boxed in

the above is a moving box, quite literally. tashi decided to inhabit it and bump around the house in it while making weird noises.

i'm having a pretty hard time dealing with unpacking. in our last house i think i had the place set up in a week. but right now i feel like i've reverted to the first trimester, and just want to sleep and drink water.

if there was a time a could wiggle my nose and make everything fall into place, it would be now. we have all these shelves and cabinets that could be full, but instead, the boxes remain full. i was hoping to have my craft room set up right away, so that i could start working on some handmade holiday gifts. but that is looking less and less likely. i feel so helpless, not able to lift boxes or move furniture.

i have been very crampy lately, which renders me useless. i had an ultrasound today and everything looked fine, so the cramps are probably just my increasingly heavy uterus declaring its presence. the ultrasound was awesome. there is a baby in there, moving its arms and feet around, its little heart like flower. with all my nervousness around this pregnancy, technology serves me well at times like this. it is so wonderful to have the image of that precious little human in mind.

hopefully with dan's help we will make some progress unpacking boxes this weekend. i really want to get books up on the shelves so the house isn't so echo-y. tashi's room is also cardboard fortress and she keeps asking me if i know where this or that is. the only answer is, "three feet deep somewhere."