Nobody Likes a Dead Cat

I pick up my keys in three & a half hours. I am THRILLED by this fact. I am going to load up my car and take some stuff over tonight. Then I’ll come home, re-load my car and take ANOTHER load over. What an exciting Friday night I have planned!

My parents are diving up tomorrow morning to meet me at 10am with two of their big (read: ginormous) trucks AND one of their trailers to move me. They wanted to get me moved in ONE run and I’m really happy about that. I’ll come back to clean, but all my stuff will be moved quickly! Yay!

I haven’t showered yet … but will do that before I get my keys tonight … even though moving is going to make me sweaty! Oh well. I also have a bit of a headache … probably from my allergies as the dust from all these boxes that are around.

Do I have any artists (drawing/painting) who read my blog?
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On a much sadder note, a fellow blogger lost her son this morning. Liam and Ben (yes, twins) were born early and have been struggling for the past month, and Liam died after a surgery and a night of cuddling with his family. The first candle I light in my new home will be for Kate and her family.

MissDee is still in labor. She has been at the hospital since 8pm last night. She got a dose of Cervidil then and another at 11am today. I spent 4 hours with her today and helped distract her from her contractions. They are mostly steady and strong (as well as tight) but she’s not entirely effaced, dilated, and her water still hasn’t broken. Tomorrow morning, if she hasn’t gone into full-action labor, they’re going to administer some Pitocin to speed things up (otherwise she’ll be too worn out to push, she fears).

I am going back to the hospital as soon as MrDee calls me and requests my presence. I’ll be taking my laptop next time I go to the hospital and so when I’m not massaging MissDee’s back, her feet, or just holding her hand, I’ll try and update. She is a damned strong woman and is going through this as naturally as possible for as long as possible; and I’m very proud of how she’s holding up.

Both Mr. & MissDee could use your strengthening thoughts and emotional encouragement. BabyDee is doing well (beautiful sounding heartbeat) and MissDee is keeping her spirits up, but she’s tired of being poked, prodded, measured and minded and is ready to meet her son.

9:30pm: I just spoke with Mr. Dee and MissDee is doing well. Her contractions are beginning to get even stronger and plateauing now. This is good news. They are going to give her meds to help her sleep and continue the induction tomorrow first thing in the morning. I’ll share news when I’m able to/allowed.

Confusion has compelled me to write this blog post … and I still don’t know what’s going on with me. I mentioned a few posts back that I felt drawn back towards religion from years of back sliding and convenient forgetfullness … and that I may start looking for a church again. While I’ve had my eyes open and ears alert to overhear random conversations about religion, nothing has hit my heart until today. I was linked to Especially Heather’s blog through someone else I read and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about her since then. She is going in for brain surgery on Thursday and a group of bloggers have been working non-stop to raise money for her surgery expenses and whatnot; they’ve also started a prayer chain that, for some reason, I felt compelled to join. I am going to spend my time driving from Portland to Corvallis in prayer for Heather’s recovery, strength for her family & her friends and see what comes of it for me. This is a really weird thing for me to feel like I need to do, but I really feel the need to do it. If you’re the praying kind, please check out Living In Grace and commit to a certain time of day to pray for Heather; or just keep her in your general prayers in the near future.