I guess this day was inevitable...it's been coming for, oh about 9 months now. I have officially joined the ranks of the non-employed - in fact I've been out of work for over a week now. The 15th December marked the end of my pre-parenthood working career, and it's been very strange. I feel very guilty about not going to work, especially with Tim still going off every day, and me not able to do anything more than lumber around the house all big and clumsy.

Anyway, we have finally finished preparing our nursery and got through Christmas, so now we are just in waiting mode. Technically we still have about 8 or 9 days to go, but apparently babies are notoriously bad about not showing up on time, so we are trying to be prepared for anything.

Hopefully I will still find some time to keep my head somewhat familiar with work - that seems far less scary than the great unknown which is having a baby!