Busy Busy

So far this is (and will continue to be) one of the busiest weeks this year so far. Steven and I are both playing different gigs tomorrow and our rehearsal times are all staggered and weird and it's just a little crazy! I have symphony all this week as well, plus trio this weekend. Next week brings yet more gigs (both trio and other free-lance stuff) and it ends up that I'll be working through to the very end of October after all. The gigs just keep popping up. Can't seem to turn them down! Got two more additional scheduled as of today.

It's weird how it seems like everything gets the busiest towards the end of every pregnancy. I can recall performing and playing lots of gigs in every pregnancy thus far during those last weeks. I've yet to have a baby during "off" season (May through August) for gigs. Why is that!? I must be nuts. Emily was the closest as our last concerts of the year are always just about the beginning of May and that was when she was born. Considering how awesomely social I am during the third trimester (not), I really don't know how I've managed it 4 times already and am going through a 5th.

As usual my pregnancy sensitivity is in overdrive about now. I'm a private person in general and prefer to keep a lot to myself, but it's magnified (isn't everything magnified) during pregnancy. People keep trying to get me to tell my due date or ask questions to try and figure it out. Or worse yet, they make guesses... I don't want to share it or even think about it myself! Almost no one knows it. Even Steven can't seem to remember it and he doesn't care that much! Why does not having a specific date in mind bother everyone else so much if even my baby's daddy doesn't mind not knowing!? November is good enough! Be grateful I'm telling what month it is. :-P It almost doesn't matter what anyone asks me, it is too private and too personal at this point. And when I get the feeling they are just trying to figure out details about when this baby might come, it seriously disturbs me to the core. Why are so many folks prying and nosy? And why do they get even more-so prying and nosy when one is pregnant?

Steven's birthday was this past Sunday which was 10-10-10. It was pretty much the most awesome date for a birthday ever! We were both pretty excited about it! When we first realized what date his birthday would land on this year we considered having a party or something to commemorate such a special date. But for one thing, we're really not party people at all and for another, I'm pretty much the opposite of a party person at the moment- so we just arranged to have a nice long leisurely date instead. It was perfect! One of our favorite babysitters happened to be available and came in the late afternoon so we had all evening to do whatever. We shopped a little, had a long dinner, went downtown and had ice cream while walking around the riverfront, and then took our time in a coffee cafe before heading home. It was probably the nicest and longest date we've had since Valentine's Day!

We're working on organizing all our free time/weekends into times to finish up projects and cross off a few items on our "to do before baby" lists. It'll be nice to get everything organized, clean, re-arranged, and ready for a new member of our family. How weird is that!? In a month (give or take as always), we'll have a new family member. Truly bizarre! We still have a lot to do, but I'm not too panicked (yet)... It'll get done in plenty of time I think. :) We're enjoying working on it together. We have a few fun new (!) things ready and put aside for the new baby. A couple of baby blankets that I made, a sweet Moses basket from Nana, and a couple of new baby outfits from my mom.

Well I better get ready for symphony. I just heard Steven walk in and I have to wear concert black tonight because our rehearsal will be filmed. (No, I don't know why.) So now would be a good chance to squeeze in a shower...