The title says it all.
I'm 39 weeks (and 5 days) pregnant. I'm feeling huge, tired, and super uncomfortable. I'm currently bouncing on my exercise ball to try and get things moving. Baby Mabel can come any time now, and I'm hoping it's sooner rather than later!
One good thing is that Paul is now working from home until the baby comes, and then he'll be able to take 5 days vacation so we can both spend time with our little baby girl. Then, we'll see what happens! Ideally I'd want him home for a while to spend time adjusting to life as a parent, and for helping me while I recover from giving birth. It's been nice having him home so far. 😊
We're pretty much all settled and organized in the current apartment. I'm not sure if I mentioned this before, but it's a 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 1 closet... in an older home split into 2 apartments. We have the main floor. The bedroom is a small square room with the only closet that barely fits our queen size bed and our clothes, let alone the bassinet. We have a large living/dining room that is kind of split into 2 with a large doorway. One side is a regular living room space, while the other side is the office and baby's room squished into one (and quickly running out of storage for baby stuff). I have no complaints about the kitchen other than the hole in the ceiling, which I will update further down in this post. We also technically have sole use (and responsibility) of the basement, backyard, and driveway, however, we allow the other tenants to go into the basement for laundry and we share the yard.
Unfortunately, the other tenants have to go through our apartment to get to the basement, and we don't really have a set laundry schedule in place, so there have been times where I've needed to to laundry while they were already using the machines. The only rule we put in place is the cut off time of 10 pm. My husband (bless his heart) told them that if we left anything in either machine when they go to use it that they can put it in the spare laundry basket. They've done this a few times, but the last time this was done was with the baby's clothes and I cried/freaked out because I didn't like the thought of someone else touching my kid's stuff! LOL! It was probably the pregnancy hormones, but I've learned how protective I am because of it.
It's definitely not the most ideal place to live with a new baby, a dog, 2 cats, plus a hedgehog, but we have to make it work for now! Hubby says we'll be able to move in 1-2 years, but I don't know how that will work when the baby is mobile in less time than that. 😐
Update on the kitchen ceiling:
There is still an open hole.
The hole is directly connected below the upstairs neighbours' bathroom.
Small pieces and dust still sometimes fall onto the stove.
I can hear clearly when they shower or flush the toilet.
It is gross.
No idea when it will be fixed.
The only good thing is that it doesn't leak dirty, used bath water anymore.
So, there you have it.
My current situation in a nutshell.
I'm over it.
