Fast Running Mommy

Pretty good today. I didn't have any bladder pain..a few contractions. I've got 10 days left. I've never gone earlier than 5 and don't really plan on that. I went around the block and probably will from now on in case I get myself in trouble..then I won't have very far to walk home. :) 

I had a great run today. It felt so nice to be able to move my legs. Sasha said I didn't even look pregnant when he saw me as he was heading home. 

another good run. I ran into my most recent running partner..GeriAnn and was able to talk a little. She's in good shape and I'm so happy for her!

Good run again today. We've had a crazy week though. We found deadly nightshade growing in our front bushes. Well..it had been growing there but I didn't do anything with it because the flowers were so pretty. Then Sasha's mom says, "Oh I used to eat those sometimes when I was a kid..they are poisonous..they are related to the tomato." ding ding..my herb training went off..I know that plant but I'd never seen it in flowering form..just the deadly black berry form.  I looked it up on-line and sure enough...the dreaded deadly nightshade that I had been innocently and ignorantly admiring all summer.  We got the bushes and all of the yucky plant taken out right away. Then yesterday we got a letter from Provo city saying our side yard was in violation. When we got construction done last fall they left rocks and dirt on the side yard. Lots of people have rocks on the side on their yard and park there so I didn't think anything of it. Now I know that if you've had rocks as a parking place for several years..before they passed the new law..then it's okay. If it's new rocks and you want to park there ...or even if you pave it...they won't let you anymore. It's a beautiful example of cruel government...I get this letter yesterday...I'm 9 days away from having our 7th child and the letter gives me 14 days to get the landscaping fixed. Since Sasha is too busy to leave work I go down to their office..cry my eyes out..well I didn't really..but I did lose it for a second...and get a whole 14 days more.   They did say they will work will us if the landscaping crew has started the job but not finished because of scheduling difficulties....maybe the next few days will be calmer with no deadly plants in my yard or mean letters from Provo city. BTW...the deadly nightshade plant is potent enough that a single leaf is lethal to an adult..2-3 berries kill a child..8-10 an adult....seriously scary stuff...have a good one everybody!

I have had a pretty good week as far as running goes. I'm 39 weeks...and 1 day..6 more days. I think I'm past the freaking myself out point...thinking about the pain...and just hoping I have a couple more days to get everything ready. But I'm also ready to meet this child and already feeling the great love I will have for him..despite him being the fifth boy. In fact I think I may be allowed to experience more love for him than any of the others.  

I was also thinking about how the spirit and the body are joined together...at least that is what I believe as a Latter Day Saint. It seems so wonderful to think of his spirit coming to earth in only a few days....it truly is a miracle every time a baby is born.