A quick succession of busy somethings

Lots going on and not much time to write about it leaves the impression that not much is happening around here. Not so. Quite the reverse.

* Last Friday we hired a babysitter for the very first time (as opposed to putting Jane in the nursery, or leaving her with friends) so we could attend a performance of Fiddler On The Roof at a small community theater about an hour and a half away. It was great fun to see, and the play was very well performed, though we were hard pressed not to compare it to our production last summer. As it happened, several other Fiddler alumni (among them, all three sons-in-law and the director herself) also attended this performance, so we had a jolly time discussing everything during intermission. We had seats on the very front row and enjoyed every minute of it, though it was after midnight before we got back.

* This weekend I will be working for my old company once again at their annual tent sale. I loved working there, and even though I actually worked there full-time for less than a year, still keep in touch with many of my former colleagues. They were all so helpful and supportive during my pregnancy, threw me a wonderful shower, and are always delighted to see Jane and me stop by. Except that it's been a few months since I've last visited, and I haven't happened to notice my latest news, so I think they're all going to be surprised when I show up this weekend sporting another baby belly.

* We still have not gotten into the habit of taking a weekly picture of us. This pregnancy is not going to be nearly as well documented as the last. But we already knew that successive children would never be photographed as much as Jane, so it's not as if we need to berate ourselves for falling down on the job. Good grief, they'll have older siblings to play with, blaze trails for them, and wear us down on rules for them, so I'm sure they'll be well rewarded for not getting such coverage on the photo department.

* I had another OB visit yesterday whereat I drank the nasty orange drink, and it really wasn't nearly as bad as I had been dreading. Either I had been building it up excessively in my memory, or chilling it first really helped. Still, I hope not to drink another one for a goodly long time.

* There is a new super Walmart opening just down the road from us tomorrow. Hurrah for local, convenient, and cheap supplies!

* It appears that we may be going abroad next year or the next, so I got Jane's passport photo taken last week and will take in the paperwork this week to apply. Maybe in five years, when this passport wears out, they'll have changed the rules back to allow smiling again. I am so glad I got my photo taken just before the rule change.

* The weather has taken an apparently irrevocable turn for the cooler, which is nice and cosy at this point. I'm still enamoured of fall colours and pumpkin-and-spice smells, and hope we can enjoy more crisp, cool, sunshiny weather and less cold, grey, drippy weather.