Only 7 - 10 more weeks and we'll have this little munchkin.
Greetings from San Diego! All accounts of the amazing weather have been true. It's super sunny, but not unbearably hot. Gorgeous to look at surrounded by hills and mountains. Then there's the ocean, which is...an ocean. What's not to like?
The people.
Sooo, maybe I hyped San Diego up a little too much in my mind as a magical wonderland, but I somehow thought people here would be friendly and awesome. I told myself it would rival Disneyland for the title of "happiest place on earth" and our baby girl would be born with magic unicorns hovering overhead. Um, they're not. Well, maybe the unicorn thing, but not people being friendly. In fact, they're downright standoffish. We've tried waving feverishly at our new neighbors to be ignored or petulantly waved off. We actually live in La Mesa, which is a suburb about 10 miles from downtown San Diego. The neighborhood we live in is really nice and residential, but we were starting to wonder if we both had boogers hanging out of our noses as sometimes when we're out shopping or living people can be a little gawky. At first I thought, maybe our time in Virginia made us unrealistic about how friendly people could/would/should be given the southern sensibilities of that place. But, then today I was out walking our dog and I ran into a man just mowing his lawn. He had a dog too, so we struck up a conversation. I told him we were new here, and he said he was from Southern California and had lived in the area off and on for 20 years. He asked how we liked it here, I asked how he liked it here. He said he was hesitant to tell me since I was new here, but the people aren't terribly friendly. How relieved I was to hear that! I told him I was starting to think it was us. He assured us that it's just the culture.
In other news, since we got here a week ago we've been busy! I had to meet with a new Primary Care Manager so that I could get a referral to OB care. I'm seeing a civilian doctor because there was no availability at the military facility (boo hoo). She was kind of a tool, but she did give me a referral to the birth center that I want to use. We had our appointment there earlier this week, which went great! I was really nervous that they might not accept me because you have to have zero risk basically, and some of these places have restrictions on BMI and blah blah blah. But, everything was perfect! We had our first birth class and we're just plugging along to have a natural birth with our baby girl. So. Relieved. They even offer water birth and exactly the type of environment I want to deliver this new life into. Some people think hospital birth is essential. I'm of the opinion that having a baby is not a medical problem, so there's no need to be in a hospital.
All in all, I feel pretty freaking good considering I just sat through a 5 day road from Virginia to California and spent the last week sleeping on an air mattress while 7.5 months pregnant. I guess I'm just so happy that we had already found a house to rent before we arrived, and I'm on track to have the birth of my choosing. I'm a little tired, but I'll take it.
And look at me looking all pregnant!
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