Oy, my hair needs some serious help. I'm thinking I'll let it grow out so it's easier to tie back like I had it when I was working at the store, but the bangs will take a long time to get there and the rest could use a reshaping. And highlight touch-ups before my maternity shoot. It all seems like wishful thinking at this point!
So. I'm feeling about the same as I have been, just feeling the sleepiness creep up on me more and more. Amelia is still very active, and I can tell she's still vertical but can't tell which end is which. I think I'll make an appointment with Sue, my midwife, for next week now that she's back from surgery so we can get things going there. Maybe I can do most of my laboring at home then get in the car, but I want to know how much she's willing to help before I go up to the hospital so we can get some sort of game plan set up there. Since Dr. B cares so little for birth plans, I'll just need to stick with Sue for that part. I also need to quit procrastinating and get signed up for the hospital birth class before it fills up. I've been putting it off because I don't want to write the check for it yet, but now that we're on food stamps it should be fine after this next paycheck.
Still nothing from the church fundraiser yet. The foundation is certainly taking its sweet time getting everything processed... I've promised the gas company payment from that and haven't been able to pay them yet. I had no idea it would take so long. I asked my boss today about how he wants to handle my maternity leave and what my concerns were, and he said he hadn't thought about it at all yet. Hopefully he'll think on it now so we can come up with something. Mom had an idea yesterday that I could work some extra days now so that I don't miss as many full paychecks when I'm off, but I'm not sure he'll go for that. It's not like I can schedule when I go into labor (well, I could, but it's completely unnecessary!) or how long it takes to recover. Frankly, I'd love nothing more than to stay home with my baby girl and write and garden, but that may not be in the cards.
The good news is that B has a job lined up for when he can go back to work! He'll be on the contractor crew for all the window and door installations for Lowe's in Rapid City! This means some travel, but we think he'll be able to carpool to the sites most of the time (and might have to until he gets his own vehicle, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it) and hotels and such are covered. No benefits of course, but what job around here has any? He'll be working with some guys he knows from his old job so they know what he's been through and will work with him as far as his physical capabilities are concerned until he gets back in shape and completely healed up. We're not sure what kind of hours or schedule it will end up being until he's been there for a while, but maybe it'll be good enough to afford me some sort of maternity leave longer than 2 weeks. That would be nice. It won't take much to get us there actually, since we've been surviving solely on my paychecks and some direct donations, and both online fundraisers will run out in July and distribute their funds then. Maybe we'll be okay after all.
No word yet on the hospital's financial aid. Maybe they're folding this last batch of bills in with that or something. No bills from this hospital or ambulance since the first ones, so we have no idea how much he actually owes yet. Not that we could pay it anyway, but it would be nice to know at least. I think my nesting instinct is going to include the hospital bills too... it would be very nice to get all that sorted out long before Amelia comes.
Well, I guess I've rambled enough for one day. Only 11 weeks left... EEK!
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