You won't believe this.

[Aubrey]

So dh was going to preach his 1st sermon at his parents' church tonight. I really wanted to go, but hadn't decided for sure because it's an hr away, there's no nursery for the dc, & I'd have to get dressed. In clothes that fit. And are not pj's.

 

Then dh pointed out that today was supposed to be the hottest day so far this summer. He had to leave at 3PM, right around the time our apt becomes unbearable. So that decided it. I put on my one decent outfit that still covers everything, a big, fake smile, & went.

 

(I've noticed that if you clench your teeth hard enough while fake smiling, things start to look pretty funny, & people seem friendlier, so I was holding that face at least until the car cooled off. The fact that we were on empty & immediately had to kill the a/c was fine.)

 

Anyway, we get to the church, & guess what? Since we're the first ones there, there's no air. His parents met us there, though, & turned it on in the sanctuary, so it was...at least as cool as our apt while the band was rehearsing. (Dh was also playing w/ them.)

 

But once dh started preaching, & baby started screaming, "Dada!!!!" I was out in the foyer. :lol: The irony of having escaped our barely a/c'd apt to stand in a totally UNa/c'd foyer w/ an active baby & unentertained dc did not escape me. By the time we left, my ankles were the size of my knees.

 

Now, I'd gone on the condition that when it was over, we. go. home. IMMEDIATELY. Before anyone has a chance to say anything untoward, etc. W/out going to a restaurant together, where the chairs are like torture devices, created to make ankles swell.

 

But the dc had had to be quiet & good for 2hrs. They'd seen their grparents but not gotten to play w/ them, really. And dh was glowing w/ excitement & pride. So...I suggested we stay. Meet his parents for dinner.

 

We were headed to their house when they called back to change the plans. They got home to find that

 

THEY HAD NO AIR!!!!!!!!!!

 

:smilielol5::smilielol5::smilielol5::smilielol5:

 

Do you think I"m being followed?

 

Anyway, thr a series of changes in plans (to which I applied aforementioned gritty-teeth smile), we ended up at his aunt & uncle's house w/ the WHOLE fam. Which is fine. I like his fam.

 

So we're sitting around the table chatting, & it's dwindled to just dh, mil, aunt, & me, & mil is going on & on about how men think, & dh is cracking me up w/ his patience, & we're joking.

 

Anyway, dh misunderstands something I say, & retorts (jokingly): "Are you calling me fat?"

 

Aunt pipes up, "No, Aubrey can't call ANYBODY fat right now!"

 

The table went DEAD silent. I burst out laughing until I cried. Aunt started stuttering & back-tracking as fast as she could while dh started doing damage control, but I hafta tell ya. It was just funny. I don't know what it is. Pg just brings it out in people. :lol:

[Amy in Orlando]

:grouphug:You poor thing! I'm glad you're keeping your sense of humor. :grouphug:

[JennifersLost]

Maybe we could meet on a planet far, far away? Where there are no other people at all, 'cause I'm telling you - I'm about to laugh until I cry and KEEP crying, myself.

 

Aubrey - here's a big hug and a tissue and a shared laugh. I nominate you for sainthood.

[WTMindy]

So dh was going to preach his 1st sermon at his parents' church tonight. I really wanted to go, but hadn't decided for sure because it's an hr away, there's no nursery for the dc, & I'd have to get dressed. In clothes that fit. And are not pj's.

 

Then dh pointed out that today was supposed to be the hottest day so far this summer. He had to leave at 3PM, right around the time our apt becomes unbearable. So that decided it. I put on my one decent outfit that still covers everything, a big, fake smile, & went.

 

(I've noticed that if you clench your teeth hard enough while fake smiling, things start to look pretty funny, & people seem friendlier, so I was holding that face at least until the car cooled off. The fact that we were on empty & immediately had to kill the a/c was fine.)

 

Anyway, we get to the church, & guess what? Since we're the first ones there, there's no air. His parents met us there, though, & turned it on in the sanctuary, so it was...at least as cool as our apt while the band was rehearsing. (Dh was also playing w/ them.)

 

But once dh started preaching, & baby started screaming, "Dada!!!!" I was out in the foyer. :lol: The irony of having escaped our barely a/c'd apt to stand in a totally UNa/c'd foyer w/ an active baby & unentertained dc did not escape me. By the time we left, my ankles were the size of my knees.

 

Now, I'd gone on the condition that when it was over, we. go. home. IMMEDIATELY. Before anyone has a chance to say anything untoward, etc. W/out going to a restaurant together, where the chairs are like torture devices, created to make ankles swell.

 

But the dc had had to be quiet & good for 2hrs. They'd seen their grparents but not gotten to play w/ them, really. And dh was glowing w/ excitement & pride. So...I suggested we stay. Meet his parents for dinner.

 

We were headed to their house when they called back to change the plans. They got home to find that

 

THEY HAD NO AIR!!!!!!!!!!

 

:smilielol5::smilielol5::smilielol5::smilielol5:

 

Do you think I"m being followed?

 

Anyway, thr a series of changes in plans (to which I applied aforementioned gritty-teeth smile), we ended up at his aunt & uncle's house w/ the WHOLE fam. Which is fine. I like his fam.

 

So we're sitting around the table chatting, & it's dwindled to just dh, mil, aunt, & me, & mil is going on & on about how men think, & dh is cracking me up w/ his patience, & we're joking.

 

Anyway, dh misunderstands something I say, & retorts (jokingly): "Are you calling me fat?"

 

Aunt pipes up, "No, Aubrey can't call ANYBODY fat right now!"

 

The table went DEAD silent. I burst out laughing until I cried. Aunt started stuttering & back-tracking as fast as she could while dh started doing damage control, but I hafta tell ya. It was just funny. I don't know what it is. Pg just brings it out in people. :lol:

 

You should have just cried! That would have shown them all!! :001_smile:

[kailuamom]

Oh, my! Auntie had some serious back-pedaling to do! I just can't believe all you went through today -- so pregnant! (aren't you due like any minute now??) -- and you still have a sense of humor about it all. Good for you!

 

If your baby comes early, he or she may have my b-day (tomorrow!). :D

 

Hope you stay cool (as cool as you can!)!

[newlifemom]

I just keep praying for you. That is all I can do. I would gladly share my a/c and even family, who I promise will sit quietly and laugh at your jokes, if I could. Oh well, keep your chin and your feet up.

[Pamela H in Texas]

Aubrey,

 

Are you having the baby in a hospital? or birthing center? This is one of those times I hope your answer is yes! Then you'll have A/C for a day (any hope they'll get your apt fixed PROPERLY by the time baby is ready to come home?).

 

BTW, Tyler (my 13yo) was disappointed y'all didn't come this way this weekend. Isn't that sweet?!

[Margo out of lurking]

I was waiting for you to say that the person who called you names today showed up at the service.

 

Whew!

[Aubrey]

Aubrey,

 

Are you having the baby in a hospital? or birthing center? This is one of those times I hope your answer is yes! Then you'll have A/C for a day (any hope they'll get your apt fixed PROPERLY by the time baby is ready to come home?).

 

BTW, Tyler (my 13yo) was disappointed y'all didn't come this way this weekend. Isn't that sweet?!

 

No, this will be our 1st home birth. A/c fixed by then? Well...I guess that depends, lol. I have girls on Mondays, boys on Thursdays, & don't go overdue. So this one will either be tomorrow or Thurs. Right?

 

(See, I checked all of our bDAYS, & dds & I were all born on Mondays; dh & ds were on Thursdays, so I figure it's tradition. But we don't know baby's gender. We think it's a boy.

 

(And why the sliding scale for due date? Parenthood.com or somebody gave me 8/5 for the dd, but mw on the first appt said, "August s..." when I asked if we could SAY the 8th, because 8/8/08 would be a cool bday. Now she won't go back & change it or even check it. :glare: So I'm due sometime between 8/5 & 8/8. :001_huh: I expect a baby by Friday. No, let me rephrase. I expect to be unpg by Friday. The baby that comes w/ that always surprises me. :w00t:)

[DIY-DY]

Are you having the baby in a hospital? or birthing center? This is one of those times I hope your answer is yes! Then you'll have A/C for a day (any hope they'll get your apt fixed PROPERLY by the time baby is ready to come home?).

 

You're homebirthing, aren't you, Aubrey? You can always haul yourself down to the housing office and let them know, in your sweetest, "Gee, I hate to have to do this to you" voice, that if your a/c isn't repaired properly by the time labor starts, you'll be having the baby right... about... (scan the office for a fairly expensive piece of furniture and then point at it) THERE! Circle your due date on somebody's desk calendar, let them know that you'll need a place to keep snacks and that they may want to have the trash cans emptied because it's quite messy, and then smile and laugh your way back to the apartment. I'll bet the maintenance guys get there before you do!

 

Congratulations to hubby on his first sermon! And BIG HUGS to you for rolling with the punches today. Again. And again. And again. Sometimes a sense of humor is all that keeps us from coming apart at the seams, isn't it?

Dy

[sunshine]

:lol:Yall are cracking me up!!!

[Philothea]

I've just come from the couch, where I was elevating my swollen ankles, to co-miserate. :)

 

There.

 

Back to swelling, and elevating for the next two? weeks.

[Sharon in SC]

Oh, Aubrey. Your story reminds of my trip to homeschool convention last year. At that point we'd been in almost a year of our renovation nightmare (which is now two years and counting!) and I was *greatly* looking forward to my annual personal retreat to get away from it all to include hammers, sawdust, no working anything, etc. Long story short - I arrive at the hotel to check in and, you guessed it, they were in MAJOR renovation upheaval. I had workmen attempting to enter my room unannounced 'cause they did not realize my room was occupied (thought it was still under renovation), no trash emptied 'cause the maids thought my room was unoccupied, well, you get the picture. Needless to say - I just had to laugh. I told the Lord I couldn't wait 'til we got back on an even keel so I could do a word study on RENOVATION.

 

I feel your pain. Hope you get relief from the heat and thankful your baby will be born right when God, the Creator of the ends of this earth, ordain it! :-D

[sleepy]

You're homebirthing, aren't you, Aubrey? You can always haul yourself down to the housing office and let them know, in your sweetest, "Gee, I hate to have to do this to you" voice, that if your a/c isn't repaired properly by the time labor starts, you'll be having the baby right... about... (scan the office for a fairly expensive piece of furniture and then point at it) THERE! Circle your due date on somebody's desk calendar, let them know that you'll need a place to keep snacks and that they may want to have the trash cans emptied because it's quite messy, and then smile and laugh your way back to the apartment. I'll bet the maintenance guys get there before you do!

 

Dy

 

:iagree: I vote for Dy's plan! :001_smile:

[sleepy]

Oh Aubrey, I really feel for you. When I was pg with my youngest our ac went out and it was just miserable. We finally got a big old replacement (used) ac wall unit to install literally a day or two before she was born. Dh was out of town, so I had to help my mother move the thing out of her truck and into our house :001_huh:. Fun times.

 

Hope you're feelin' the cool air soon. :001_smile:

[Karen sn]

Well that was certainly good for a laugh!

And I thank you for it!

 

I know what ya mean about the swelling.

My feet and ankles were so swollen this last week. So I came to visit my mom - drink a ton of her reverse osmosis water - elevate my feet....and Voila! This morning I look almost normal.

 

I will miss her water as much as I miss her! (She's only an hour and a half away).

 

And the A/C....ours is broke (slumlord is an idiot) and I am in Florida. I take cold showers every day! I just get in and rinse off once in the middle of the day to survive - and once at night to wash and get rid of all the sweat smell, oil, nastiness of life in South Florida with no A/C!

 

I never needed A/C before.....but an extra 30 pounds makes one HOT!

[Quiver0f10]

 

Anyway, dh misunderstands something I say, & retorts (jokingly): "Are you calling me fat?"

 

Aunt pipes up, "No, Aubrey can't call ANYBODY fat right now!"

 

The table went DEAD silent. I burst out laughing until I cried. Aunt started stuttering & back-tracking as fast as she could while dh started doing damage control, but I hafta tell ya. It was just funny. I don't know what it is. Pg just brings it out in people. :lol:

 

:lol: What a riot!