It's almost noon here at the center of all things fishing nets. I'm taking a brief break to write a few thoughts on what's truly always on my mind.
This weather is ridiculous....
That's not what's on my mind, but really, it's insane. I was just imagining what it would have been like 200 years ago having a pregnant wife and trying to survive in this weather.
Angie and I both woke up this morning with sore backs. Hers from various pregnancy things, and mine from renovations. Instead of pioneering outside, shoveling, and cutting wood for a fire to keep my wife warm, I've spent the past week renovating our basement bedroom.
We have a lovely 4 bedroom bi-level in sunny Transcona. However, two bedrooms are up, and two are down. So when the big news came that a baby was enroute we had to sit down with the babies future big brother and chat about how comfortable he might be with a new bedroom. Lucky for us Jacob is a mature nearly 8 year old and was pretty excited to be moving to a big boy room.
Luckily in a bi-level like ours the basement is practically a main floor. 9 foot ceilings, big windows, lots of light, and the main selling feature.. "Can Bruce sleep in my room?".... sure, but not in your bed kid.
So, down to the spare bedroom I went to take a look at what was needed..... turns out pretty much everything. Flooring? Yup. Drywall? Yup. Paint? Yup.
This was pretty awesome for me. Not only was I going to become a father, but I was going to do the most manly thing I could think of, gut a room and rebuild it!!!
Now a week into this project my back hurts and I can't imagine going back to sanding drywall, but it has taken my mind off of the upcoming baby.
Both Angie and I are stuck in a kind of waiting game. We don't know the sex of the baby yet, and Angie has been out of work for a few months, so there really isn't anything to do except wait, and wait, and wait. We also hypothesize.
"If it's a girl we can get this bedding!" "If it's a boy we could get hand me downs.." but nothing is solid. So we wait.
This little project is great for keeping me busy. But at this rate the whole house will be redone before the baby arrives.....
I can't wait for gardening season.....
S
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