41 weeks and counting…..
Yes, we are expecting!! I have to say that I have been blessed to have a wonderful pregnancy and an amazing, supportive husband. I must admit though at 7 days post due date, I’m over being pregnant. I’m thankful, so very thankful, but extremely ready to not be pregnant. The phrase: “Is today the day?” is how we have been starting our day for the past three weeks, but each day passes the same as the previous. Those who know me understand that I don’t handle changes to My plans well. That is why it was too good to be true when we found out my due date was 1/8/17 and the Cal Poly Winter Quarter (where I work as an assistant professor) began 1/9/17… perfect timing! It made absolute sense from a teaching perspective to take maternity leave starting at the beginning of the Winter quarter until the start of Spring quarter on April 4th. However, we are now one week in and Baby T is still perfectly comfortable right where he or she is (we don’t know the gender, clearly my husband’s idea). I don’t always have everything planned, but if it is and it doesn’t go as planned, well watch out, my over-analytical mind kicks into hyper drive. For example, my maternity leave, as Chris accurately summarized, has somehow diminished from the actual 3 months I have off to 3 days with our child all because he/she is a week late. He is smart though and waited a good 24 hours post meltdown to summarize this for me.
This whole process has my mind pondering, thinking about time.
Time is everything. Everything is time.
It passes too quickly, too slowly.
We need more, we waste it.
You are on time or you’re not (Baby T, Chris).
It’s starting time and then finally quitting time.
That was a good time or a terrible time.
“Time heals”, “Only time will tell”, “It just takes time”, “You are just supposed to give it time”.
It’s our time, your time, their time, time to shine……
Heck sometimes, it’s Hammertime!
Then I remember,
“God’s timing is perfect”
“All in God’s time, my prayers will be answered”.
I realize I need to take a deep breath look around and cherish this time. I won’t get it back and unfortunately no matter how much I want to I can’t control time.
Is today the day? We don’t know. But in the meantime, don’t tell me to walk or jog, eat spicy food, rest, do squats, or anything else. I’ve tried it all, well except drinking castor oil, that just seems like a bad idea, scientifically speaking. If you really want to make my day, spend some time here on our website, check out our cattle, ask about our bulls for sale, and/or subscribe to our newsletter. Chris and I are elated about adding a new member to our family while promoting True North Cattle and developing our consulting business.
Stay tuned for Espisode 2 of TRU news.
Skizzy gave Chris the big news via FaceTime on May 7th, 2016!