Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

First things first - the cats in their cat playpen. It's really just a dog pen that the cats don't jump over. They like it. They like the outside time and I like to watch them rotate as they bake in the sun....sometimes I move the pen onto the grass and watch them eat like horses....sometimes I don't feel like the mess that makes and grass stained snouts so they stay on the deck. Either way it was a good use of $40 last year - they love it much and I love not chasing them under the decks.

I'm going out into the world today. I was relatively house bound all three days with the FH keeping a careful eye on my activity level and watching me with the "are you actually still complaining or is this something" face. This face, while I love him and am oh so glad he is home with me, is a look I wish to no longer see. I told him that he'll be the first to know if my complaining has gone from complaining to something and that my focus is on not wishing the little miss out until she is ready.

So yes I'm venturing out. I'm reading a new book about happiness....I'm not sure why the only books that are keeping my attention are either in the Pregnancy/Breast/Baby genre or about being Happy but anything else and I have ZERO interest and it's not the books either, it's me. Can you tell I'm struggling with focus too? Yeah, I figured you were clued in on that small detail. Anyway, I realized last night that one of the reasons why this past week has been tough is about clothing - I didn't want to buy another piece of maternity gear....but the bottom line is this: I'm not someone that's comfy with the belly peeking out and I'm not a girl that tugs on her clothes so they fit. I have one lonely shirt that actually covers the entire expanse of my belly and to be honest I hate the shirt - I only bought it because it was $6. So today I'm going to go to the mall and I'm going to buy a couple more tee shirts that cover the belly. If I'm pregnant for another week then at least I'll have covered the belly and if I have a baby tonight well then I won't be complaining about some extra shirts to pack away in the maternity box.

While out I'm also going to the grocery store, the library and the post office. I'm looking forward to the activy and the after activity nap that I am scheduling in. While I'm out I'll be keeping a tally of the following things:

- Number of neighbors that will say "Any day now?"
- Number of people that ask me how very pregnant am I?
- Number of times I reply with "Very very pregnanct and you?"

Happy Monday for those people that still participate in that whole "work week" schedule thing. As for me I'm on to Saturday number 8.