Bedrest-Status Update...

There's a phrase people use to refer to the end of the Jewish ritual mourning period. People say:

"They/she/he is 'getting up' on thursday (or whatever the day.)"

This is said because during the mourning period (shiva), it is customary for people to sit lower down.

Well, last night, the NFO says to me:

"If I make it to 37 weeks [which would be Thursday], I am 'getting up.'"

And she said it in a way that sounded like the end of shiva.

What's more, she exclaimed that if the baby wasn't born by then, that night, she is planning on resuming her normal schedule and going to Israeli folk dancing.

Should be exciting...