Once again, it's been a rather long time since I've posted.

Craziness has ensued in our house, as I try to get ready for baby Ivan to show up. It's hard to believe that he's due next Friday! It seems like everyone around me is trying to get pregnant, already pregnant, or just had a baby. I was the first out of all of my "friends" back home to get married, and then surprise! There's a baby on the way!

Fort Lewis life is...boring. I don't have a job, and won't get one anytime soon- seeing as we have a baby due in less than two weeks. When we first moved up here I hooked up with a group in our neighborhood for military spouses, and didn't fit in at all. I felt like I was in highschool again.
I met a couple of people on and right off of post, and those "friendships" fell apart super fast- just like in highschool, or just like when I moved across the country. I tried to keep in touch, but over time it really became pointless.

I get along so much better with the guys that Luke works with, than I do people my own age. Yes, I'm young and married with a kid on the way. Yes, I hide who I really am, in order to make it seem like I'm happy and normal...but I'm really not. I want to have friends. I don't want to have to sit at home alone day after day after day. Making friends has always been so hard for me that I've finally given in and given up.

I can't wait until Ivan is here. I can't wait until my wonderful husband and I have a month of being together, with our new baby, and our crazy dog. I can't wait to really be a family.

4 weeks left!

It's been almost a month since I've written, as I was so lovingly reminded by Luke last night.

4 more weeks until baby Ivan's due date. Part of me hopes that he comes early, just so that I'm not completely miserable with the heat..but the other part of me knows that he'll be just as miserable as I am, so he might as well stay in there where he's comfy for a few more weeks.

In 2 weeks there's a Red Sox game, which I'm really hoping that we can go to. I didn't get Luke much for his birthday, as I was planning on going to a few of the games while they're in town- as sort of a last shindig for us before we're a family of 3!

He rushed out of the house this morning at...545. The gig wasn't until later, but then it got changed to 615..and we live almost an hour away. Lovely. Just freaking lovely.

Good news: I have almost everything done for the baby! Still need to buy a big big big ticket item, and some odds and ends then we're all set. If he came right now, we'd be good to go though!

Not so good news: I need new tires on my car. I've got a leak in my left front, and it sucks. We put fix a flat in it a few weeks ago, and I totally forgot about it..until it started going flat on Tuesday. We put another fix a flat in it- and it went from 36psi to 21psi..overnight. Not good.

I'm also covered in bug bites from the lake. That in itself sucks. I made a paste of baking soda and water to put on them, and it worked for a few minutes..but now they're itching again. I have a flat freaking tire- so it's not like I can just go to the store for some of the anti itch crap.

Ugh.