Runnels Rhapsody

Turning 30

So I turned 30 this week. I always like to ask my mom about the day I was born and never seem to tire of hearing the story. It was a Sunday morning. The doctor didn't make it to the small town hospital in time, so my dad and a nurse delivered me in the hallway between the labor and delivery rooms (back when those were 2 separate rooms instead of one like now). My dad has always said that it was one of neatest experiences of his life to be able to be there helping deliver me. When the doctor did show up, he was in his slippers!

My daughter also turned 4 this week. I'm always amazed at how quickly time can pass. Although those early days with a baby are so long, looking back it's hard to believe it's been 4 years. I'm sure my mom is saying the same thing - hard to believe it's been 30 years! I always recall C. S. Lewis saying that we know that God has set eternity in our hearts because of how none of us can really grasp the concept of time (how quick it goes, how slow it goes, how it slips away, etc). Time itself as a creation of God... hard to grasp, but how I long for the days of timelessness in heaven with Him!

I'm about 25 weeks along with my pregnancy. All is going well so far. At my next visit I'll have some blood work done - which I dread - and the glucose test for gestational diabetes. With only 15 weeks to go, I realize I've got some more things to get around for the baby - need to clean up the car seat and get that ready to use again, need to clean out the cradle that has become a catch-all in recent years of non-use. We continue to prep DD for the arrival of the baby, whom we believe is a boy. I purchased a baby boy doll for her and a few books about being a big sister. She's a great helper to me now, so I hope that will continue after the baby joins us.

My hubby is taking a week off of work to finish off our third bedroom. Once done, we'll move DD there and use her current room for the baby's nursery. Unfortunately, this has been one of the hottest weeks of the year in our area and this bedroom is upstairs with no venting yet. So it's sweltering and definitely in the 110s-120s up there. But he's been a trooper, working steadily away at it some each day.

I recently finished up one of my part-time jobs that I'd been doing from home since DD was born. It wasn't a major time commitment and the income was definitely a plus. But along with that comes the stress of the work and the pressure to find time to do the work on a regular basis. I wanted to be done before the baby comes. And the company was moving towards automating the processes I had been doing from home. So we agreed that July 31 would be the end of it. I do feel some freedom. And have enjoyed taking a few naps in recent days since I don't spend my DD's afternoon quiet time on the computer working.

That's the news from my life these days. With life being busy with keeping our home and taking care of DD and the baby on the way, I don't feel old... or even 30. I still feel like I'm in the early stages of life and parenting. Maybe 40 will hit me harder. The thought of having a teenager scares me to death now, but we grow up as our kids do so by the time we reach that stage of life, I'll be ready to handle it, I reckon... with the Lord's continued help.

Off to do some more living. I'll write again when I have some spare "time."

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09:47, 2007-Aug-8 .. Posted by Agsd7

~Happy 30th Birthday!~
...and ~Happy 4th Birthday!~ to your daughter.

Also, CONGRATS on your pregnancy! God bless you and your growing family. :)

~Peace

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10:00, 2007-Aug-8 .. Posted by Jonash2004

Hello! I'm happy to have found your blog. :)

Congrats on your pregnancy!!!! And Happy Birthday to you and your daughter!

Ashley

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07:20, 2007-Aug-9 .. Posted by Kitty

Happy Birthday to you and your big girl. I always thought I would have trouble with turning 30, to me meant the end of my youth some how. Well I too was pregnant for my third child on my 30th BD and was surprisingly calm. lol My mom and I laugh about how Zach (my ds that I was pg for at the time) saved my sanity even before he was born. Hormones, go figure. Well I have since turned 40 and just this last month 45. Im not looking forward to 50 tho, I wonder if I can have another baby, hhuuuuummmmm. LOL
Have a great week and a great Birthday.
Kitty