded and finished her definitions while we were gone. we started right in on her opinion essay, one of her last "mountain man award" requirements. "arctic foxes are better than red foxes." she got it written and we came upstairs to get it typed up. we got it typed and saved and emailed to our dad to print at work and bring home. yikes! i'm late to get lucy! tumbling pick up...back home to throw some dinner on. meanwhile i'm trying to "take it easy" as i've had a few off and on contractions today and still have a tender back.
i sat down with lucy to read through her last 1st grade reader book. i read, then we read together, then she reads through twice. annie sits down on my other side and has the iPad with the new app we've installed for her to pass off her division fast facts. molly wants my attention too. annie whips through her division facts like a wizard and passes them all off with 20 seconds to spare! i read with molly...but only for a second because she wants to read to me.
everyone disperses from my side on the couch...outside to play for a few minutes while i get dinner on. i feel tired but very accomplished. i do like this job.
we picked up garbage at the elementary school for annie's last hour of service for her "mountain man award." we sent the girls on their bikes with gloves and garbage bags ahead of us a few minutes then met up with them in the van. they filled two bags full of garbage. i sat on the nest in the van the whole time.
the girls rode home. even molly on her tiny trike. we slowly followed them all the way home.
baths, snacks and brush teeth. a chapter of harry potter with annie. everyone in bed. matt's been on the treadmill and just got out of the shower.
it's 10 pm now. phew.
may 2017
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