listening to: nothing.
jeesh! has it really been a whole month since i last wrote?!
valentine's came a day early for me. jon got off work earlier than i did on tuesday so he was able to get home before me. he's so cute. it was obvious he had something for me, although at the time i wasn't quite sure what that SOMETHING was. but i knew i was going to be given a surprise. what else was i supposed to think when he greets me at the door with one hand behind his back?
he presented me with a single rose. that may not seem all that special to everyone else, but when it's the VERY first flower he's ever given to me, it becomes pretty darn special. as well as making up for the fact that it's a rose because truthfully, i'm not a huge lover of roses. peonies and orchids are my absolute favorites. and he knows this too. but try getting a peony in hawai'i without having to hunt for it at the last minute. however, it was one of my favorites as far as roses go. white with pink edges.
he then immediately apologized for not getting more. he had wanted to give me six roses, one for every year we were together, but he could only fit the one in his backpack since he biked home.
actually, come to think of it. i stand corrected. this would be the second flower he's ever given me. but the first he's ever bought me. the only other time was when we very first got together and i was visiting o'ahu during summer vacation. a friend and i was picking him up from his house and he came out with a white rose for me. and then proceeded to explain that he had stolen it from a bouquet his mother had received earlier. :b
so i am officially on leave as of today. i'm only dilated to one and my doctor said i still could be working, but jon and i feel it's about time. it was becoming extremely difficult to be at work, mentally and physically. i can't seem to concentrate and all the leaning and bending over provokes my braxton-hick cramps. but i will be going in to work for two days next week to help out. one of our stores has a staffing problem. but that's what i get for not being able to say "no". oh well.
i should be spending my time resting and relaxing, but i'm planning to do some much needed cleaning around the house. there's tons of boxes that jon and i need to sort through and consolidate, organize or just plain get rid of. there's mountains of papers to file. and just clutter everywhere that needs to get dealt with. and not to mention just making sure that we have everything ready for the baby.
we have all the main items. carseat. stroller. and we also finally got the crib. jon's coworkers surprised us by all pitching in and buying us the one we wanted. well, almost the one we wanted. i blame it on jon. when he had told them that we had gotten our carseat and stroller, he also added that although he had wanted the red version, we had gotten green instead. well, it was the color i wanted. and isn't what i want most important? but, of course, when they got us the crib, they chose red. so now we have a green stroller and a red crib. i was really tempted to go back and exchange it for the green but when we got home jon excitedly brought it up to the apartment and began to set it up. like a little boy with a new toy. so i kept my mouth closed. i mean really, how was i supposed to complain now? and i really didn't want to seem ungrateful. but how am i supposed to match it with my tiny love toys now?!