Friday

Tyler was supposed to blog yesterday but couldn't because he had to go to work at about 9.  He couldn't before work because we had a friend over to watch The Office with us.  The funny thing about that plan is that she came over at about 8 and we sat and talked for an hour.  The show was set to start at 9 and 5 minutes to the hour, Tyler's phone rings.  It was just so typical.  We ended up watching the show and having a good talk also.  She left right as Tyler was coming home again.

Tyler was supposed to blog tonight but he can't because he's currently at work.  I'm sure he will be home soon but I thought I would at least start this for him.  Whenever it's his turn to write, he usually forgets and then when I remind him he lets out this disappointed groan.  He doesn't always enjoy writing especially when it's late and he just wants to go to sleep.  I think it might feel like just one more thing on his agenda and he's been pretty busy lately.

So, my day started early again.  I'm pretty sure upstairs guy was training his elephants this morning, training them to march in lead shoes I'm sure.  Apparently he asked Kendra if she had a skipping rope he could use and I'm so glad she didn't have one.  If I woke up to him skipping at 6:30 in the morning, he would have a very upset pregnant girl breaking down his door.  She did tell him that it's pretty loud for us but either he doesn't care or doesn't know just how heavy his feet are.  Oh well.

I got out of bed and joined Tyler and Kitten on the couch.  I wish I could have slept in but I might be getting use to waking up early.  This skill will come in handy in the next few months when I have a screaming child to attend to at all hours of the day and night.  I got some breakfast and after a while, kissed Tyler goodbye and started my own morning routine.

Fridays are my designated "clean the house" day.  I use to do the bigger chores on Saturday because Tyler is always studying and I need to keep myself busy but he would always feel bad for "making" me do everything while he just sat there.  I have to constantly remind him that he's not just sitting there, he's working and studying hard at his school work.  Why would I make him vacuum or fold clothes when I'm perfectly able to do it all in a short amount of time myself?  It just doesn't make much sense to me.  I do appreciate his offers to help but it's unnecessary.  So this morning, I vacuumed the house, started the first of 3 loads of laundry, fed TK and warmed her some cream and then I worked out.  There aren't that many chores to do but it took about an hour before I was able to sit down again.

I made Tyler a sandwich for lunch and ate an apple while I waited for Tyler to return for lunch.  During that time, I watched a bit of news and played on the computer.  I've been playing solitare the last few days and have only won about 2 games.  Yesterday, I had started a game and was preoccupied doing something else and Tyler picked up the computer and won the game.  It's so hard to win and he went and stole that game from me.  I have to give him a hard time for that.

My afternoon was uneventful.  It was super foggy all morning which is always super creepy because you can't see anything.  It's like there was a grey sheet placed in front of our windows because you couldn't see past the railings.  By the afternoon, it had cleared up but then started to rain.  I found a new cross stitch project to work on and I anticipate it will be done by the time we start our trip home.  It's not very hard and I have a ton of time to work on it.  I found a second one I'm going to start on our trip home.  Maybe I will see if I can get it done by the time we get home.  I doubt it but it will keep me busy on the road.

I was going to make another soup for din din but when I found out I would have to grind my own meat for the dish, I opted for something a little easier.  Tyler was late coming home so I just started dinner when I got hungry.  I put some chicken in the oven and started some rice.  It's the easiest meal in the world to throw together and almost always tastes fantastic.  My soup will have to wait until tomorrow.  When making last week's menu, I had 4 soups on the list.  They would have all turned out really great but after the 2nd day of soup, Tyler started to mention that he's kind of sick of it.  I also found out that it didn't keep him full very long so I scratched the last half of the menu and have been making it up as I go along.

After dinner, the plan was for Tyler to study until the hockey started and I was going to cross stitch.  That plan quickly changed when Tyler's study material wouldn't load up on the internet so he just played with Kitten until it was time for hockey.  We started the game but Tyler got called into work so he missed the end of the first period.

He is back now and playing on his phone while I finish this blog post.  TK had been watching me all evening and it still breaks my heart that she can't come in from the cold and join us on the couch.  I warmed up some more cream and Tyler just gave her some kibble so I think she'll be off to bed soon.

Baby J had a good appointment yesterday.  The heartbeat was strong at 130 but the doctor said I was measuring small for being past 30 weeks.  She wasn't concerned though and said that it's probably just a small baby and that it seemed that Baby J was hiding out in the middle of my body, closer to my spine than my front.  It's not great to hear that Baby J is measuring small because I don't know how to make it grow bigger.  I've been eating granola and whenever I'm hungry I'll snack on something but maybe Baby J just hasn't hit a growth spurt.  We will see just how small this kid is when I'm giving birth.  I'm sure I'll be cursing the doctor who dared to tell me it's a small baby.  Today he was moving a lot and had the hiccups.  I always laugh when I feel those tiny movements.

Well, it's Friday night.  There isn't much on the docket for us for the remainder of the evening but I assume I'll be cross stitching and Tyler will be watching the hockey game.  I think he also mentioned we have a movie to watch so that will be fun.

Enjoy the weekend.  I would like to remind everyone to please pray for good clear weather for when we are coming home.  A few weeks ago, the ferry didn't stop in Bella Bella because it was too choppy so we could use some prayers for nice clear weather and clear clean roads.  I do love snow but not when I'm driving long distances.

Sonja