Friday, January 21, 2011

Due Date

Well, today is Lindora's due date.  We are all ready for this baby to arrive!  I went on line to find some natural ways to induce labor:
Accupressure
Pineapple
Castor oil
Squatting
Galloping (yes, galloping, and if you want to see some pregnant ladies in action, there is a video on you tube that you could watch, or you could just get a life)
Red raspberry leaf tea
Evening primrose oil
If any of you have any other ideas, we are open.

Yesterday after spending all morning on the phone with attorneys in two states, insurance companies, and health care workers, we have decided to take our chances at a cleaner hospital.  So that means wait until Lindora goes into labor (see above) and take her to the emergency room.  Jeff and I finally had some time to explore the neighborhood around lunchtime, so on a walk to the beach we ducked into a cute little diner.  We met Vicki and the gang, who all teared up when we told them about the adoption.  After amazing omelets and promises to be back soon, we cruised around the neighborhood.  San Pedro (pronounced Pee-dro, not Pay-dro, Mrs. Psky!) is really a cute town.  Not touristy or cheesy, but lots of nice homes and very little shopping or restaurants.  We are looking forward to the whale fiesta on the beach tomorrow!

We got permission from the attorney to buy Lindora a gift card to Wal Mart so she could buy some more furniture for her apartment.  Now I did not know this, but you cannot buy a gift card with a credit card.  And if you have a First Bank debit card, it runs through as a credit card, and that doesn't work either.  And if you wanted to pay with a check, well they won't let you do that either.  So if you wanted to go to an ATM, you'd better pray it works.  Tears don't help much in this situation, just so you know.  Oh, and it's also a good thing to remember your pin number, if you haven't used your ATM card in, oh, say, 2 years?

Then it was furniture building time.  Let me tell you, Lindora's 17 month old, Dylan, is maybe the cutest kid I have ever been around.  And he gets into everything he's not supposed to.  You can't get mad at him because he just grins at you and you just have to let him get away with murder.  He's that precious.  When he gets frustrated, he gets this look on his face that reminds me of our chihuahua Fernando.  I call it "Fernando face"- nose wrinkled and teeth showing.  And I can't say enough about how sweet and polite Dwaun is.  So, by 9 PM, we left Lindora's apartment better than when we arrived.

Again, I am exhausted- is it the sea level air?  Too much oxygen?  I'll write about today on tomorrow's blog.  Stay tuned for the description of an 9-hour long doctor's visit for a pelvic exam and ultrasound.  Remind me never to go on medicaid.  Gotta get some rest for the whale fiesta tomorrow!

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