My attempt at blogging has failed. Miserably.
Let's see..many may know about the strange events taking place on the East Coast(where I reside). First, an earthquake and now hurricane Irene. I didn't feel the earthquake, but almost everyone I know did. It's pretty scary, as earthquakes aren't common for us. I hope it stays uncommon too.
We just got slammed by Irene. My thoughts goes to those who were greatly impacted. It was downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it hit us. We made sure we were prepared though. We had water, candles, and board games. We thought we were in the clear come this morning, as we didn't lose power. Then around 11AM, the power went out. It came back on at 8:30PM. A whole NINE hours without power. It's quite hard to entertain two five year olds especially when it's raining out. According to my daughter, everything was 'boring' and she 'didn't know what to do'.
My fiance's sister and her family were over. They lost power at 3am, and still have yet to get it back! They brought Monopoly over..we sat around for about four hours just playing that. We all then decided to go out to eat since we couldn't cook at home. We went to a diner, and it turns out they just got power an hour prior to us going there. Many of the people in the diner didn't have power at home either. We decided to waste some time and go to the local WalMart. I bought myself and my daugther a puzzle. The sun was starting to shine, and you can see the nasty dark clouds shifting away. It was quite nice out..sunny with a breeze. We let the kids play outside, and it seems like everyone else had the same idea. I don't think I've ever seen the neighborhood as lively as it was today!
Once it started getting dark, we began to light candles all around the house. We started to work on my daughter's puzzle and within 30 minutes the lights flickered, we all had hope. Then our power returned! Shortly after, I took a shower! It was so refreshing, as I didn't get to shower yesterday because of the storm.
So, in baby news...I am almost 31 weeks. People keep telling me that it'll fly by, but they are not the one who is pregnant. I'm completely miserable and uncomfortable. I'm sure I will look back, and be like yeah, it went by so quickly but at this point, I cannot wait to meet this little boy who's been causing me all this grief. My daughter is excited too. She asks constantly when he's coming out, and she asks to give my belly kisses. It's adorable to hear her say 'my baby brother'.
A few weeks ago, my co-workers surprised me with a baby shower. It was really touching, and I made out really well! I held onto a lot of my daugther's stuff but some of it, like the stroller, I couldn't use. It's all pink. They all chipped in and got me a new travel system. I gave the pink system to a friend of a friend who didn't have anything. I got so much more. I also had FOUR bins full of girl clothing, which I gave away too.
I can't believe summer is coming to an end. My daughter starts Kindergarten on the 6th of September. It's exciting, and sad at the same time. She's excited, and she's been wanting to ride the big school bus for three years now. We took her shopping for new clothing and I managed to get some really good deals! I think I enjoyed it more than she did!
I'm setting a goal to keep up with this blog, we'll see how I do. Now it's time for me to watch some True Blood! Goodnight!
