Today is my last day at work. I am so excuited and relieved, mainly because it has been so busy lately and they have been trying to suck every last little bit of work out of me before I leave. But I am feeling prepared and ready to nest (well as much as I can between loud construction noises and piles of dust). I even finished the thank you cards for my baby shower last night – now THAT’s nesting. 🙂

The thing I am looking most forward to over the next few days is just enjoying the fact that I am pregnant and looking forward to meeting this little guy.

With so much going on in our life right now I really haven’t had much time to focus on the pregnancy – good in some ways (I avoided the obsessive worries for example) but bad in others. I often have to remind myself that this aching in my body is actually being created by a miraculous event and that before I know it, it will be over and I will miss the movements in my belly and the fact that I have a little friend traveling with me wherever I go.

But I have a lot to do before then:

• Tidy the house before the cleaners arrive tomorrow morning
• Go to my very last doctor’s appointment
• Get the car washed inside and out
• Get the car’s oil and transmission fluid changed
• Finish packing my bag for the hospital 
• Pick my mum up from the airport (sorry Mum, it’s going to be a VERY hot day in Portland)
• Enjoy my wedding anniversary just a little (nine years tomorrow – another thing that will be taking a backseat to the craziness).
• Last minute shopping for books and baby stuff
• Pedicures – belated Mothers day present for Mum and me on Sunday. You HAVE to have pretty feet in the hospital.
• Spend some quality time with Thomas
• Take a breath

By this time on Monday I will be saying hello to my little boy and I will be a mother of two. Crazy!

OK, better stop now because I am getting teary and people at work are going to think that it’s because I am going to miss them. 🙂

Nicole