September 13, 2007
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Just Another Day
The original title of this post was “Just another boring day” but before I could even hit “submit” on it, I got some excitement. This site is freakin jinxed…. So for now, I have removed the word “boring” from the title
I was typing this submission in when suddenly, the smoke alarm started going off. I stood and walked over to it and could smell burning plastic coming from somewhere. All of my windows were open so there wasn’t any visible smoke and nothing looked hazy coming in from outside. I called mom and talked to her just to help get some ideas of where to look. I sighed because I knew that my FCC requirements were to call the fire department and have a full response sent out. (which seemed like overkill.) After calling the fire department, they told us to evacuate the house and wait for them outside. Derek was grumpy for having to wake up and participate but obliged. Then I called the FCC office and one of my supervisors said she’d be on her way to assist if necessary. By the time we were all outside, the first truck was pulling in with two more behind it, sirens going full blast. Suprise, suprise, they didn’t find anything. I’d told the 911 kid that I didn’t see any emergency but the scent was obviously enough to make the alarm go off. (but I know their regulations are to send a full response.) So the few neighbors I have must’ve thought I was offering burnt sacrifices to the greek gods because our house was surrounded by fire units for about 20 minutes. My supervisor, Laurie, got there just in time to see the trucks driving away. Glad to know I bothered everyone’s day for no reason. Oh well, I can mark the chart showing I did my fire drill for this month. =) Plus, little blonde Jack had a blast waving to all the firemen and firetrucks. One of the men was asking if there were any animals inside. I told them about the dog and cats upstairs in the guest room.
He asked, “Is your dog mean?”
I told him, “Not normally, but with you in that fire-monkey suit, who knows?” It made all the fire guys laugh and I didn’t feel quite so ridiculous for having to call them all out over a smokey scent.
Even though I adore little blonde Jack, I’m kinda looking forward to him leaving. Next week will be his last week. It’s also the last week for the *other* Jack(the snotty drop-in kid.) I watch who is moving to New Jersey for a few months. (His mom is just as far along in her pregnancy as I am and her hubs is deployed already. SUCK.) So I’ll only have little Ethan drop in for a few hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays. (he is a SCREAMER.)
Meanwhile, all of this means I can start sleeping in past 6am! WOOT! I’m considering not taking on any new kids and just taking a break until Aidan is born. I hadn’t intended to quit, but without full time kids and all my normal drop-in kids leaving, why continue paying for the license and insurance I won’t be using? Also, we’ll be moving back to Texas just a few months after Aidan is born during Derek’s deployment, so that would be an awful lot of new adjustments for any new kid to have to go through.
Since I’ll actually have a free schedule, I can start going to the baby doctor appointments like I’m supposed to. After the one on September 28th, I have to start going every week. *sighs* Children are so time consuming! =)
I know it’s a day early, but here’s the baby update:
Baby Update: 32 weeks (approximately 7 weeks left)
By now, your baby is just shy of 4 pounds and is nearly 17 inches long, taking up a lot of space in your uterus. You’re gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, he’ll gain a third to half of his birth weight during the next 7 weeks as he fattens up for survival outside the womb. He now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz). His skin is becoming soft and smooth as he plumps up in preparation for birth.
To accommodate you and your baby’s growing needs, your blood volume has increased 40 to 50 percent since you got pregnant. With your uterus pushing up near your diaphragm and crowding your stomach, the consequences may be shortness of breath and heartburn.
Comments (1)
well. . . . fire monkey suits huh?? that would have been an awesome suit to find in mario brothers wouldn’t it?? look like a monkey, but throw fireballs!!! that would freak donkey kong out, he’d look at his kids with fear.
at least you know the detectors work, the response time of the fire crews, and your supervisor. go put your feet up or keep chaseing little brunehilda. whatever makes you happy.
huggles