tomorrow is a BIG day in the BN household.  finding out the gender of this kid growing inside me?  no, we’re not going that route – after-all, i deal so well with surprises (ha!).  finally planting some veggies in our overgrown backyard?  not so much, maybe next year.  no, tomorrow is a big day because our new bed arrives!  that’s right, ABN and i are finally joining the rest of the adult world with a queen size bed.  it’s funny, while our full bed was always a tight snuggle, it worked quite well – until recently.  you see, this lady with her rapidly expanding belly (by the day, hour, minute!!) needs more space and i’m hoping (praying) that those extra six inches make all the difference.

yesterday was a day full of laying on mattress after mattress (can you get lice from laying on mattresses at a store?) and trying to imagine myself dozing off into a peaceful sleep.  we didn’t go into this experience blind.  no, i’m married to ABN and he is in his MOST happy place when doing research (must be something about that PhD).  it doesn’t matter the subject (hawaiian vacation rentals, strollers, where we should eat dinner), he’s on it…with gusto…for hours.  not so helpful when trying to make a quick decision but he takes his work seriously and so far, he hasn’t led me astray.

we did the whole deed in only two stops and even after the first stop (which included ABN laying on each mattress for 20 minutes – research shows that this is how long it takes to find the perfect mattress) we had narrowed down our options to a winner.  we went to a second store to see if we could get a slightly better deal (ie free delivery) and found the same mattress.  after going back and forth, trying to decide if this was indeed the right mattress for us (it’s quite different from what we are used to and felt like a big decision) the sales guy said the magic words that if he had said 2 hours earlier would have made this process MUCH easier – “this is the mattress that the westin calls the HEAVENLY BED.”  and sold.

so tomorrow, at 7:30 am, our new mattress is being delivered.  this big day also marks the start of THE GREAT BN PURGE OF 2010.  that’s right, this kid is arriving in just over 5 months and while the kid itself will take up very little room, the kid’s stuff is going to be a different animal.  we are already a family with A LOT of stuff so it’s time to start to downsize.  it turns out that in addition to being a researcher, ABN is also quite sentimental and likes to hold on to everything.  we are very lucky that we have a basement and so theoretically he can keep EVERYTHING, and simply move it out of the way (he’s having a hard enough time dealing with this concept).  but i’m hoping (praying) that he decides to get rid of some of it.  i’m hoping that if i can make some progress tomorrow with my own piles, i’ll be provide the inspiration that he needs.