Whirlwind!

Don't ask me where the last 3 weeks have gone - I don't know! Seems like pregnancy was going so slowly until about 2wks ago and all of a sudden I feel like my life is a tornado that is raging in all different directions. I finally got Cadence's birthday invitations mailed and some of her party decorations, but I have still yet to buy any food for this party that is taking place in less than 2wks (besides the cake, thanks Natasha), nor do I have my house or yard ready! Compounded with the fact that after Cadence's birthday I will be "ripe" enough to have this baby any time this is all driving me bonkers! Thankfully I don't have a doc's appt tomorrow so I can work on my house, but starting next Wednesday I will be going to the doctor every week. And I have started training the lady that will be my replacement on Maternity Leave, so it is really sinking in that in just a few short weeks I am going to be a TEMPORARY stay at home mom with a newborn and a 2yr old! I say temporary like that because I am planning on taking 6wks leave MAXIMUM and coming back to work as soon as humanly possible.

Dave is still battling his last Algebra test for school - he is even using my old college notes, but I certainly can't help him because I stink at Algebra... I'm really proud of him though, he has taught himself Elementary Algebra from one of those Dummy Books! I mean - he is doing slopes and quadratic equations... stuff that makes my skin crawl! We are anticipating a speed bump in the school process - they are going to start a 2nd shift back up at his old job so he will probably be called back to work soon. This means that he will have to knock school back to part time, but he is definitely still going to go. Either way, there are pros and cons to each and we can't get worried or stressed about it until something happens. We have been very fortunate to be able to manage our finances with Dave being unemployed for the last 4 months - I know that a lot of families are not able to survive when one person loses a job. Dave and I are very fortunate that we are able to take advantage of the newest options being presented by the gov't for laid off workers. We were recently approved for the new Health Care Tax Credit, which pays 80% of our Cobra Insurance! You will not hear either one of us bashing our president because right now we are saving $600 a month because of a plan he put into action. We are very, very blessed.

Anyway, all is well, just busy, at the Reynolds' Household. I probably won't post before my next doc's appt (next Wednesday), if anyone needs me - I'll be cleaning and running around like a chicken with my head cut off!!!