Michael has quite a few days off work for the Thanksgiving weekend, so our goal has been to spend as much time as possible over at the Monroe house to make good progress on our projects there. But somehow, we just aren’t moving as diligently as I would like. Thing is, I can’t blame anyone other than myself. Both yesterday morning and this morning I have managed to con the family into letting me take a morning nap before heading to work on the other house. What a luxury to have Michael here so I can catch up on some of the sleep I miss through the night. I can’t figure out why I have to get up so many times in the night to potty, and why my nose and throat is so dry at night, yet my daytime naps are so peaceful and without those same discomforts.

When we finally headed to the Monroe house today, I was well-rested and ready to work. I finished getting some areas ready to paint, and then Michael and I worked on getting the kitchen ceiling “mudded” all the way. Now it just needs to dry so we can do the successive coats of mud. I sincerely hope that things will move along quickly. I have such a limited time left to work on the house before our baby comes. One consolation is that perhaps my focus on the house project will help me to endure more patiently these last days of being uncomfortably pregnant. And if nothing else, the next two weeks should be very interesting.