things come together

I haven't been writing lately because it seems like things move slower than molasses and I don't have any definitives (sadly). Plus, how can one be witty and clever about no subject matter?

I thought about writing about insomnia and how I could understand how Elvis got on the downers and then uppers train. Insomnia is very disruptive. I haven't succumbed to any illusions of drug assistance--I hate taking vitamins even and I never even take asprin--so it's hard for me to jump to the hard stuff. Also--when you're pregnant, you can't really have any drug assistance for anything--even if you have a cold. So that's not a solution. Consequently I have days when all I do is sleep and then other days when I'm wide awake and super energetic for what seems like more then 24 hours. Weird. Friends have said they had insomnia too during their pregnancies. So I guess it's common?

In other news, I have NO appetite whatsoever--which is also weird and I feel the baby kicking all the time. So that's good.
We are going to a pre-natal appointment on Wednesday--which should be pretty routine.

But today, it feels like things are picking up. After 2 weeks of take-out every day and night--ICK! while we were updating our kitchen-today we got our new granite countertops--and Wednesday our plumbing will be back up and running. Hopefully being able to cook normally will help my appetite.

All we have left to do now is touch up paint around the house. So our staging and remodeling projects are winding down. More pictures very soon!

And I got move quotes today. I thought we'd be paying DOUBLE what the quotes actually were, so that was a pleasant surprise. That never happens! So--it looks like we will actually leave Seattle on May 1st now--regardless of whether Dave has a job offer or not. We want to go as soon as possible to get settled in and all set up with new baby doctors and stuff.

We expect to finish our cross-country adventure and be in DC around May 15th. Then we will fly back to pick up my mom, (she's legally blind and on oxygen) and sign our sales papers for the Redmond condo. We have lots of options for temporary housing once we get to DC and then once we buy something we'll have the movers deliver our stuff. So many steps!

It's staying light out until after 7:00 pm these days. And the weather here is beautiful.

We miss you! Email us at schleiferkin@gmail.com.