Outside my window...
I was chatting with my friend in the Boston
area yesterday, and she told me they were literally snowed in, as in, they
couldn’t get their front door open. Sitting here, I close my eyes, imagine that, and then I
open them again. Outside my window it is sunny, warm (over 70°F), Sunday calm
with not as many cars and happy families strolling along the blue Mediterranean
sea. What a contrast.
I am wearing...
My regular pink striped H&M maternity
t-shirt and my Motherhood maternity jeans. I've completely given up on finding
maternity wear here, and will just rotate the same few outfits that I have
until I'm done. It's getting really, terribly boring, but what can I do?
I am thankful for...
...the fact that, under the circumstances, I am physically doing really
well. Although I can’t wait for the day it is safe for this baby to come out, I
am cherishing these days-weeks of calm, expectation and preparation.
On my mind...
You mean apart from what is going on in my
body? My pregnancy brain is on a mission: to prepare our family for the birth.
This involves so much more than buying diapers (check!) and washing baby clothes (check!): school
work, organization, planning, paperwork (taxes, passports, VISA, tickets, etc.),
stocking up… As things to do pop into my head I transfer them to a list in my
calendar. Then I try to get something done every day. Although we still have
six weeks, technically, I prefer to have everything done sooner rather than
later. Partially because you never know, right? But also because I know I will
run out of energy, and I would like to spend some time on Lent and everything
that it entails.
Towards an education...
We have almost reached the renaissance in our history
studies, which is the goal of this semester. The boys just finished their
special projects on Hildegard von Bingen, the Black Death, and the crusades,
and this week we will study Asia during medieval times. August just finished
the Canterbury tales and Ivanhoe this weekend (William is almost done with his
abridged version), both boys are reading the stories of Shakespeare, and we’re
continuing with Thomas Aquinas, which triggers some very interesting
discussions around the dinner table. Despite some difficult days last week, I’m
quite happy with the way things are going.
From the kitchen...
Every cabinet is full of food and drinks, the fridge is well
stocked, as is the freezer. We went to the store this weekend, and there are well
over a dozen meals to choose from. Today we went through an entire water melon,
had spinach salad, and then roast chicken with broccoli, potatoes, gravy, and cranberries.
Tomorrow we will have something that involves leftover roast chicken and
potatoes – probably potato salad – along with more fresh spinach salad (I got
two pounds for a dollar).
Around the house...
I’m enjoying our tidy house this evening, which
has been cleaned up for a busy week: laundry has been put away, toys, books,
electronics – everything is in its place. The kitchen is clean. I even managed
to clean out and sort our dumping ground for everything of any importance bookshelf
at some point last week so it looks nice and tidy. Don’t worry though – by 11
am tomorrow morning our house will be a mess again.
Some plans for the week...
Apart from all our regular work and activities,
we have the three day marathon of Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday, and Valentine’s
Day lined up this week, with the special meals, special activities and events
that these days entail. On Friday I am going in for my placenta accreta MRI and
then we are celebrating a friend’s birthday. There’s another social event
planned for the coming weekend. Maybe I can get some work in too?
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