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Yep, still pregnant.

At my appointment on Friday the doctor said there really hadn't been any progress since the initial announcement of dilation four weeks ago. Not exactly the news we were hoping for. Joe had a meeting during my appointment, so I sent a text with the lack of news, and he called me as soon as his meeting was done at 10am. "You mean I have to work all day?" he asked. He apparently had been convinced that I was going to walk into the appointment without any labor symptoms and walk out with the doctor's instructions to get to the hospital immediately because the baby was coming.

We used the weekend to keep working on the house, this time tackling the living room. The couches we ordered back in March are scheduled to be delivered on Friday (fantastic timing, eh?), so we decided it was finally time to go out and buy the new TV we'd been discussing. That's right, for the first time in our lives, we paid money for a TV. And my goodness, did we pay. However, when we first turned the TV on at home, we both sat stunned for a good 20 minutes. It was almost creepy how clear the picture was--who knew that actors had pores on their faces like everyone else?

The living room is definitely looking better thanks to the slim new TV and the new TV cabinet we bought. Joe carried in the new TV under one arm, and had to carry the old one out on a dolly (with much cursing). Our friends, who have had to help us move that beast of a TV several times (Joe refers to it as a boat anchor), will be glad to know that my initial suggestion that we keep it in our basement was adamantly rejected by Joe. Goodwill will be getting a new donation--as soon as we can get someone to help lift it into the back of the car, that is.

Between the new TV, cabinet, and the few pictures we finally hung up, the house is starting to look like a real home with some personality, rather than some college kids squatting in someone else's house. Now if we can just get that baby to show up before the delivery men arrive on our porch with two couches, we'll be in good shape.