Saturday 23 May 2009

Maternity

Master thesis: done
Dissertation of the thesis: done
GRE test: completed
PhD application: handed in (and now finger crossed!)

And what now: painting home, baking cookies, searching for antenatal classes in english, going shopping for baby stuff, studying finnish, reading newspapers, writing to friends....
My belly grows and grows. There are just a couple of months left. It feels heavy and huge, but it looks rather pretty. The best part is when the inhabitant wants to communicate or simply moves within the boundaries.
I get tired quite easily and I sleep as often as my mam's dog (a very lazy one). I have a hunch that it's good to enjoy some holiday now, since soon there is going to be a lot to do!
However, it is quite weird to have so much spare time. In my rush, I have always made the tyres screech, with no time to rest or relax. Now that I can sit one hour at a terrace sipping a hot chocolate and reading the Economist, I get drunk of relaxing vibrations.
No exams to do, no hurry to get a book from the library, no concerns about the stupidity or perfidity of certain people. Freedom?
Somebody say pregnant women are beautiful. In my case, I guess it is just that life has never been more relaxed.