Okay, I'm a little behind, it's been pretty busy chez nous! I've been working for the last two weeks on Battlestar Gallactica, which was surprisingly fun, despite involving a seemingly endless amount of days sittings in the gallery of the courtroom - they're the worst kind of scenes because they require so much coverage and are generally incredibly boring. However, I was really thrilled to get a gig this close to x-mas when things tend to get so slow, and a great paying one at that! And as always, I made a lot from a little with this character and heard repeated invitations (including from the producer) that she'll be returning when they do, which would wonderfully coincide with the time right after baby comes and we'll need the money....especially if we get this house!
Yes, despite not being in the market for a house, we had one of those moments of serendipity when we took a turn on a street that we'd never been onto and stumbled upon a house from the 1950's that we thought could work for us. It's one of those places that you'd have to mother - and what I mean by that is the notion that it's so ugly only a mother could love it. BUT, it has good bones, and dispite some serious initial work that must be done, it is otherwise a solid house that we could see ourselves (and our baby!) in. We see what we could make out of it, and so we have rolled the dice and made an offer of what we think is fair for it, as it is considerably overpriced and has been since it went on the market in June. We know our cap and we know we could stay in this beautiful apartment for another year if we have to, so we feel in a good position. It's been stressful, exciting and interesting to go through this process, and we have had to face many fears, not least of which is my very considerable fear of money issues. As we all know, buying any home in Vancouver is a very daunting prospect and this is a house in North Van, so you can just imagine. It's hard to believe the we could be thinking that half a million dollars (what?!) is a good deal. So here we are, waiting to exhale. We put the offer in yesterday and the owner had until 1 p.m. today to decide what she thinks of our offer. We think it is fair considering the circumstances of the house and the repairs and we hope that she will think so too. Heck - who else would want a crazy house like this besides us???
Otherwise, baby things are all good and I continue to have an easy and uneventful pregnancy for which I am eternally grateful. The worst complaint I have is that now in the mornings when I awake I am temporarily paralyzed by pain and stiffness in my mid back that catches my breathe. I have found that yoga helps to alleviate it and I guess that is just my body adjusting to the growing weight of my belly - although you can continue to see that it is not exactly huge! I feel like I've grown a lot but the numbers seem to still be the same. But the baby's kicks and movements are stronger and my belly feels larger and more swayed. Pants are starting to be a real issue for me, and it was a small form of torture wearing Mexx dresspants for days on end on set. I swear they got tighter since the first fitting and after the first few days I resorted to wearing my yoga pants on set until they were turned around my way. I worked diligently on my baby blanket that will take me approximately 6 years to complete and is probably considerably above my skill level, but it kept me busy during the long, dull hours of courtroom shooting and the bright colours I chose (me? bright?) buoyed me. Baby seemed to like being on set, it moved around like crazy, probably all the noise and commotion. I would pull my shirt across my belly and we would watch "The Baby Show" as the little jerky movements fluttered across my stomach. Hopefully many more set days to come before baby comes, and hopefully it helps us to pay for this house....cause we'll get it and it'll be great, right? Hmmmmm....
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