As a lucky benefit of Chris' job, we receive all the free cable programming we could ever want, let alone need. Between every premium channel and all the on-demand programs at our fingertips, there is utterly nothing appealing on tonight. I am too tired to actually go out anywhere, so after a mindless hour of channel surfing, I am on the internet because I am too tired to knit, but not tired enough to try to sleep.
Chris built the baby's crib today. His room is shaping up nicely. I need to get to work on some art work I've been planning to do. I want to paint, but I need to do so outside and it has been too hot and humid for me. I have two months of pregnancy left, so time is flying by. We started talking names today, but it is just too overwhelming to me to be responsible for a human's identity for the rest of his life. I am hoping he'll enter the world, look at me, and his name will pop out at me. If not, we have about 9 weeks to figure it out! (and I don't think it will be Bam-bam, Denise, but we'll keep it in the running!)
I am working on a little winter hat for unnamed baby boy using Kim's hat pattern from Last Minute Knitted Gifts. I LOVE that pattern book. I think I've knit more patterns out of that book than any other knitting book I own. 
I am going to add little side flaps and a tie to it when it is done. It will match the feather and fan blanket I made, since I had a lot of that yarn left.
A few years ago I bought and planted a white phlox plant from a local nature center--I believe it was considered a native plant. Every year it grows larger and larger. This year it is almost too tall and is easily visible from inside the family room, as it grows outside our side window. For the past two days, while in a mildly vegetative pregnant state on the sofa, I've watched a goldfinch visit, play and eat off the phlox. Today he was staring into our window for a while. I did my best to photograph him without startling him. The screen distorted the photos a bit, but they came out well anyway. 
In all my excitement to get HP 7, I am still in the middle of re-reading HP 6. I read it so long ago that I decided to re-read to get all the characters straight. Of course it is taking me forever to re-read it because by the time I get to reading at night I am too tired to get through more than a few pages. It is pathetic! I am trying hard not to read any spoilers about the last book and my co-workers have been very respectful to talk about it when I am not around. Maybe tomorrow...
I had yet another ultrasound on Friday and got to see the growth of the baby. He is up to an estimated four pounds at 31 weeks. He is extremely active and has been enjoying head-butting my bladder and kicking/punching my insides quite regularly. Let's say the reason I am so tired is because I rarely sleep un-interrupted for more than two hours at a time. I thought that was only supposed to start after he was born, but I guess he is just getting me ready for the future. Working doesn't help, since by mid-day I fall asleep at my desk, hoping no one walks into my office and notices. I am trying to work up until my due date to save all my time for my leave after his birth--stretching my pay into the holiday season. I have an excessive amount of sick and vacation time accrued, some of which I will loose if I don't use it, so I am trying to figure out how to take a few days off here and there. Hopefully one of those days will have cooler, less humid weather so I can get my painting done!
Happy weekend!
