10:00 p.m.
Me: *yawn* I am so tired. I think I'll go to bed.
Kristin: Wait! I want to change the sheets first.
Me: Okay, you want help?
Kristin: No, it'll just take a minute.
10:30 p.m.
Me: Almost done in there?...hello?
I walk into the bedroom to find the mattress and boxspring off the bed and Kristin sweeping under the bed.
Me: What are you doing?
Kristin: I figured I'd hurry and clean under the bed.
Me: Obviously. I'm really tired. How much longer?
Kristin: Just a few minutes. You can take a nap on the couch.
11:00 p.m.
Me: How's it going in there?
Kristin: Almost done. I just want to dust and clean off the dresser and finish making the bed.
Me: Mmhm.
11:30 p.m.
Kristin: I'm done!
A couple of days later:
Kristin: What do you want me to do?
Me: Can you clean off the table?
Kristin: Sure. I'm going to clean the bathroom first, though.
Me: Ok.
An hour later:
Kristin: Why does cleaning such a small room take so much time?
Me: I have no idea. But when you're done can you clean off the table?
Kristin: Sure!
An hour later:
Me: How's the table coming?
Kristin: I'm working on the living room first.
I walk into the living room to find the rug rolled up and placed in the corner, the couch pulled out, and all the cushions stacked nearby.
Me: What are you doing?
Kristin: I thought we should probably clean behind the couch.
Me: I see.
Kristin: What are you working on?
Me: I was working in the kitchen...I guess I'll clean off the table next.
Since then Kristin has tackled the front closet, hall closet, and nursery closet and washed all of Baby Blueberry's clothes and organized them. She definitely has the nesting bug.
As for me? I want to have the bug, I have lists made - clean out all the cupboards in the kitchen, go through the pile of papers that have been sitting there for weeks, organize the filing cabinet, finish the other closets, organize the nursery etc, etc, etc. The problem is that everything takes twice as long as it used to, and I have to sit down and rest after each task because I'm just so darn tired...which means I have a lot less time in the day to get everything done (good preparation for motherhood, eh?).
One thing I have decided I can actually do is cook. A lot of people have mentioned that one of the hardest things to do after the baby is born is to cook and prepare meals. So I have decided that each week I will make double of one or two of our meals and freeze the extra. That way we'll have lots of meals ready to heat and eat once Blueberry arrives. I made my first "double meal" tonight - corn chowder! It didn't take any extra time and just like that we had dinner for tonight and tomorrow as well as two meals in the freezer all ready to go! Easy peesy!...of course after I finished cooking I had to sit down and rest for an hour. I guess I'll leave the real nesting to Kristin. Carry on, mama bear, carry on.
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