Amazingly, it is Saturday afternoon at nearly 5pm and I am ALL ALONE except for the cat.
Meet J the cat - took me ages to get this photo - she is more difficult to capture than the children. J is 11 1/2 years old - and has been sleeping in my bed longer than D. Funny story - about the time when I spent my first few nights with D and when J got pretty unceremoniously kicked out of the bed. After about two nights she worked out the deal and was not happy. So my fully toilet trained cat urinated all through D's overnight bag. So there.
Hell hath no fury.....
D has taken boys after their late sleep to my in-laws to drop T for a sleep over and have dinner with the rest of them. D uses it as an opportunity to go for a run along the water as well.
So a quick catchup blog entry on a few things and then ... whatever I feel like doing!!
I don't expect them back for TWO AND A HALF hours!
On special request from my one an only commenter on my blog (thanks N!) (hint hint other lurkers! I know you are out there!) - here is a bump photo. A very big bump. 36 weeks this weekend - so not long to go now. I am feeling well most of the time, but definitely heavy and I love getting into my bed at night. As of this week I am taking my fortnightly massages to weekly - as I really believe they have prevented the back and hip pain I had had in prior pregnancies. I count down to Monday night massages (love your work K if you are reading xxx).
Here is my afternoon beverage of choice - carrot and celery juice home made, with ice. Delicious. Still loving my morning coffee - even if it is the 'dregs' - that is after D has made his double shot, I run the water through the same beans (so it is not decaffeinated as such but just pretty weak). I think the enjoyment of coffee is all in the ritual. And sharing it with someone special. Like D, especially when he gets to start work late.
My book worm boys - captured this the other night - so cute!
W watches T who in turn is watched by E so they all love their stories.
And finally two sleeping boys - I stayed in the car on this warm day to listen to the Margaret Throsby interview with Ian Thorpe - fabulous interviewer and interviewee. It was then followed by a choral concert by a group called Ensemble Gombert - a performance at Xavier College in Melbourne. It was so beautiful and I really thought it would be so lovely to go to sleep to, meditate to or be massaged to. Found an earlier recording by them on iTunes so will download. Perhaps now - while I have time to do some 'me' stuff.
Sometimes I am overly daunted by time to myself. There is an inner panic to make the MOST of the opportunity. What should I best do? Options include:
1) Nothing - lie down and rest (seems a waste somehow!)
2) Tidy the house (this one doesn't normally get much of a look in but in theory I should be in nesting phase - hasn't kicked in for me yet!)
3) Cook/bake something yummy (too much standing on feet unfortunately)
4) Watch movie (if there is a good one one, but does make the time go very quickly ... when I really want it to go super slowly so I can savour it)
5) Exercise - walk or even better swim (I know this would be good for me ..... but somehow seems soooo much effort)
6) Meditate (this sounds good actually) or do yoga (too much effort again! Jeez I am lazy)
7) Have a bath (had two showers already today?)
8) Sweep the leaves at the front of the house which annoy me every time I drive in the driveway (this would require getting out of my PJs and once again more effort)
9) Write in my journal - do some goal setting etc (pretty good option - could multi-task with movie - NO NO need to learn not to multi-task - multi-tasking causes me to not enjoy anything fully and probably not do anything well fully either - dreadful to have to unlearn an ingrained habit. Nothing like losing the 'present' with multi-tasking)
As you can see my mind is way more active than my physical body can keep up with. And that is the story of late pregnancy isn't it really?!
Labels: Cat, pregnancy, Reading
