SEVEN WEEKS AND COUNTING

WELL, WE ARE IN THE FINAL STRETCH OF PREGNANCY NOW.  I JUST CAN'T WAIT FOR THOSE WEEKLY APPOINTMENTS TO START NEXT WEEK (PLEASE NOTE, THAT WAS SARCASM).  WE STILL HAVEN'T AGREED ON A NAME AND I NEVER DID MANAGE TO SIGN UP FOR A BIRTHING CLASS-REALLY BAD IDEA SINCE I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT NATURALLY--BUT HOPEFULLY THAT ALL WORKS ITSELF OUT.  LIFE HAS A FUNNY WAY OF THROWING YOU TWISTS AND TURNS YOU DON'T EXPECT THOUGH AND SO YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.  I JUST KEEP TRYING TO REMIND MYSELF TO BE PATIENT AND THAT GOD KNOWS BETTER THAN I DO.  DAN IS BACK IN SCHOOL NOW WHICH KEEPS HIM PRETTY BUSY.  UNFORTUNATELY, THE BABY WILL BE COMING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEMESTER WHICH I THINK CAUSES HIM A LITTLE EXTRA ANXIETY.  PLENTY OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE DONE IT THOUGH.  I AM ALSO GUESSING THEY MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION IN A GRADUATE PROGRAM AT WESTMINSTER THAN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN AT BYU.  I ACTUALLY REMEMBER THE SYLLABUS OF ALMOST EVERY CLASS MENTIONING THAT A WEDDING OR BABY WAS NOT AN EXCUSE TO MISS CLASS, ASSIGNMENTS, OR TESTS AND WOULD NOT GET SYMPATHY FROM THE TEACHER.  (I FOUND IT TO BE TRUE THE SUMMER I GOT MARRIED TOO, LUCKILY I ALSO GOT PRETTY SICK AND MY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR TOOK PITY ON ME)  I SUPPOSE THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS THOUGH WHEN HALF OF THE STUDENTS PROBABLY HAS ONE OF THOSE TWO EVENTS HAPPEN PER YEAR.  I MUST SAY I DON'T MISS SCHOOL.  I'VE STARTED TRAINING MY REPLACEMENT AT WORK WHICH IS A LITTLE SURREAL.  IT SEEMS PRETTY WEIRD TO THINK ABOUT IT ALREADY.  HOWEVER, I DO QUITE A BIT OF TECHNICAL COMPUTER WORK TO KEEP UP ON OUR INVENTORY ETC. AND THEY WANT TO BE SURE I DON'T GO INTO LABOR EARLY AND LEAVE THE GIRL STRANDED.  (I KIND OF TOOK THE POSITION IN A FASHION SIMILAR TO THAT AND THE TRANSITION WAS A LITTLE UGLY- I DON'T THINK THEY WANT TO REPEAT IT.)  ASIDE FROM THAT AND CONTINUING TO JUST GET BIGGER NOT MUCH ELSE IS NEW FOR NOW.  IF ANYONE HAS ANY GREAT MIDDLE NAME IDEAS TO GO WITH SHADRACH THOUGH WE WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE!!