Bring on the 'roids

The shot I received at the doctor's office yesterday afternoon was a combination of short acting and fast acting steroids.  It was supposed to begin working quickly and last up to 3 days.  Perfect.  I try to avoid steroids because I always gain wait and I tend to get weepy. 

Last night I'm sitting on the couch and I get this overwhelming feeling to munch.  I tried some yogurt and then an apple.  No go.  So at 9:15 pm, I'm hauling myself to the nearest CVS while wearing my jammies.  I tried to convince myself I was just there to pick up some dressings (since the elbow was draining I didn't want it getting on my clothes or couch), but I knew the real reason I was there: sour worms.  That's right.  And while in the checkout I grabbed a bar of dark Dove chocolate--just in case.  The dove made it through the night, but I'm afraid the worms were exterminated shortly after I returned home.  Laura--I thought of my resolve and realized I had met my match with the steroids.  I'm hoping today is a better day.  On the positive side, I have LOTS of nervous energy.  I only slept a few hours and I was up and cleaning.  Yippee!

Now that I am #4 (in my mind I keep thinking I'm actually lower than that for some reason) I have started thinking about a nursery.  I actually bought the paint for the room in early '07 when I bought paint for my daughter's room.  My daughter's room is done, except for the mural I want on the wall.  My son's room, well, I haven't even started.  I haven't even painted.  My hope is to do a jungle theme and fill the room with lots of jungle type stuffed animals.  I think I will wait until I am officially matched before having friends and family over to help.  I say help, because the oak desk in here is too heavy for two women to carry (my mom and I struggled to move it when I moved in--and she is incredibly strong).  I will need someone to build me a desk in my living room and I have just the nook for it. 

It's amazing, when I look back at the last two years things have fallen into place so wonderfully.  When I bought my house two years and two weeks ago, people asked why a single girl needed a 3 bedroom/2 bath house with a huge living room.  The only thing I could say is "if you buy it they will come".  Somehow, I knew God was going to fill my house with kids.  I just didn't know when that would happen.  I knew the corner of the living room that I wanted the desk built into, I started planning (in my mind, not in check book) for an extension onto the back of the house.  I didn't want to cut down some of the good climbing trees in the backyard because I thought the kids would enjoy them.  It's exciting to think of what might be around the next corner!