The waiting game and the considerate baby

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It’s becoming clearer as every day passes that this baby is in no hurry to make an appearance. As soon as 1 May arrived, I said to my belly:

It’s ok to come out now!

*silence*

I like to consider myself to be a pretty patient person, and by no means am I over being pregnant, I’ve just been hoping that the baby might have wanted to come and say hi a little bit earlier. I know that on average, first babies are notorious for being overdue. But recently I’ve heard of a few friends of friends, whose babies have arrived early (one of these girlies even had a due date after me!) I feel calm, relaxed, good and ready, which is why I am confused curious banging my head against the wall wondering why the baby is staying quiet.

Hello?

*silence*

Everyday I give myself a reason why the baby hasn’t arrived yet.

Yesterday the baby didn’t arrive because I still hadn’t finished picking up the last minute items needed for my hospital bag.

On the weekend the baby didn’t arrive because I HAD to go to the NKOTBSB concert was in town.

And last week the baby didn’t arrive because Maxi and Ralphi decided to do some last minute house renovations and smash crash through remove a window for some unknown reason.

Rather than feel bummed that the baby hasn’t arrived, I really should be more glass half full.

It was rather considerate that the baby didn’t arrive yesterday; otherwise I could not confidently say that I am finally packed. It was considerate that the baby didn’t arrive before the weekend otherwise I would not have been able to go to the NKOTBSB concert (and go back to being the high school groupie in me who LOVES the Backstreet Boys). And it was considerate that the baby didn’t arrive last week so that I could tend to the Maxi and Ralphi’s attempts at DIY.

So today, instead of thinking of a reason why the baby may or may not arrive today, I’m just going to sit back, relax and take in some sun (it’s 17 degrees today, but at least it’s not raining!)

xoxo Bronwyn

#23 Go without TV for a month

Today is 2 May 2012. So this means two things:

1. I am exactly 37 + 1 weeks into this pregnancy (eeeek!), and
2. I have finished #23 on my bucket list, no Stevie the TV for a month (woo hoo!)

The woo hoo may be a bit much, as my mum my dad my sister mr gasket many people have told me, a month without TV was too easy for me. For some reason, they seem to think that I should have done something more challenging, like going without my iPad for a month (ARE THEY CRAZY??!?!?!?)

But in my defence, I would actually have to agree (not much of a defence really) that going without TV has been very easy. Here are the reasons why:

• BROADBAND! I can get all the news, weather forecasts, gossip entertainment updates from the internet.
• I was organising an event, my baby shower, so I kept myself busy making the invites, the games, and the decorations.
• I would go shopping for dinner every day (although this is not a cost effective thing to do) so that I could leave the house for a couple of hours everyday.

However, I was really happy to discover a one big misconception about me and my TV consumption. Are you ready? Here it is:

Not watching TV does not make me more productive

Yep, I know, shocker isn't it?

I thought by not watching TV I would have more free time. But thi was not the case. I got the same amount of work done, regardless of whether the TV is on or not. Who knew?

But now it’s time for what I missed about TV. Quite simply, I missed that I missed out on watching stuff, including:

• Season 3 premier of Offspring. After the shocking revelation during the Season 2 final, I’ve been waiting months to see what happens in Season 3.
• The Voice blind auditions, especially the blind girl auditioning at the blind audition.
• Watching Toddlers and Tiara’s at my parents house (they have pay TV). I know this is not something I should have missed, but I find this show HILARIOUS, I love the obnoxious kids, and the catty parents, fun, fun, fun!

So I can officially mark off  #23 on my Mrs Bucket list:

#23 Go without TV for a month

Ahhh, that feels good. Now with only 17 weeks until I’m 30, and only marking off *gulp* two items, I need to get cracking! I have a few things ready for some of the items on my list, so watch this space!

xoxo Bronwyn