Almost at 17 weeks...

and we've been making THE LIST of everything we need to get, think about, ask about, and freak out about. It's long. Hoping to begin getting the Short Stranger's room in order some this weekend, or at least start the cleaning out process (I don't think he/she will need all those books on the Italian Renaissance, early modern gender studies, and Greek mythology . . . just a hunch). Out goes the futon (does anyone buy those anymore these days), and we've GOT to get rid of the shelf of VHS tapes in that room's closet -- yes, VHS tapes (any historians interested in them? maybe they need a trip to Antiques Roadshow).