Today makes exactly 4 months to go until my due date. Not that many people are born exactly on their due date (and I would be very happy if Che decided to come a little early) but it seems like a significant date. I feel like I am nicely over half way although it still seems like a long time away as well. I am getting so curious about who she is and what things she is going to like and not like and how she is going to look and all those things.

I am feeling pretty well health wise. Still not eating as I would like but the nausea has pretty much all gone and for that I am very grateful. It’s nice to be able to finally enjoy this a little. I am totally showing now (there are photos on facebook for any interested parties) and I feel pretty heavy but I am yet to get a lot bigger I imagine so I better not complain at this stage. Although nearly couldn’t get out of the hammock today so I don’t think I’ll be getting in their again unless someone is around to help me out. Our last check indicated that all okay with her and with me. Heartbeat sure is fast but they assure me that is normal. It is the most amazing sound. Most exciting part though is I can feel her moving around. Not kicks exactly but little flutterings. She is a mover. On the ultrasound she was moving around heaps. I asked if that was normal. The lady said it wasn’t a problem but at all but said she did move a lot. I wonder if that tells me anything about what she will be like as a person?

I am calling Che “she” as you may have noticed and that is not without reason. The ultrasound told us that she is going to be a girl. Not that they can be 100% sure about thses things but they said 90% which are pretty good odds on her being a girl.

We took Giles (our car) to the mechanic after it overheated on me the other night. The mechanic rang today and told me we that Giles needs a new radiator and that it might cost around $1000. I asked how the rest of the engine is, to know if it is worth fixing. He says he can’t really tell me until the radiator is fixed. Now I have to decide do I spend the money on a car that it probably not worth much more than that at the risk of finding out afterwards I am going to have spend another load of cash to fix something else or do we start thinking about buying a new car. I love Giles and would spend the money (especially as I just spent $500 on registration) if I knew this would be only problem but if it turns out that he is actually on his last legs all over then it will be a total waster. Decisions like this make me very stressed.

22 March – She’s a Mil had its 6th birthday. I read over some of the previous posts. Wierd. I was a very different person back then.

2 April – Martin and I were married for 5 years. Yay for us.

9 April – Marked 20 weeks pregnant. Half way there. Hoping the second half is going to be a little easier.

11 April – 7 years ago to the day that I met Martin. I wonder what I would have thought if I knew on that day 7 years later we’d be married, living in Alice Springs and about to have our first child. Anyway, even on that day I thought he was the most gorgeous and charming man ever. Now I know he is.

Here’s a song for you my beautiful soul.

“I wanna love you and treat you right;
I wanna love you every day and every night:
We’ll be together with a roof right over our heads;
We’ll share the shelter of my single bed;
We’ll share the same room, yeah – for Jah provide the bread.
Is this love – is this love – is this love –
Is this love that I’m feelin’?
Is this love – is this love – is this love –
Is this love that I’m feelin’?
I wanna know – wanna know – wanna know now!
I got to know – got to know – got to know now!

Is this love – is this love – is this love –
Is this love that I’m feelin’?
Is this love – is this love – is this love –
Is this love that I’m feelin’?
Wo-o-o-oah! Oh yes, I know; yes, I know – yes, I know now!
Yes, I know; yes, I know – yes, I know now!”

Is this love? Bob Marley

After almost 2 months of doing prettty much this nothing this week is filled with activity. I went camping on the weekend in the beautiful West McDonnell Ranges. We spent the first night camping near John and Malley’s outstation with them and their family and then the next two nights at Ruby Gap. It was high clearnace 4 wheel drive only into the place and it was intense for me but worth it. Ruby Gap is stunning and I was able to lie around most of the day, reading, sleeping, swimming in the waterhole and just enjoying the views and being in the great outdoors. Also went for some little walks and we had some fires in the evening under Central Australia’s incrediblt skies.

Today I am off to Darwin until Saturday. I have some training to do for work as well as catch up with colleagues there. I am hoping it is not too humid and disgusting there.