Unit 34

1 - Parents visited for church and a pre-birthday celebration for my dad. After they left, the day was perfect for a nap.
2 - Saw historic Keysville, Blackstone, and Crewe, in addition to eating at Shoney's for the first time in forever.
3 - Voted (not that it mattered for the statewide elections) and had dinner at a semi-fancy local restaurant to celebrate the 6th anniversary of getting engaged. And my dad's birthday, although he wasn't in town anymore.
4 - Got bamboo flooring. Saved money by picking it up ourselves from the sketchy trailer behind the warehouse. Impressed the warehouse worker by fitting all 11 cartons into Benson.
5 - Really got going on moving stuff out of the living room.
6 - Survived getting the air compressor out of the car, and I think Amanda has no lasting damage.
7 - Amanda and Barbara got the offi-- er, nursery painted. Maurice and I got half of the floor put down in the living room.
8 - Amanda and I bravely tried using the table saw while her dad was gone, which was the key to clinching flooring victory from the jaws of time.
9 - Found the tennis ball that had rolled out of the Bartleymobile and into the storm sewer.

10 - First "Preparation for Childbirth" class. Tried on the 25-lb backpack full of blood, placenta, fat, water, baby, uterus, and more.
11 - Got a ride home from choir so I didn't have to wait for the bus in the rain.
12 - Had time to just relax and watch Parks & Recreation and The Office.
13 - Sprouted gills to deal with all the rain. No, untrue, but I did have a lovely lunch in Farmville overlooking a flooded river.
14 - Drove the President's Shuttle for another losing UVA football game. The really good part was during my layover at the stadium, when a guy showed up with a little boy who was way excited about buses.
15 - I was really stressed out, but we did make enough progress on the floor trim to put all the furniture back. And we had a nice walk to visit to Belmont Baptist.
16 - Guadalajara was open, even if La Michoacana wasn't.
17 - Baby class! Chocolate-covered pretzels for snack.
18 - Squeezed in some bus driving between work and choir, although I ended up getting to choir late.
19 - Amanda drove me to work due to the sky having opened and dumped a million raindrops right over our house.
20 - Scenic tour to Lynchburg for a planning summit on aging.
21 - Tried out gliders at Babies R Us and continued organizing our house.
22 - Very relaxing haircut.
23 - Didn't end up leaving the building during work, which was good since it was rainy (sense a pattern this month?).
24 - Reached new domestic heights by cleaning the brown crud off our shower curtain. Also, baby class was very interesting, but I got really squirmy, especially during crowning, so the shower curtain wins for good things.

25 - Helped make li'l smokies for Thanksgiving.
26 - Was thankful. Also spoke with the man with all the Christmas lights a block from our house.
27 - Got to sleep in while Amanda got the deals. And we went to Revolutionary Soup later with my parents.
28 - Helped decorate the tree in Nokesville and had a relatively relaxing afternoon featuring a movie.
29 - Friends in town for the holidays delayed their departure to have lunch with us.
30 - We discussed our wish lists to help get in the holiday spirit.