The baby was kicking or punching or head-butting me hard last night. For the first time my hubby was able to put his hand on my belly and feel it. Before now the baby has been more fluttery or at least more internal about her movement. This was definitely more like right before the alien pops out of the body of Sigourney Weaver. It was pretty cool, though not necessarily totally pleasant for me. Of course I’m glad the little kadiddle is getting her exercise, but sheesh she’s a flailer!

The new house closed escrow. Today, we started tearing down wallpaper in the kitchen, put in a ceiling fan and had our new frig delivered. Fun!

I’ve been thinking that I don’t think (ponder, contemplate, etc.) like I used to when I lived in So. Cal. I mean, usually, I’d come across someone who would do something strange or mean or whatever and ponder the human condition. I do much less of that here. Probably because there are less people. Life is a bit different, more mellow up here. I’m more consistently happy. Is that a positive or a negative? I guess it depends on what terms you want to view it. So, right now my answer is I don’t know.

One thing I’m learning to like about this strange summer weather here in Washington is the sunshiny rain. Reminds me a bit of Hawaii.

And now that I’ve posted a bunch of nonsense, I’ll get back to things (and let you, who kept reading because you are quite determined, get back to your life as well).

There’s so much going on lately. I’ve finished up my first year of graduate school (Yay me!). We’re buying and closing escrow on a new house in about 5-8 days, and so we’ll be moving in to it very shortly. The ultrasound showed that the baby is “probably” a girl. No boy parts found, though the shy little thing had her (sticking with the female gender) legs crossed and tucked in, covering the genital area for the most part. And I’m still planning on going to England for a month from mid-July to mid-August to take a writing/literature course and do some traveling.

And now, my blog has got a pretty new look! (And more to come too!) I’ll be fixing up the left sidebar stuff soon, hopefully in a day or two.

So all of that said, I’ve been taking it easy for about a week now. But looking at that list, I’m a little intimidated by all there is to do. It’ll get done, even if I have to bribe someone to do it for me.