Light at the end of the tunnel

Saturday is my official last day at work. I am very excited about it!! Actually, my excitement about quitting my job almost rivals the excitement of having a baby. I'm getting to the point where I'm distracted and scatterbrained while I'm working and also very tired by the end of the day (not to mention I have cankles and elephant feet). Here is a picture of my stomach from last week, complete with stretch marks and double chin.

Here is my "I'm neurotic" story for the week. The closer I get to having this baby, the crazier I get. Yesterday it was supposed to be snowy and icy on our way to work (for those who don't know, Matt and I always ride to work together). I have convinced myself that since I'm due in mid February, I will inevitably go into labor during a snow or ice storm. So, I was convinced that we would slide off the interstate on the way to work and I would go into labor in a ditch (and if it was icy, an ambulance may not be able to get to us). So I packed a bag with a blanket, a nasal aspirator (in case I needed to suction the baby), a bottle of Purell, dental floss (to tie off the umbilical cord), scissors (to cut it), bottled water and granola bars. I'm pretty sure Matt thought I was crazy, but he humored me and let me bring my bag with me with only a "you're going to leave that in the car once we get to work aren't you?"

So it begins...

I finally caved. Matt wanted to set up a blog so our out of town family and friends could keep up with us more easily. Honestly, I disliked the idea of having our own blog. I've always thought it's creepy that people I may not know could potentially view the blog. Then, my sister the seasoned blogger informed me that I could make our blog "invite only." Since this was my main qualm with the whole blog thing (and I do see the convenience of updating the entire family at one time) I have finally taken the giant step of actually setting up our site. However, I make no promises about how well I will keep up with it.

On another note, I have prematurely named the blog and site address (...and possibly my child). I am placing faith in our ultrasound tech's ability to accurately distinguish gender from the somewhat ambiguous (in my opinion) images of the ultrasound. She assured us there was a "hamburger bun" so, we're taking her word for it. So, if "Kate" ends up "Nate" or something, our site address won't make much sense. The addresses "mattandlori" and "loriandmatt" were already taken, so I had to spice it up a little. Oh well, I've gone out on a limb. We should know in about three weeks if it was the right limb.

Lori