Progress on all fronts

We did our trial run to the hospital on Wednesday. I wasn't sure if I was in labor or not, but I had reached the magic "60 second contractions every 5 minutes" point for over an hour, and I figured better to error on the side of caution. And get my brother-in-law over to watch Turing before it becomes morning. So, we went and sat in triage until 3 in the morning. It turned out to be not labor, but I have dilated and effaced a bit, which is way more advanced than the last time around. Even if the rest of it goes at the same rate, I will have shaved 24 hours off the entire labor and delivery experience. Awesome!

So, we're back to "anytime in the next 3.5 weeks."

That's fine, as I still have plenty to work on for my dissertation document. I finally sat down and made a list of the things I've accomplished, so I'm feeling like I have done a ton of work. There are basically 8 real chapter and 3 sets of revisions. Round 1 was my macro level revisions to committee concerns in which I did some serious refocusing, cutting, pasting . . . that revision is entirely done. Round 2 is my advisor's comments on round 1, which are sometimes substantial, but mostly involve clarification. I do a close read after round 2. I've completed 3.5 chapter of this, and I'll probably have another chapter done tomorrow. Round 3 is any tweaks my advisor finds left over from round 3. 3 chapters have made it through that far and are finished. So, there is still work to do, but I'm feeling like it is possible to be done by the 30th. Barring terrible things happening or my advisor totally slacking on me.

And I'm feeling Really Pregnant. It is either that I am actually 38 weeks pregnant or that the constant contractions are just wearing me out - I don't want to stand very long or walk very long or carry anything for very long . . . and I want to sleep a lot. And I'm just tired. Fortunately, the weather got cooler, so I'm not super swollen. For that matter, I'm not nearly as swollen as I was last time around, which is nice. I still know where the tendons are in my feet and my shoes don't leave visible impressions when I take them off.

I would like to go swimming to take the pressure off my back for a little while, but I just feel weird about swimming knowing that I am dilated a bit. I know it is fine, but it feels weird. So, maybe some yoga tonight. Maybe.