Unseasonal and Absent

Last post I apologised profusely about being a terrible blogger and being away for a week and now look, I have gone and been away for over two! Well I am still sat here complete with bump and thought an update might be in order. After my last post we went for the next scan and found that my amniotic fluid level had only slightly dropped and therefore the waiting game was to be played out once more. I have spent the last two weeks mooching around and generally feeling rather strange, as we were built up to anticipate this baby's arrival and then suddenly it was all whipped away and we were waiting once again. The latest is that I have another scan tomorrow to check fluid levels once more and check babies growth, heartbeat and movement etc. Then we have an appointment with the consultant doctor to determine the next step as I will be 38 weeks and 3 days tomorrow. There really isn't long left to wait now I hope!

So I thought a more fun way of setting the scene over here at the moment was to have another go at a little quiz I posted way back in my first few months of blogging in 2009 here. I hope that you are all well and I know I have been a terrible blogger in terms of visiting your blogs too, so hope to have time at the weekend to catch up with you all. Thank you so very much for all your supportive comments on my last post and fingers crossed I will have 'tinydaisy' pictures to share with you very soon!

Right now:

Outside my window...a rather damp Autumn day but we still need some cooler temperatures - 19C in October is just not right!

I am thinking...about when this little one is going to make his/her appearance.

I am thankful for...so many things right now. I am especially thankful to know that everything is ready for little ones arrival and for a Thanksgiving card which adorns my kitchen dresser reminding me of friendship.

In the kitchen...fabric samples are stuck to the tiles for the blinds we are finally ordering after over 7 years of living in this house! About time I hear you say!

I am wearing...anything comfortable (usually my husbands clothes right now)

I am creating...Christmas lists in my head (do you have your organiser printed yet?)

I am going...to enjoy my shopping treat from Waitrose today - butterscotch and pecan yum yum anyone?

I am reading...What to Expect When You Are Expecting - still! I should make that re-reading actually.

I am watching...Parenthood, anyone else a huge fan? This weeks episode has to be one of the very best. 

I am hoping...that my body decides to begin this whole labour malarkey on its own very soon.

I am hearing...peace and quiet. It is all I seem to want at the moment, which is quite unlike me as I usually like some music playing.

Around the house...is all tidy and reasonably organised. I feel at peace with what isn't tidy or cleaned - baby isn't aware the windows need cleaning right?

One of my favourite things...is sitting for a minute or two in the Nursery and looking around imagining life in a few weeks time.

A few plans for the rest of the week...resting, relaxing, napping and another hospital trip and dare I say it - a trip to the labour ward!

A picture to share...here are a few from the garden I have taken recently. Things are finally changing colour and leaves are falling but I had a few revivals with the unseasonal warm weather we have had. The rose re-flowered which has never happened before, a lone late sunflower bloomed and I delighted in discovering the reappearance of some ox-eye daisies around the pond.

Would love to hear your answers to some of these questions right now, why not drop one of your answers in my comments...