Atomictumor

The cats have missed us
We brought them treats to make up
For being away

We have come back home
To find that we have received
No important mail

Extremely bad pain
Issues from my rear right tooth
A third root canal?

Roofus and Patches
Have chosen to stay behind
Sleepless nights ahead

Thomas Dopplebock
Delicious Left-Hand Milk Stout
Duck-Rabbit Porter

Yesterday marked the 20^th week of pregnancy – the official half-way point.  Thankfully, morning sickness ended a month or so ago, as did the frustrating first-trimester exhaustion.  Right now, it’s smooth sailing.

I’ve started showing a little, and am finding that maternity shirts are becoming the preferred attire.  The switch from regular to maternity clothes inevitably makes me look more pregnant than I am, though, just from the huge amounts of fabric that are needed for these big belly garments.

I’ve settled on a name I like and am relatively sure that Bos likes it, too.  NewBaby is wiggly.

Ice cream has become a nightly necessity.  Currently we’re working on a tub of Edy’s low-fat raspberry royale, which is actually quite good.

***

Anyone who knows me well knows that I’m an obsessive-compulsive planner.  If you don’t know me, just ask Bos, who grew increasingly frustrated at me yesterday for planning my own birthday surprise.

Anyway, this week I began a new planning project:  The Cemestos Gardens 20-Year Plan.  Basically, it’s a chart of the next 20 years, with information such as when which kid will be in what school and the estimated times our long-term debts will be paid off.  It was a lot of fun to create, and despite the fact that I know nothing is set in stone, I think it will be very helpful.

It also provides interesting tidbits about our future:

• If we continue on the same payment plan we are currently on, Bos’ school loans will be paid off the year that October graduates college herself.
• The earliest we can even consider moving to a bigger house is 2009, but financially speaking, it could be as far off as 2012.  Six people and 1 bathroom for the next 6 years….greatttttttttttttt.
• The kids will all be exactly 3 grades apart.
• The 2016-2017 school year will see all four kids in different schools:  October at her first year in college, Spotz in high school, Lugnut in middle school, and NewBaby in elementary school.
• October will graduate high school exactly 20 years after I graduated high school.
• NewBaby will graduate high school in 2025, and I will be 48 years old.  Bos will be pushing 50.