<p>So.&#0160; Turns out the cold was intense but relatively short-lived.&#0160; I&#39;ve been feeling much better for a couple of days now.&#0160; Sleeping all day works to cure bad colds - too bad you have to be nine months pregnant to get away with actually doing it.</p>

<p>Do you know the best way to stop yourself from going into labor?&#0160; Tell everyone &quot;it&#39;s imminent.&#0160; Any day now.&#0160; Why, I&#39;m feeling contactions <em>right now</em> - as I&#39;m standing right in front of you!&#0160; Ouch.&quot;&#0160; Because of course, then the baby will decide that maybe he should just stay inside where it&#39;s nice and cozy for a little longer.</p>

<p>So there&#39;s no baby yet.&#0160; Apparently stretching my belly to the point where I look like I&#39;m going to explode is way more fun than actually being born.</p>

<p>However!&#0160; I do have news and they are awesome.&#0160; </p>

<p>Remember how 22 days ago we still had to buy <a href="http://www.reluctanthousewife.com/2007/03/analysis_paraly.html">a car and a house</a>?</p>

<p>We bought a car.</p>

<p>And - we found a house!&#0160; Of course, there was much drama.&#0160; We made an offer.&#0160; It was rejected.&#0160; We thought that was it - no house until after the baby was born.&#0160; (I was having contractions as we were writing up the offer.&#0160; I also had contractions when it was rejected.)&#0160; Then, a miracle happened and the offer was accepted.&#0160; So we are well on our way to finally owning a house!</p>

<p>I won&#39;t share too much right now because I don&#39;t want to jinx myself, seeing as I have the power to stop labor by merely talking about it.&#0160; But I can&#39;t believe we actually managed to find a house before our lease was up.&#0160; I&#39;m keeping my fingers crossed.</p>
