Just another Tuesday

It is November 23rd, Thanksgiving is the day after tomorrow and it is 70 degrees out! It is very difficult to get in the Holiday spirit when it's this warm. I am also having second thoughts about putting all of my summer clothes away so suddenly.

I am looking forward to Thanksgiving and just having a  couple days off work. I have been working at the wine ship more than anticipated but it's a GREAT thing. I still really love it. Because I have all day Friday off David and I plan on spending it together, getting little things done around the house and I think this weekend we might even get our Christmas decorations out. I love Christmas! This year we are not doing many gifts for people and I have already bought most so I might even have to wrap some empty boxes so my tree looks full.

The Wolfpack plays this Saturday and if they win, we will be heading to Charlotte for the ACC Championship on Dec 4th. David of course is beyond excited for this to happen. However, if they lose we will be celebrating David's birthday on Sunday-so it is a win/win. I have ordered some cheese for the nacho cheese fountain and I have invited 30 of our nearest and dearest.

I feel like all these things are miniscule to the actual thoughts going on in my head. My full blown baby fever is taking over and it's getting so bad that I can't go into a store without cruising by the baby section-is this normal? I had my yearly Dr. appt yesterday and she said if it takes longer than 8 months to conceive we should then go to a Dr. and find out what's up. All I kept thinking while she was saying this was , 8 months? 8 MONTHS? That is a long time. I am such a planner and need to have everything so planned out that I am banking on maybe 3 months, I think I will absolutely drive myself and every person around me crazy if it takes longer than that.

Toys!

These are so cool! Not your normal abc blocks and that's that I love about them. I have decided I want to do an "abc" themed nursery...with lots of books and colors and of course different things that have abc on them. I think these blocks will have to be purchased. I mean what kid shouldn't have a block thats says "afro" or "underpants"

Feeling Productive

Things are good. Life is good. I LOVE my  part time job at the wine store and it is truly going to help me accomplish my goals in saving money for our cruise in January as well as putting extra away for when we have a "bun in the oven". My day job is good, not as busy as I would like but I still feel I am a valued employee, I am good at what I do and I know that.  The house is clean, the laundry is done. I love the way I feel when I am able to accomplish just a little more each day. I feel productive. Last night I got home from the 2nd job about 7:30, folded laundry, put it away, loaded the dishwasher took out the trash and straightened up a bit. I went to bed feeling tired but a good tired. I have been trying to exercise more, which has been a challenge especially working later but Tuesday I was able to run 2 miles on the treadmill then do some weights and crunches. It's been my first week off the pill and I have to say I feel a little "off". I am chalking it up to my hormones being out of wack and I am hoping my body gets back to normal in the next couple weeks.
Hard to believe Thanksgiving is a week from today. My parents will be here to celebrate with David's parents so I am looking forward to our first "married" turkey day.

An Unexpected Visit

My good friend Danica and her 4 year old son Ian spent the night on Sunday on their way to visit family in Greensboro. I found out about the visit mid-week and was SO excited! All day Sunday I anticipated their arrival. Ian turned 4 in September so of course I wanted to get him a  gift he could open...so off to Target I went. HOLY CRAP! I must have walked around the toy section for over a half hour. I was completely overwhelmed baffled at what to get a 4 year old! Of course for a brief moment I wished "he" could have been a "she" so I could purchase an Easy Bake Oven but I finally decided on Play Doh, all different colors and tools. On another errand I picked up some coloring books and crayons. My heart was heavy Sunday with a mix of excitement to spend time with a 4 year old but also my great friend Danica.  This "baby fever" is truly starting to take over my brain. I can't walk in to a store without cruising the baby section just to look at the miniature outfits and awesome toys.

Ian was so much fun! So well behaved and what a great age, so curious and polite,creative and hilarious. I loved that I had some time to talk to Danica too about her pregnancy and just get some feedback of how things were while she was pregnant.  We had our usual wine and cheese and just enjoyed our short evening together. I only wish they lived closer.

Me Wantee

This would look perfect in a nursery. just sayin'

For the Love of Music

In the 3+ years that David and I have been together we have seen sooo many concerts. Our first big trip together after we started dating was Atlanta for New Years to see Widespread Panic. Our next big trip was to the Everglades to see the Langerado Music Festival, it was that weekend David told me he loved me for the first time. Music is definitely apart of "us" and I look forward to more and more shows with my fav. I thought of this because this past weekend we were with my family and something was brought up about concerts and my Dad has only been to 2-Neil Diamond and I can't remember the other. My Mom has only been to 1 in her whole life and guess who it was??? New Kids on The Block! It was my first concert. I was absolutely obsessed and I remember it was at an amusement park in NJ. There were 4 of us total, my Mom, me, Jennifer Carusso (from elementary school) and her mother. I remember watching most of the show from my Mom's shoulders, at that time and in that moment it was AWESOME and my Mom had made my all my teenage hearthrob dreams come true.

No one ever said I was going to be good at this

It seems like everyday I think about blogging, but does it ever happen? NO. The past few weeks have been very eventful. We took a trip to Covington Kentucky/Cincinnati to visit David's army buddy Zach and his girlfriend Becca. We had a wonderful Halloween weekend that was action packed with an amusement park, bengals game and of course dressing up silly. David and I just went to Goodwill to find old tacky clothes and cheap wigs and mustaches completed the attire. David and Zach have a great friendship and it's always a good laugh hearing about their old army shenanigans. Upon returning from our trip I had a job interview at a wine shop in Wake Forest and I got it!! It's going to be exactly the type of part time work I was looking for. I work roughly about 10-15 hrs a week, they are flexible with my schedule and hello, I get to work around WINE! After working my first 2 hour shift I got a $2 raise so I think it's going to stick. I know I said I was okay not getting a  2nd job but with the cruise coming up in January I could really use the extra cash- not to mention it will help to pay off some of these credit card bills!...Last weekend we headed to Seven Lakes to have "Thanksgiving" with my parents and Jason and Julie came down from Charlotte. Jason and Julie will be in Ohio with her family for the actual holiday so we created our own. It truly felt like Thanksgiving, full meal, full bellies and of course we ended the night with our favorite dominoes game, Mexican Train.

My last little tidbit is that I took my last birth control pill on Sunday! This was the last thing that needed to happen in preparation for a babe. I have been taking prenatal vitamins for over a month now and I have a Dr. appt on the 22nd to make sure we are "good to go". I have drilled it in David's head that I am not to get prego before our cruise, I would be miserable! I am trying to keep an open mind and think positive. It's difficult for me at times to not let my mind wander to bad places and thoughts, like what if we can't conceive or what if it takes forever or what if I miscarry. There are so many "what ifs" and I keep having to tell myself STOP! I am just going to go with the flow, wherever that takes us. But I have a feeling this lil' blog is going to get interesting.