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I have been trying to get rid of some carpenter ants around the house. We took a bottle of Antrid from our old place and put a few drops near the entrance of the house where the ants have been seen moving bits of our shoe cabinet and door frame to their hive.
After a day, the drops of Antrid were still there and the ants had put up pieces of stones and wood around it.
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We just finished our last pre-natal class yesterday. We felt like the class dropouts because the most of what is taught in the classes revolves around natural births and our baby is scheduled for a Caesarian birth in less than 2 weeks. He is in a frank breech position, which means he hasn’t turned (head down), and our doctor has recommended we go ahead with the Caesarian section two weeks before he is naturally due, to avoid complications with the timing of the water bag breaking and placenta releasing and the position of the umbilical cord and the baby. The doctor said that the chances of the baby turning is about four percent when we are at 34 weeks, and the chances grow slimmer as we go along. We are now at 36 and a half weeks.
When we first discovered we might be heading for a Caesarian, there was a good amount of guilt, disappointment and sadness mixed in with a little relief too. In class, we talk about it like it is witchcraft, so the topic was covered only briefly. The general assumption was that everyone would hopefully end up with natural births. Another lady in our class was due for a natural birth last week but ended up with an emergency Caesarian. Both she and her baby are doing great now though.
One of our friends recommended that we insist on holding off past the 38th week, on the slight chance that the baby might turn at the last minute and save us from the knife.
Anyway, we’ll see what happens. If he does turn, we’ll meet him at the end of the month. If not, we’ll meet him a little earlier.
I think I’m ready. I’ve been reading a few books. (Thanks Najah!)
Also, my wife has been reading a few too.
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See if you can guess what this is.
Edit:
July 6 - Clue # 1 added - Sorry, the photo is about actual size now.
July 6 - Clue # 2 added - It's got something to do with pests.
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Another photo by Anna Rina.
Okay, we’ve decided that I have written enough about the renovations already, so I’m just going to skip that list I mentioned earlier. My wife says I should write something positive. She usually lets me just write whatever I feel like but I do value her input because she reads a whole lot more than I do. The fact that she’s asking for some positive content got me thinking that maybe I’m turning into a whiner. I look back at my style of writing and discovered I basically employ the same style throughout each blog entry – I come up with a list of complaints, and end with a snappy conclusion. I thought I was a pretty good writer. I’m actually just a pretty good whiner!
For a few days now, I’ve been thinking about something positive to write. I still want to write something that people would want to read but I just don’t know how to write compellingly about anything positive. A few days ago, we were at our weekly pre-natal class and we, along with the rest of the class, were told to imagine how our schedule would change with the arrival of our respective babies. We came up with a few ideas and then drew a dreadful blank. The teacher said to just focus on the magical moments we would encounter – like the first burb. I know our lives are pretty good right now and I am excited about it all, but I am also hanging on to the hope that I am not turning into the proud parent that thinks that his son’s first burb will make a compelling read to anybody else. And in any case, that first burb is weeks away, so that still leaves me with nothing to show.
That was until this morning. We’ve been telling our friends that it’s really not easy handling a pregnancy and a new house at the same time, and sometimes we joke that we would not wish that kind of experience on anyone. We started out this morning just like we do every morning, driving through terrible traffic, complaining about work, worrying about the baby, worrying about my wife, listing out all the chores that needed doing and regretting about the plant we forgot to water. While thinking about that plant, I remembered that a friend of my brother’s would be going through heart surgery today. She’d had some complications and had been in the hospital for three weeks, with a case of pneumonia as well. Naturally, she has been on our minds quite a bit.
That got me thinking. What if sometime in the not-so-distant future, we look back at our lives and really miss the days when we had our current set of complaints? We could be living what are potentially the best days of our lives right now, and not even know it. I am sure that if we had to face some kind of crisis in the future, we would be brave and we would be calm, but we would also look back and really wish for the times when we had the luxury of worrying about trivial things.
I guess what I’m trying to say is – maybe we need to put more thought into being happy today.
Happy Happy Day, everyone!
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