The pregnant side of my emotions is a bit out of whack at the moment, and I blame this on the entire day being wonderful! I genuinely feel like I could burst into tears at any moment. Not out of sadness, or even joy. Just emotions. Today was a loaded day. While we still have some difficult things going on behind closed doors in our life (not like big, deep seeded issues, just not internet stuff 😉 ) but I feel like a lot of important things were accomplished today, and that has made me tired and happy and relieved and overwhelmed all at once. Whew!
Brady had today off, which couldn’t have been timed better than it was. I finally had my prenatal physio appointment, which I’ve been waiting for for about ten days now. I went in very hopeful for it, and I very much clicked with the physiotherapist. I’m a bit nervous for what is to come, though. She is excellent, and a wealth of information, which I really really like. However, it seems like I am actually in a bit of trouble! Haha! Not that things can’t be solved, but basically I’m in worse shape than I thought I was, and there is a lot of work to be done to get me back to a healthy, stable place. I’m nervous about that. She taught me a lot of things already in our first meeting, but most of it was teaching me how to undo certain habits I’ve had for the better part of my life. Those things are going to be hard. Also, I’m seeing that the solutions to my problems don’t come with much, if any, wiggle room. I need to do things exactly right if I want my body to repair. So after my appointment, not only is my body sore while I try to hold it differently in every scenario, but its also sore from my physiotherapist releasing some of the tight knots in my back. Ouchie! It will pay off soon, I’m confident. I was just surprised at how much work is going to have to go into this. Yikes! Who knew?!
On my way to my appointment, actually, my mom called and had great news! She said our basement footings were being installed! The guy on the job was actually someone I’ve known through my high school years, so they had a nice little chat, and he told her they actually had plans to potentially pour the footings today! He gave my mom a rough idea of when the trucks would arrive, and she immediately called me with the info!
So when I arrived home, the kids were napping, but once Brady and I had eaten lunch, we woke the kids and made our way to our lot in hopes to catch the pour! Two out of three weren’t impressed with being woken up…
Being the responsible parents we are, we kept them in their jammies, threw their coats and boots on, and headed out! My mom called us while we were on the road, and jokingly asked if we were headed to our lot. I laughed at her and said that yes, of course we were. And she proceeded to invite us over for supper! Yay! We’ve been in town SO much recently and haven’t been over to their place once, so it was a lovely invite than we definitely agreed to. After we went to the lot.
Once we arrived, we were told the concrete guys were just a bit behind, and to give it a half hour. So we did. We doddled a bit, checked the mail, and doddled some more. Very soon, though, it was time, and the trucks started arriving!
The guy who was operating the pumper truck was an awesome guy! We asked if our van was in his way, and he assured us we were more than fine to hang around and watch wherever we wanted. When he started unfolding the pump arm/hosey thing (using technical terms here), he kept winking at the kids as they stared out the window, watching. He came over and operated it from the panel he was carrying right next to us, and he even tried to convince Dekker to come help him. “Throw on your hat and come out here, I’ll let you drive it a bit!” he’d say, but Dekker was too shy and wouldn’t have it. I wish he had, though. He would have LOVED it! But thats ok. I love that he offered. He said his kids love to come and watch what he does, and I thought it was so sweet that he was willing to take my four year old on the job site with him.
As his truck was doing its unfolding thing, the concrete truck arrived.
We actually very quickly had a second concrete truck arrive, which seemed odd at the time, but the first one ran out pretty fast, so likely he had just come from another job. But once everyone and everything were lined up, they started to fill the footings. And it was FAST!
We were parked as out of the way as possible, so it was hard for Brady and I to twist around and see the whole thing. Therefore, Brady opted to stand outside the van for a better look. And the little miss insisted on holding his hand through our window. It was pretty much adorable.
He snapped one last picture, the best picture of the day, before we left and headed to my parents for the rest of the evening.
We had pizza and caesar salad for supper, and ice cream sandwiches for dessert. YUM. The kids were really sad to leave, but somehow, all three of them managed to stay awake for the entire drive home, and they are all now sleeping peacefully. Win!
I just feel so overcome by today. In a good way, for the most part. A few stressful, overwhelming, scary things on top of the jubilation that is our home finally coming together! At one point, while the pouring was still going on, the operator of the first concrete truck came to chat with me while I sat in the van. He talked about the size of the house and he encouraged us to enjoy the experience as much as we could. He said it was great that we were coming to watch, and including our kids in the experience. He was so positive. Come to think of it, all week, every trade we’ve come in contact with has been incredibly encouraging, and has had no issue with us watching and taking pictures and being “involved” at the sidelines. We’ve felt included and encouraged and basically permitted to be excited without looking like idiots. People have been warm and understanding. It has helped me feel lifted up during this weird time of sickness, loneliness, and transition in our home. Praise the Lord for the exact right people coming into our lives on the exact right days. Today was a WONDERFUL day!!!
Footings!!! Eeeeek!! Start to finish, today! AWESOME!