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Friday was a very busy day. It was my first day back at work since I became so ill with my pregnancy. This medication, Zofran ODT, really allows me to lead a mostly normal life. (For everyone who didn't know me during the worst of my pre-Zofran pregnancy, I was incapacitated! Enough said.)
Friday night found much of the wasmi crew out to dinner at a local Chinese restaurant (very tasty.) Brian couldn't make it, but there was much jollity to be had. I treated myself to a Diet Coke (very rare now that I'm dining for two, I used to drink them all the time.)
While the wasmi-ites were dining, Brian was finishing up his own dinner with an old friend and then rousing his Warhammer Orc army to battle the hordes of Chaos.
Unfortunately, Archaon, Lord of the Endtimes, proved too great a threat to the valiant Orcs. They are, however, re-grouping and planning their revenge even as we speak.
On Saturday, we worked on the baby's room, after visiting Home Depot to pick up a few necessary items. I filled in all of the many holes in the 110-year-old walls and we are getting ready to paint. We took everything out of the room, including the mattress and box springs from the built-in twin bed. Those are now in our hallway! The baby's room walls are going to be pale green with white trim when we are finished.
Saturday night found us sharing dinner with Obi-Wan and Amidala, whose house is similarly undergoing a metamorphosis, so much so that we retreated to the house of Obi-Wan's parents to eat dinner. They very kindly allowed us to use their abode while they were on vacation!
Sunday found us up bright and early so that Brian could attend the Unity Church's board meeting. He is working on a solution for one of their problems. They seem not to know exactly what their goals are, so they are hoping to define them in the near future. (They've been doing pretty well with the "Love and Light" direction, but they thought they'd like to make it a bit clearer in the congregation's mind.)
After a splendid sermon by Rev. Mary, and the board meeting during which I renewed an old aquaintanceship from my former FMC church days, Brian and I were off to "Babies R Us," the gigantic mega-store devoted to all things infantile. Brian was not looking forward to what he thought would be a necessary but boring outing...however, he found that he actually had fun picking out items for the baby registry! We found the latest styles of strollers, car seats and infant care...but no crib! They did not have any crib that Princess Jessica liked. Most of them were over-priced (over $300, usually around $400) or were really low-quality imports.
I had seen a crib that I liked very much at a baby specialty store, but had refused to purchase. It was perfect, but priced at $699. Which was actually one of their cheaper cribs! No, thanks!
I have since found a crib that fits my criteria (made in the USA-or mostly, attractive, all-wood, knee-release, single drop-side and only $199.) It must be ordered via internet, however, as the stores don't carry the lower-priced Child Craft cribs (they want you to buy the expensive ones!)
After the Babies R Us tour (which lasted several hours!!) we went over to Brian's parents' house to show them the ultrasound photos. We also ate a delicious pizza. (I am getting lots of pizza, lately, as we ordered that for lunch at work today, as well.)
That's the news for this past weekend! Boy, were we busy.