The Sweet Spot

2 weeks to go. This is it. When they give you your due date they say labor could start any time 2 weeks before or 2 weeks after that day. Now we are 2 weeks before D-Day. Commence pacing!

We have things for the “the bag” out and ready to be packed, except the bag is still in the basement (which, by the way, I cleaned up nicely a few weeks back. Not that the boy will be visiting it any time soon, but he can rest assured that the basement was in order at some point). I’d have it in the car already, but it’s going into the shop today for a tune up, and I just don’t like the idea of leaving it in the car while it’s being worked on. Because, you know, the bag will be so heavy that it would make it harder to lift the car to do the work.

We ordered an organic mattress over the weekend for the crib which will be here in about a week. Unlike the common mattresses available everywhere, organic mattresses are made out of sprouts and wheat germ. And instead of waterproof vinyl sprayed with fire-retardant chemicals, the outside is covered with a gigantic leaf of cabbage. We could have ordered the bok choy covering, but the cost of importing it from China wasn’t really worth it. And when Peter’s big enough for a proper bed, we can compost the mattress.

…So it’s about noon now. No call from the missus saying “it’s time.” Waiting bites.