Twenty-One and Fourteen!

I apologize for the poor formatting. I've tried five times to separate this into paragraphs and lists, but nothing seems to be working. So now it is not organized, which drives me nuts! Today marks day 21, three weeks in the hospital. The significance of 14? That is the number of days I have remaining. My doctor came back from vacation yesterday and of course came to visit me. I'm sure I'm a very high priority! He was looking at my April calendar and I mentioned that Natalie's birthday is just a few days before I'm 32 weeks. He said "Well, let's make it a point to get you home on that day." That works for me!!! So all of my "exit exams" are scheduled for Monday, April 18th, hoping that everything comes back within reasonable measures for me to be discharged on the 19th. He made me feel better by telling me that by the time the babies are 32 weeks, he's not too worried about them. By that time he's more concerned about their weight above anything else. I feel as though they each weigh about 7 pounds right now! I swear there's no more room for them and it's becoming painful when they move, and they're always moving! Once I go home, I can't wait to do a few things: 1. Sleep in my bed 2. Take a shower in MY shower. 3. Use my own bathroom (with quality toilet paper!) 4. Eat my own food. 5. Look out into my backyard. 6. Watch Natalie run around in her jammies. 7. Put Natalie to bed. 8. Watch Natalie play with her babies. 9. Watch my HD television with 200 channels, even though there's nothing on! 10. Take a nap without being interrupted. 11. Go outside!!!! 12. Control the thermostat. I'm sure there's more I'll think of.....but those are the most pressing! Things I won't miss.... 1. Ultrasounds at 5:00 A.M. 2. Slamming doors 24 hours a day. 3. Uncomfortable bed 4. Daily monitoring of babies (they don't cooperate!) 5. Nurses that are very concerned about my bowel movements! 6. Explaining my life story to every new nurse I have. Don't get me wrong, about 98% are wonderful. It just gets old. 7. Feeling bad that people have to take time out of their day to come visit me. Especially my parents and Karen who bring Natalie over twice a day. 8. Staying up until 11:00 - midnight just to make sure I'm tired enough to fall asleep. 9. Waiting 30-45 minutes for food. Things I will miss.... 1. The security of knowing that whenever I have an ache or pain, it will be addressed quickly. 2. The variety of fresh fruit!!!! I order fresh fruit twice a day and get a nice combination of melons, grapes, oranges, apples.....yummy! 3. No laundry, no cleaning, daily bedding changes 4. A few nurses that I've made a connection with, some will NOT be missed! 5. All the people offering/bringing me coffee!!! 6. (Almost) daily wheelchair rides with Natalie to go see Dr. Krause's picture. She gets such a kick out of that! 7. Daily contact with my doctor. Even though most conversations last only a few minutes, it's nice to know that he's always up to date on my progress.