So, one weird thing about living in the Atlanta area is that everyone completely freaks out at the tiniest hint of winter weather. A couple of weeks ago, we had a storm that we were not prepared for on a city or state level. This resulted in what they are calling "Snow Jam 2014". All of the major interstates we at a standstill due to ice and all of the schools and business letting out at the same time. I know people who literally spent hours upon hours in their cars, trying to sleep, scrounging for those old water bottles that slip under your car seats and cuddling up with each other for warmth after they ran out of gas.
Well, we had another watch that started last night/this morning, so many school and businesses closed, including my office. So far it is only raining and the temperature is nowhere near freezing, but I am not complaining. I finished about 40% of a paper I was super stressed out about for my photography in instruction course. I watched 1.5 movies on Netflix (one was terrible, so it had to go unfinished) and I am about to work out for a little while. It's terrible, the older I get, the harder I have to work to get any results. I wonder if it will be even harder to get/stay in shape at 34, which is less than a month away. 34 years old... oh my god, how did that happen?
John's work pretty much never closes, since it is a grocery store. John is a manager and being there for this sort of "weather crisis", which will probably hit more tomorrow than today, is part of his job duties. There is no snow day unless he literally cannot get there due to road conditions. Hopefully if we get iced in, we keep power. Our lines aren't buried in our neighborhood, so I think we are a little more at risk for a power outage. I am kind of at a "I have to see it to believe it" about tomorrow's ice storm, since today's snow fall didn't happen. They keep saying that the situation has so many factors that the forecast is changing every three hours. Is that their way of saying they have no idea and don't want to be wrong again? Yeah, I think so!
The adoption is going well I suppose. No real changes and no contacts from potential birth mothers. Some people get tons of contacts before "the one" and some only get one ever that turns out to be "the one". We will have to start renewing paperwork in a couple of months. Every year you have to make sure all of the background checks and medical stuff is current or else your home study lapses and you are no longer eligible to adopt if someone does want place their baby with you. We bought a few things to pack in the case that someone who is due more or less immediately contacts us. We didn't get anything that would expire, but just a few little things to make getting ready easier if we have to get up and go. Maybe if we are super prepared, the universe will do us a solid and bring our baby to us. Nothing wrong with putting that thought out there right?
I am missing John and wishing he was home today. Normally I would be at work too, so I wouldn't be sitting around the house thinking about that. I have some stuff I want to do in the nursery and I did take pictures of what we have done so far, but I can't decide if it is a good idea to post them on the blog, since it could seem weird to potential birth mothers. I mean, I guess it shouldn't matter, because it shows how much the baby that we don't even have yet is already loved (thanks Erin for that!). We really are already so in love with our future baby, we just can't put a face or name- though we have names lined up as possibilities- to him or her yet. I will think about posting pictures. I just want to be respectful the expectant mother's emotions as well.
I could sit here and let my thoughts spill out all day, but I wont. Going to get my work out on and then work on those nursery details. I hope everyone stays safe and warm!
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