If you want notification of widget-arrival options, go to the last post.

Okee, Dokee. First, our switch to different DSL is saving us a goodbit of money, but our connection is much wonkier, so if I’m IM’ing you, and sudenly disappear, I’m not being bitchy or suddenly in labor. It’s my ISP. Very annoying on this end, because I end up having this onesided convo for a few minutes before AIM realizes the conenction has dropped.  Bah. But, we’re saving money. We’re saving money.

8 days left, and today is gaaawwgeous. I will probably go to school in a while, to finish up my last networking project (last class was last night, so, YAY!) and get moving. My bum leg is still bumming, but the ball and Tylenol helps. I feel like such a loser taking a TYLENOL for a wonky leg, when I’m 8 days from trying to be all stoic and push a ham out of my vagina without ANY Tylenol at all. Yeah, I know.

So, despite frequent and thorough inspection of the TP, I’ve seen no mucus or blood or anything that even resembles anything that might indicate that MAYBE the baby is considering escape.  The whole TTC/pregnancy/etc thing is all about TP inspection, looking for EWCM, waiting for your period to NOT start, then fearing that it WILL, and nowwaiting for any fluid of any type that is different to come out.  Gross, but true.

THe baby is wiggling all around — I can FINALLY, at almost 39w, feel things beyond "Lump here, and lump there."  I’m pretty sure I could feel a leg, and last night a little knobby thing kept floating up, which I hope to god is a foot.  There’s also some migrating burny spots (Lola, it reminds me of your mysterious square inch, only mine shifts, it seems) that kind of suck, and the Braxton Hicks are frequent, but completely, totally, and you can laugh at this one, annoyingly NOT PAINFUL. Aren’t they supposed to GET painful? Doesn’t that HELP THINGS? Sigh.

ANother thing all you seasoned mamas can chortle at, is my new thought of "but, how will I know what a contraction IS?"  Okay, clean off your keyboards, blow your nose, etc…. I’m sure I’ll KNOW what a contraction is when it happens, but it’s very unnerving to just wonder, and be waiting for one to hit, and what if it happens when I’m out and it hurts REALLY FUCKING BAD, will I embarrass myself with my reaction? Sigh. 

I’m just really ready to meet the widget. I’m not terribly uncomfortable (minus the weird leg), and yeah, I’m peeing all the time, but then that means I get to to check the TP, so it isn’t that annoying (I KNOW, GROSS), but I’m just ready to meet this kid. I want to know what it is, to give it a name, to see who it looks like and hear it’s voice. Soooo ready. I almost can’t wait til my appointment tomorrow morning (around 10 am, EST) just to see if there’s any new information, or maybe another cervical check will dislodge something or whatever. SO. READY.