Healthvues

We can differentiate the local TV news anchors by name. We’re developing accents. We don’t need the road map anymore. We know the TV channel line up by heart. The Walmart Greeter says “Hey Spike!” every time we go there. We washed the rental car. Our biggest thrill today was going through our mail from home and paying bills.

Boredom and waiting. Of course, we know that once we get “the call,” the pendulum swings the other way and the birds will sing again. The amazing thing to us is that these 18 days have really flown by - it’s hard to imagine we’ve been here almost 3 weeks already. Of course, we’ll be here for another 2 weeks once the baby is born, but that will be an entirely different story. We’re also reminded of all that can still go wrong and that nothing is a done deal until the 11th day (or close to it). There is a finite amount of time we’ll spend here - it’s just hard not knowing what that time will be yet. Like anyone, when you’re sick, discouraged and thrown out of your comfort zone, all you want to do is go home. We also miss our dog, Jersey, incredibly - we wish we could’ve brought her with us as she would be a huge comfort. But she’s apparently doing very well at Camp Smokey/Nancy. This will all be worth it. We’ve said it many times though - things could be a lot less comfortable - we could be spending this time in a Holiday Inn rather than the home-away-from-home we’ve found here.

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