Mostly it's because I've been reading Baby Bargains for weeks and am completely overwhelmed by the choices, reviews, options, and sticker shock (of course) of everything from cribs to carriers. Tonight George and I talked about furniture, which we'll likely order from JCPenney. Convertible or regular crib? Coffee, caramel or chocolate finish? Basic mattress or one step up? What can we actually afford? Then there's the fun of JCP's ridiculously high shipping charges. I was super excited to have a "free shipping" coupon--until I realized that it doesn't apply to furniture or home-delivery charges. ARGH!
Add to baby madness and pregnancy insanity:
1. teacher days starting Monday,
2. kids coming Friday (I am not ready for this!),
3. preparing for my CTU class that starts the 20th (the English class has been completely overhauled, so I'm spending hours updating my PowerPoints),
4. trying to get George to talk about/help me figure out what to do with stuff in Ivy's room to make way for baby (where will her bed, the world's largest toybox, the stuff in the closet, and my two bookshelves full of books go? None of this will fit in my office, already crowded with three bookshelves, a file cabinet, my desk, chair & computer, and another chair.)
and you have a recipe for the first migraine of my life!!
I think sleep will help, but that just brings me one day closer to the end of my lovely summer holiday. Well, life goes on! And will rapidly speed up once school starts, bringing labor and delivery (which, honestly, I'm quite terrified of--or at least, I'm quite terrified of the potential complications) that much closer, that much faster.
Do all pregnant women feel this overwhelmed? Please say yes!
Luke, I Am Your Baker
1 day ago
2 comments:
YES! I felt overwhelmed every time, it gets better though. I do have one $ tip. See if JCP will ship the items to the nearest store for free then you can use your own/borrow/rent a truck/suv to pick it up. I ordered a whole house of roman shades and the shipping would have been 75% of the cost of the shades themselves! The clerk at the store told me about having them shipped there instead. (you may have to make the order at the store?)
P.S. Who's Ivy?
Yes! I'd like to tell you the stress goes away after the baby is born, but I'd be lying.
I didn't get a convertible bed because I figured as 1 kid left the crib, another kid would use it and I didn't want to buy 2 cribs. At 2, we moved both kids into a twin bed with rails. We just kept the basic mattress and it worked fine through both kids. fyi
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