Music City, USA

Whew, the baby has moved vertically and under my ribs and it is less comfortable to sit, bend, etc.  I feel like the baby's movements are a bit less intense in this position; I guess there is less room in the womb!  We are right on track growth wise.  We started childbirth classes!  Tonight is our second session. We started with the post-partum and parenting classes, due to the due date, and it was pretty dull for me, but I think it gave Brian a better sense of what to expect that first week after birth.  I do not see a lot of interaction occurring among the couples (there are 2 other sets), but hope that the birthing section may net us some support.  Hopefully, there won't be anymore videos where the audio is unintelligible to waste our time.  We are also trying to figure out Baptism timing and visits from our families, which is hard when we are not an easy destination, my sister starts grad school, Brian's sister is starting a new job, and Brian's brother recently became engaged!
The house is changing!  We are having the hardwood floors re-finished today and tomorrow.  We have maple and birch in the hall, closets and dining room and fir in the nursery.  Apparently, fir is no longer common for floors, so we cannot patch the old pipe hole for awhile.  It is hard not to have the use of the oven and to try to stay out of the house; especially since it may rain all day tomorrow.  Also, they do not have time to put up trim int he nursery, so we will have to do it (which will take us much longer than it should).  We had a carpenter here last week, to reinforce the basement staircase and add a hand-rail.  While it is still steep, I feel much safer carring down the laundry.  We are still hanging a few items on the walls and I am antquing a dining hutch.  Our lawn is still sad - not enough grass seed sprouting, patchy green, and I think there is an insect taking over the raspberry bushes.  At least I finished painting the nursery.
We had a great, busy trip to Nashville for a wedding.  We took a 5 am flight (we stayed in Manchester the night before it) and went straight to Target when we arrived.  Brian visited a few former co-workers  and I visited some friends for pedicures.  It was strange to hear the flood stories and see FEMA trailers around town.  Most of my friends had water in their basements, but one had such
major damage that she cannot live in her condo for a few months.  We had dinner with our godson, his parents, and sister before heading out to the post-rehearsal dessert party at a trendy restaurant.  I was tired!  It was funny to see our old haunts and places too trendy for our country life.  We breakfasted at a place known for family-style Southern cuisine, where there was plenty of fried chicken, country ham, cheese grits and the only fruit was baked apples.  It was an artery-clogging experience.  Brian was able to play tennis with some friends and we sampled more friend chicken the "the Coop," which is far too spiced for hot pregnant women!  The wedding was exciting; Brian now has a yamaka with guitars imprinted on top and we have great pictures from the photo book at the reception.  There was so much food and a great band, but it started so late that I was easily drained.  There were plenty of people to see and so many that we did not get to fit into the short agenda!
Brian is busy knocking out a long paper to finish his Mexican history class and I am enjoying my work schedule slowly shrinking.  He will not have a long break before his next class, but it will be one just for students in his master's program.  I have several patients I am working with now with chaotic home lives leading to behavioral or emotional problems.  Soon, we will have rounding at nearby camps to work into the routine at work.  While Nashville was definitely vacation, we are looking forward to a more relaxing trip next week to the New Hampshire/Maine sea coast for our second anniversary.