last saturday, bryan and i ran a few errands before heading to the hospital to tour the birthing center. we bought some chocolate covered caramel corn from the cute boy scouts outside of the ace hardware. we went for the big $15 can since it was chocolate covered, and that beat out caramel corn with pecans in bryan's book. :)
the hospital tour was nice. it looks a lot like a hotel, except with extra wide hallways and hospital beds. overall it looks pretty comfy and nice, though. the birthing suites are private and have a lot of amenities. there is also wireless internet access, which bryan was sure to check out as soon as we were in a room. ;)
we headed over to mom and dad's to meet up for the big pig gig in menomonee falls. talk about LAME. i'm glad we didn't pay admission or else i'd really be mad. there was a string of food vendors, mostly local places, though not all were really serving bbq (mozarella sticks? nachos?). the place with the longest line was not local, but they had lots of banners and trophies from events they had won, so we decided they must be the top choice. we must have stood in line for 35 minutes. as we got closer to the front, we determined it appeared to be because they were very inefficient, a suspiscion that was validated once we got up to order. bryan ordered the ribs ($10) and i ordered the brisket sandwich ($8). the idiot taking orders would then turn around and tell the other 2 guys. one guy was standing by the ribs, so he would slice the ribs. then he and the guy taking orders would stand there and watch the 3rd guy as he plated up my sandwich and the sides. holy freaking moly what a bunch of morons. there really was no way they could have been MORE inefficient. so, bryan and i each get our plates, which included beans and corn. my mom ordered the same sandwich i did, and was handed a foil wrapped sandwich. she was like, wait, my daughter got a plate with sides, what the hell is this (for $8)? the guy taking orders was like, oh you got sides? and then HE TOOK MY PLATE OUT OF MY HANDS AND THREW IT AWAY. i was shocked. everyone in front of us got a plate with sides when ordering a sandwich. at that point my mom and i decided there was no way in hell we were paying $8 for a freaking sandwich like that and demanded our money back. it took everything in my not to jump the counter and strangle the guy. the fact i can no longer jump probably helped. it was so freaking ridiculous i still don't know what to say. not only was the whole thing just plain idiotic, but you NEVER take food away from a hungry pregnant lady. NEVER EVER EVER. so the guy gave us our money back, which was actually tokens. i got extra tokens back, but he didn't count them when he pulled them out of the bucket so it wasn't on purpose. i'm pretty sure he couldn't count anyways. he wasn't counting any of the tokens anyone paid him in the first place. i was so tempted to throw dad and bryan's dirty plates at him when they were done, since he seemed to like throwing things away, but i managed to restrain myself from being a total asshole. it was difficult though.
there also did not seem to be a "competition line" of all the competitors, which was what we were really looking forward to. real bbq competitions are serious business, so we had really wanted to see one in action. we hurried to use up our last tokens and got out of there. it was a totally crappy event.
sunday, i had the house all to myself, as bryan and dad headed out to my dad's friend's house to watch football. i got some housework done, made coffee cake and 2 batches of cookies (chocolate chip, and chocolate with mini reeses peanut butter cups) to take along in the car ride for my work trip on monday, and took a nice long nap. it was a rather enjoyable afternoon.
monday, bryan dropped me off at the park & ride, where my coworkers and i were meeting to head out on our business trip. it was POURING rain, which sucked, but cleared up as we headed south. overall, the trip went as well as we had expected. the group i went with is lots of fun, so we had some laughs outside of the meetings at least. we nearly died about 324 times on the way back, since my manager drives like a total lunatic, but we did eventually make it safely back home last night around 7:30. bryan picked me up, and it sure was nice to be back home. oliver was pretty happy to be back home as well. i think he was missing his dad's voice, and he definitely wasn't thrilled with the change to his schedule. we would meet with the client from 8 - 4, work until dinner, then meet again after dinner until 9 or so. he is used to being home and having the luxury of stretching out as i lay on the couch around 4, so he was pretty upset when i was still sitting in a chair then. tuesday afternoon around 4 he started to throw a bit of a fit, and was jumping all around. it seems he got himself so worked up he then got the hiccups. so i had a jumping baby with hiccups in my belly for about 30 minutes. he finally calmed down once we got in the car to go to the hotel, but was pretty fitful all day yesterday as well until we got into the car to head home. he started jumping around a bit as soon as he heard bryan's voice (i think he was pretty happy to be near dad again), but was back to his normal routine by the time we got home.
i'm also extra glad to be back home and eating REAL FOOD. food on business trips is pretty crappy. the main choices are places like applebees, ruby tuesdays, and chilis (which are all the same). we did eat at flat top grill tuesday night for dinner, which is own of those create your own stir fry places. so that was kind of fun. but by dinner last night my taste buds were totally destroyed, and i didn't even want to eat dinner since IT IS ALL THE SAME CRAP EVERYWHERE. but ollie needs to eat and so i did. i can't wait to taste real vegetables again, and a sauce for my meat which isn't man made.
i also finally got the chance last weekend to take pictures of the nursery, so here they are:
i have a frame for hand and foot prints to hang above the dresser.
i hung the picture hannah painted of winnie the pooh above the changing table.
the corner where the swing is is where my rocker will go. the rocker is currently up in the bedroom, since he'll be sleeping up there in a cradle (the one my dad built for me before i was born) for the first month or two.
you'll notice the super cute curtains mom made here!
just another 4 1/2 weeks until that room is put to use!!! :) i can't believe how fast the time has gone, but we have had an abnormally busy year to keep us distracted. i'm keeping up hope that he'll come a little early, and i think with his love of a good schedule and his apparent dislike of being so cramped (at the moment he is trying to dislocate my left hip and remove my bottom right 2 ribs in his quest for more space) i may have a good chance. :)
i'm still pretty beat from the trip (all the working and car diding really took it out of me). too bad i can't slack since the next 4 days will be spent really drilling out these documents and estimates. i wish it were friday at least. it feels like it should be friday!!!! but before getting back to work... i need to go and check up on my celebrity goss. i haven't had a chance all week!
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