my pink life, mi vida rosada

Still waiting for baby.... I survived the teacher work-week before students return to school, but won't go back on Monday (when students start). I think my long term sub (LTS) will do a great job in my absence, and I'm very blessed that she is an enthusiastic worker with teaching experience, a daughter in the immersion program, and a good relationship with the technology specialist at my school who used to teach immersion and has offered to share her materials and expertise with both the LTS and me. I passed my due date -- so far just by one day, but we'll see how many more. Baby girl is not seeming to make any progress whatsoever in trying to escape my belly. She'll be evicted on Wednesday if she chooses not to appear before then. Sweet hubby helped me clean up and put away the last round of baby gifts from a shower last weekend, clean the kitchen, and in general straighten up the house this morning. I'm so glad he understands that I just can't really ...

Today is technically the last day of vacation before teachers head back to school in my district. I know we still have Saturday and Sunday, but those don't count as days of vacation, in my mind. I met my long term sub yesterday -- she seems very nice, very energetic, and very enthusiastic. Easy to get along with and willing to learn/listen to how I typically do things/get things done. She and my partner teacher moved all the desks around in my classroom, which makes the room look *almost* ready for students. (I think this is pretty amazing, since yesterday was the first time I've returned to my classroom since I left it in June!) Since it is so close to the beginning of school, there were many other teachers at school, too -- it was nice to see friends I haven't seen since June, and some of them were so surprised and excited to see my Peanut belly! I can't believe that my due date is next Friday! (Don't be surprised if Peanut is NOT here on Friday, though! T...

The friends have returned to Chile! There are so many things to do here, now that we have our space back to ourselves....I'm not sure sweet hubby is going to think that they all need to be accomplished as quickly as I'd like for them to be, but this will be rush-nesting at its finest, I'm sure. To do: 1. Pack hospital bags (for both me and Peanut) 2. Wash cloth diapers 3. Hang artwork 4. Move sweet hubby's chest of drawer's into Peanut's room 5. Move chest of drawer's from Grandma's apartment into our room for sweet hubby 6. Move rocking chair from Grandma's to Peanut's room 7. Finish crocheting Peanut's blanket (whoops...I probably should have been working on this for a while now) 8. Meet with long term sub 9. Get classroom ready for long term sub/students 10. Check up with doctor today 11. Hair cut today 12. Celebrate being excused from jury duty!

up early, but not as early as the friends and sweet hubby, who left the house at 6 a.m. to look for google chromecast (? is that right?) in a nearby bigger city hoping the kitty stays on the arm of the chair, rather than on top of the baby bump this morning thinking about finishing up a sewing project (a swaddle wrap with velcro for Peanut) not sure whether the sewing machine is working correctly after the needle got stuck several times yesterday afternoon, not sure i want to fight with it if it isn't enjoying the quiet of having the house to myself this morning and not being along for the long car ride, best buy, and possibly ikea wondering how long Peanut is going to stay in my belly, as we are now in her birth-day-month! eep! making a really long and impractical to-do list of things that ought to be accomplished before Peanut arrives (should packing a hospital bag go on the top of the list? things at the top are more likely to happen, right?) eating sopaipillas wi...