Olympics and the Weekend

Happy Friday!

In some ways, it seems like time has flown by in my little room...I can hardly believe it's been 12 days since I checked in.  In other ways, though, time continues to drag, and I don't like thinking about spending another 2 weeks in here.  A couple different people have encouraged me by saying that growing the baby is my only job right now, and as long as I am doing that, I should feel a sense of accomplishment.  I'm choosing to remember that advice when I procrastinate on my Master's work during the day :) 

One thing that helps pass the time is looking forward to visits.  I have had so many fun visitors this week who I have enjoyed talking to.  Many of them have even brought me lunch, dinner, or other little treats.  As cliche as it is for a pregnant woman to talk about food, those little treats really do make my day.  Yesterday I had an AMAZING salmon meal from Grille 26, and today was a repeat of Panera.  I feel so huge when I'm done eating, but it's all so good.  I've also gotten a few thoughtful gifts, like the devotional I mentioned, a soft blanket, new pajamas, a foot scrub, gift cards, a fun dress to wear when I "get out", as well as various flower arrangements and cards.  So THANK YOU to those who have come up and/or remembered me in some other way.  It truly does make things easier and helps to keep me from getting too down.

In other news, the Olympics start today!  I like to keep the TV on all the time because otherwise it's just too quiet in here...so I am very excited to have something interesting to watch 24/7.  Not that "A Baby Story" and "Selling London" aren't quality shows...but there's only so much TLC and HGTV one can watch in a day.

Jason and Harper come back up tonight, so I am of course looking forward to that as well.  It's nice to achieve some sense of normalcy as a family.  Some friends are coming to hang out Sat night, so it will be just like a weekend at home (except in one small room with an IV in my hand :). 

Oh, and yesterday I spent most of my afternoon teaching myself how to design a blog header.  I don't LOVE how it turned out, but it's not bad for my first attempt.  Crazy what you can accomplish when you have no distractions! 

Alright, no more random thoughts.  Go Team USA!