House, car, baby.

No, we’re not starting out all over again. Just another cosmic thing that they’re all happening at the same time, once more.

4th bedroom is nearly ready. They just need to install the door and window and paint it all up. We need to get the furnishings (IKEA, where else) and put them in place. The living room has become a lot smaller but the layout somehow still works. Can’t believe our 5-room flat now has four bedrooms! Even when we stop needing a helper next time, the fourth room will be a real bonus to have. Makes me even more reluctant to think about moving now that our place is so optimized.

Honda Edix is being processed. We’re waiting for the bank to approve the loan, the Ford Focus to be sold, and the Edix to get kitted up according to our specifications. Hopefully delivery will be mid March. It’s a little unnerving to be buying from a parallel importer, after hearing so many bad things about PIs in general. Horrors from our first-time car-buying experience come to mind, but I don’t think we could ever get it nearly as bad again.

Baby is growing: last checked 1.1 kg at 28 weeks, nice average size, and kicking lots now, mostly when I’m trying to go to sleep. 10 more weeks! We pray she’s normal and healthy, and a great nurser and sleeper to boot. Nothing seems quite real in this waiting time. It’s rather nice actually, to feel so remote from the usual annoyances. Oh they’re still there, but they’ve lost their effect, somehow. We’re just coasting along...