Thursday, December 14, 2006

I was getting frustrated at the thought of Beau being house bound with me for the next two months. Or of having to have someone here at the house with me at all times when he went out for things like church or small group or whatever. I mean, seriously, it’s not like I’m a little kid who needs constant watching. What I need is some good common sense about this bed rest thing, right? In today’s cell phone age, surely Beau could be tethered by the wireless phone when he’s away from home? Or my mother or my neighbor or friends from church?

So I called my OB’s office to get clarification on this 24/7 care thing. Turns out I’m good with the common sense thing and Beau has officially been released from being housebound along with me. I’m so relieved, because while he seemed fine with it, I was stressing over it. We were facing a lot of instances when I would be alone over Christmas weekend and trying to find people to be with me was going to be a challenge. Now we don’t have to worry about anything except keeping our respective cell phones charged.

I also asked for a letter from the doc clearing me for light work via laptop to appease my boss. He’s been reluctant to let me do any work except very minimal things by phone. That’s not going to cover enough time to save on the advanced and donated leave. My doc should have faxed a letter this morning giving my boss clear approval to have me do work from bed, so I’m hoping to get my laptop early next week and start working. I’ve thought of a lot of things that I can still do from bed with the laptop, so I should be able to work for several hours each day if the office cooperates in getting things to me here.

That should help a lot with the restlessness and boredom. For now, I’m doing OK with that, but I know that after Christmas it’ll probably increase with the natural letdown after the holidays.

That reminds me, I need to cancel our reservations at Heart in Hand that I had made for our anniversary. We’re going to rain check that date for after Jesse arrives - maybe in March or April.