Welcome Weekend!

I'm so happy the weekend is finally here. It sure felt like a long week, and I'm really looking forward to a 3 day weekend. Plus, even though I go back to work on Tuesday, it's a "teacher work day," which is always wonderful to have time to actually accomplish something!

I thought Mat was keeping the Iowa thing on the down low for now, so I hadn't said anything. It's all happened so fast. I've almost been speechless anyways, and still have trouble even making sense of it or finding the words to describe my thoughts and emotions. I'm not happy. Period. Many a tears have been shed on my part even contemplating it. It's stressing me out, making me feel sad, questioning the near future, etc. I've avoided thinking about it as much as possible, but I don't know that that's a good solution either. It's probably too much to ramble on about in a blog, so I just ask for your prayers. I pray that God will guide us and direct us into the right direction for our growing family.

I do know that I'll be happy to have Mat home tonight! He flies in late tonight and I've really missed him! When we talked last night he felt like everything had gone really well so far in his interview process. It's sounding pretty probable that a job will be offered. I'm proud of him and all the work he's done to get this far. His Master's was not an easy feat. He worked very hard and put in a lot of time and effort. I think he'll make a great professor one day, no matter when or where!

My 32nd week of pregnancy is winding down. The little one still seems to be coming along just perfectly. He's still quite active in the early evening hours and pretty quiet during the day. We go for our next appointment on Tuesday as well as our next childbirth class. Our first class was this past Tuesday. There are four 2 1/2 hour classes. The first one was decent. I was excited just for the pure reason of it! It was fairly informative but I think between the reading I've done and some DVD's I've watched, it all seemed like things I'd already learned. The nice part was that we got to practice different relaxation and breathing. It was pretty funny actually because we were down on the floor. Mat's sitting behind me, leaned up against the wall. Then, there is a pillow between us with me leaning up against it. Mat's rubbing my belly, my hair, etc. as I'm closing my eyes and deep breathing, getting into the moment. I'm feeling Mat's legs kind of twitch around so I whisper to him, "Are you okay?" "Yea, but my legs are both asleep!" he responds. I just started cracking up! I'm massaging HIS legs now....what's wrong with this picture? The other funny moment was pretty close to the beginning of class when the instructor was talking about exercise. She asked for a show of hands for who was exercising regularly. I think you could've heard a pin drop. It was so quiet as everyone scanned the room wondering if they were the only slacker. Needless to say our instructor was a little disappointed in us. O well! At least I know I'm in good company with other slacker moms-to-be. I hit the trail last weekend for 30 minutes. Does that count? Hardly regular exercise! I have good intentions on the weekends and try to walk or do yoga and then the week starts and I get lazy again! Maybe this 3 day weekend will inspire me to get movin'! After all, I'd better enjoy this warm Florida weather while I'm still lucky enough to live here. :)