It has officially been 1 month since I had the cerclage and was put on bed rest. I continue to feel SO LUCKY that I am able to take this time off work and do what is necessary to carry this baby as close to term as possible. However. It's been THIRTY DAYS. And today I FELT it. Probably because I've been alone since last night, I'm sick with a sore throat and cough, I was supposed to be wandering NYC with some of my favorite people this weekend, and there was no break in my day today - I was just bored out of my mind all day. I read an entire book between yesterday afternoon and lunch today. I've watched more episodes of Veroncia Mars on Netflix than I care to mention, and I've flipped through the same In Style so many times I now have a mental list of about 6 beauty products that I'm certain I "must have" this summer, despite having nowhere to go requiring me to wear a new Chanel lipstick. Wah wah, woe is me. I've resigned myself to having both good days and bad - and this one just kind of sucks.
Okay, snap out of it Prowse!
Eric and Owen should be home within the hour, just in time for Owen to hit the hay for the night. I'm looking forward to tomorrow morning when hopefully the three of us will make some pancakes and hang out for a bit (maybe watch some Super Why or Dinosaur Train?!), before Eric takes off for the new house again and Owen spends the day with Papa Ron.
I feel that I should state, for the record, that our new home is AWESOME. We consider it "move-in ready." However, the city of Clawson is using this opportunity to require us to get a Certificate of Occupancy before we can move in (likely triggered by the utilities having been shut off for more than 6 months as it was a bank-owned property). So far that means we've had to pay $200 for the initial inspection, and we now have a 2-page list from the city of all these things that need to be taken care of before they'll let us move in. And some of them are RIDICULOUS. Most of them are things we would have eventually done anyway (like repair the retaining wall out front and replace the warped siding on one side of the garage). But several of the items are expensive and time-consuming projects and shouldn't (in my opinion) prohibit us from living in our new house. That being said, the list from the city is going to take us (okay Eric and his friends and my dad) several more weekends to complete, and we may not get it all done before moving weekend. Hopefully we don't have to petition for a "temporary" certificate of occupancy, but if we do, I'm hoping they'll allow it, given our current situation and all... (Yes, I'll use this baby as an excuse to skirt the city rules if necessary)!
I'll have to take some better photos (inside and out) now that the weather isn't so dreary!
I'm hoping I can make it out to the new house again sometime in the next week or so. It feels so strange to me that I haven't really been there except once for a few hours since we closed almost a month ago! If my appointment next Thursday goes well, maybe I'll try to sneak by next weekend...
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