After receiving a phone call from my mother-in-law this morning to make sure I hadn't gone into labor (she'd read the last blog) I realized I should update.

The contractions stopped again about after an hour or so. I was super sore (and still am a bit today), but glad that it wasn't the real deal. Hopefully tonight will be a little less eventful.

A friend of ours is doing the "walk for ALS" tomorrow and asked to borrow our dogs--so they're currently getting very short haircuts in preparation for that tomorrow (that and they were looking really scruffy and pretty hot--poor things. Being a long haired dog can't be fun in this weather!) This means...I actually have total peace and quiet around the house for a little while. I love it.

Don't get me wrong--I love our dogs, their companionship and their quirks--but when bending over has gotten harder and they still want to constantly play fetch or start growling at you because they want you to get down on the floor and play...yep, it's true what they say about little dogs: it's like having perpetual 2 & 3 year-olds in your house to care for. At least mine like to take the occasional nap and can entertain themselves in our fenced-in yard when they want/need to go outside :D But total peace and quiet (and not worrying about them overheating) is really nice this afternoon.

Well, time for me to finish my lunch, refill my water bottle, and put my feet up again.