moosemama perhaps your sister told your mom to take a hike, the stress of having her around outweighed the need to have her around, so she is coming around to bug you. i listen to an afternoon talk show on the radio and lots of callers ring in about their 55+ parents. turns out that there is not much difference between 55+ and a five year in terms of wanting attention. sounds like that is all that is going on.
rrayray i can relate to having a DH that is preoccupied with his work, and fair enough, it is a huge responsibility. before we became pregnant, i heard mister ramsay had never made it to any of his children's births and i vowed that was not going to be the case with me. i don't care if its the middle of service and there is 100people in the restaurant. too many times i've been left waiting or plans put aside with ease to accommodate the restaurant (and i have with little complaint for 10 years because i understand his passion, me being an artist) and i'm damned if its going to happen when i go into labour. the restaurant is closed on Tuesdays so i've always made all midwife appointments in the morning, so if need be, he can do whatever after that half hour. i decided not to do the pre-natal classes and opted for an one on one in-home session (it cost less than the classes... i guess because they supply the crappy coffee for those classes) and it is only a few hours as well as the acupressure session. i know it seems i am pandering to his schedule, but i want everything to go as i want it so it might be a little cheeky, making him think that i am doing all this around his schedule, which is making him more responsive to the pregnancy, when actually, it's all for me. luckily though, the restaurant will be closed for the first two weeks of January so he'll be home. my own personal chef for a couple weeks. nice.
i finally got all my uncle's girlfriends stuff out of the flat. she had a hell of a lot more stuff that he thought. there was loads of stuff in the crawl space. i took it slow but it got done. and on the same day, i sent DH off for a carpet cleaner and did the carpet and the loveseat that uncle says is for the flat. it was sooooooo dirty. went over the place 3 times. we also got the crib set up which all of a sudden makes it all so real... we've been putting all baby stuff away when we bought it. today we are off to buy our bed when DH gets back from playing hockey. next week, we'll be fitting out the kitchen and then the first week of January, we are getting a sweet ass dining table. it is so lovely. our first 'settling down' purchase. (for 18 years, we've not really been settled down. all our furniture has been purchased with the thought of being able to give it away when we are done). i can't wait to get into all our boxes that have been in storage for a few years and see what kind of goodies we kept.
speaking of uncle's girlfriend... she rang today from alcohol rehab and actually asked if she could be there for the birth. isn't that a bit brash, seeing as how i don't even know her last name. i was a little taken aback. i said no, and there was definite disappointment in her voice, but really, isn't that a bit weird. i don't want my uncle there. i've only known this woman for a month and most of the time she was drunk. it was just weird.
oh and i get my brazilian done with my knickers off... can't be bothered to fuff around with panties and hot wax. and last time, i had my butt done as well; very dignified position one takes for that being done. (i thought for sure i was going to fluff right in her face). won't be getting done again though as 1: i don't have much hair there and 2: it gets SSSSOOOOOOOOOOO itchy when it grows in. OMG it was something.