24 Hours Later

Well, this space is going to be the Michelle Update Center for a while. If you regularly come here looking for irreverent wit, meditations on finer points of grammar, or links to strange news articles, you'll just have to deal. I recommend any of the links under "More Wastes of Time" to those seeking frivolity.

Toby and I are 'bach'ing it again tonight. I made chili. I briefly considered taking a page from Jen's book and posting a photo of my work, but it's chili. You've seen chili. Use your imagination. I put green peppers in it.

Now I'm throwing in a load of laundry, because I'm just that good. Not any more good, just that good.

We don't know yet how long Michelle is going to be kept in her adjustable bed with her tubes and her compression stockings. They're telling us to expect her to be there for the better part of this week. The good news is that there's no bad news; another ultrasound this morning showed everything as it should be. A magnesium IV effectively stopped her bleeding. They now believe she's been having mild contractions at night; the magnesium counters this. They're gradually taking her off the magnesium and watching to see what happens.

The bad news (I lied; there's always bad news) is that when she does come home, she will likely be on total bedrest, perhaps for the remainder of the pregnancy. March is not soon.

So for now, Michelle would love your calls, visits and prayers. When she gets home, we will be in need of wonderful people to give Michelle's mom the occasional day off from caring for Toby, and Michelle the occasional day off from eating my cooking. Fortunately for us, wonderful people seem to be popping out from everywhere lately.