dogmom
06-16-2006, 11:30 AM
OK, I was 4 cm last Friday, got my membranes stripped, was miserable all weekend with on/off contractions, but still no baby. I got my appointment today, my due date, and I'm willing to bet that I'm at least 5 cm. When I do go into labor this kid is just going to fall out and I'm never go to make it into the hospital. (An hour away + the time to get someone here to watch my son.)
So since I'm obviously not sleeping through the night I'm up at 5 am vacuuming the carpet of all the dog hair that my sears vacuum never picks up anyway. Turns out the bag was full, changed that. The filter clogged, cleaned that. Then it still was sucking, or not sucking, worse than usual, and I figured out the belt snapped. Well, I sort of snapped, I've always hated this vacuum cleaner. So in a hormonal rage I wound up buying a Dyson Animal at Amazon that was factory reconditioned and $200 off the cheapest price I can get normally. My poor husband was assaulted with, "Can I spend an outrageous amount of money on a vacuum cleaner, which I know we can't afford, instead of just going and buying a new belt?" Wise man thought it was a very good idea first thing in a morning. So, I may not have a baby by Monday, but hopefully I will have clean carpets!
I'd put this in the bitch sesson, but this is actually to thank all of you for giving input in the past about the Dyson Vacuums. Because I've posted about getting one before and several of you swore it was the answer to pet hair and such. So now I feel completely justified in my hormonally driven purchase.
Jeanne
Mom to Harvey 1/16/03
Eve, EDC 6/16/06
So since I'm obviously not sleeping through the night I'm up at 5 am vacuuming the carpet of all the dog hair that my sears vacuum never picks up anyway. Turns out the bag was full, changed that. The filter clogged, cleaned that. Then it still was sucking, or not sucking, worse than usual, and I figured out the belt snapped. Well, I sort of snapped, I've always hated this vacuum cleaner. So in a hormonal rage I wound up buying a Dyson Animal at Amazon that was factory reconditioned and $200 off the cheapest price I can get normally. My poor husband was assaulted with, "Can I spend an outrageous amount of money on a vacuum cleaner, which I know we can't afford, instead of just going and buying a new belt?" Wise man thought it was a very good idea first thing in a morning. So, I may not have a baby by Monday, but hopefully I will have clean carpets!
I'd put this in the bitch sesson, but this is actually to thank all of you for giving input in the past about the Dyson Vacuums. Because I've posted about getting one before and several of you swore it was the answer to pet hair and such. So now I feel completely justified in my hormonally driven purchase.
Jeanne
Mom to Harvey 1/16/03
Eve, EDC 6/16/06