Sunday will officially go down as one of the more stressful days in my life...and it's all for really stupid, meaningless reasons. Here's how it went. Christy, Mike, and Bode slept over from saturday which was lovely. We awoke and had a great breakfast. Mike, being the fantastic brother-in-law that he is, agreed to install a new ceiling fan in our bedroom as the one we had no longer put out sufficient light for Alex to see with. Being able to see in your own bedroom is pretty important so I bought a new one at Home Depot thanks to x-mas gift certificates from my mom and dad, and Mike installed it. It was harder than it should have been because the builder was inept, but he did it. Only problem, the fan wouldn't work. So all that time and now the fan would have to come down and be taken back...arggggggg! We decided to leave it up for the time being so we would have light but I kept thinking about that damn fan! IN the meantime, I was busily preparing to host a big Eagles game party...doing alot more work than I should have, but I wanted it to all be done, and the house set up just so, so that people could really enjoy the game and the food!
Whilst cutting onions to make fried onions for the homemade cheesesteaks I was preparing, I sliced the tip of my finger, almost completey off. No bone involved but alot of flesh. Being on Lovenox for the pregnancy, I bled like a stuck pig. It would not stop bleeding! Another stress to add to my growing list! Then, about 45 minutes before game time, we noticed that our phone didn't work. Since our phone and cable are both through Comcast...we turned the TV on to find that the cable was totally out. Oh my GOD! Again, something so dumb to be freaked over but I had a spread of all spreads layed out on the table and about 20 people coming over.
We called comcast from our cell phones and frantically tried to reestablish our cable connection (read: I did this because Alex really can't even come close to seeing what's going on behind all of the electronics). After giving up we brought our other cable box down to try that...it worked! We had to bypass the surround sound and not see it on HD, but hey we had cable. So as we were connecting it, Charlie was having a meltdown (he's sick of course), the doorbell was ringing and the dog was barking uncontrollably. But we had cable. Ten minutes later (kickoff time) the cable was out and everyone was literally getting their coats and ready to leave to go watch it elsewhere. I started crying...blame it on the pregnancy, the throbbing finger, who cares, I actually cried over all of this.
I was about ready to just go to bed. long story made not much shorter...the cable corrected itself, the cheesesteaks were a hit and thank goodness my mom was there to help with everything from serving food to cleaning up to moral support. Then the Eagles lost. If they had won, I really feel like it would have been worth all the stress. But everyone left all bummed out and gloomy, thanking me for the yummy food, but bummed nonetheless. I went to bed feeling broken. Tired and sore and aching back but just mentally broken! I cried over cable and people wanting to leave and who knows what else...it's a new low for me.
SO I woke up this morning determined to make it a better day, relax and cuddle with my sick boy. I hit the wrong button on the fan remote and rather than turning the light on, the fan started to go around. I almost cried again. The curse has been broken! Yesterday was just a BAD day!
In other, even less interesting news, above is the project I worked on while on bedrest over the holidays. It's Aaron's stocking, cross stitched like Alex and Charlie's. Mine is next, but we'll see how long that takes to get completed. Charlie calls then Stocking boots...very cute name I think!
This is my adorable nephew while he was at our house saturday and sunday. He's a real walker now at 10 months old!
Sooooo big!
The boys...I love them both so much!
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I'm so sorry that sunday was so stressful but am glad that you made no mention of contractions throughout all of the drama. And at least the Phillies won (the end of the game was a real heartbreaker, though. We were watching as we were cleaning out the pack and play for the new baby and for about ten minutes there I really thought we were going to win).
We'll keep you posted about the Great Expectation's arrival (should be any day, or at least week now) and if you are working, we'll call down to the ICN and maybe they can send you up to hang out (and sit while we take care of everything else).
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