New Bicycle Rack

Some months ago, we saw at a friends' house that they had a real bicycle rack in their garage for the children's bicycles. We thought it was so fantastically organized! I figured a bike rack must cost hundreds of dollars and wondered when such a purchase would ever make it to the top of our priority list.

Turns out that home versions of bike racks cost as little as fifty dollars on Amazon!

So, recently my compulsion to keep especially the upstairs rooms of our home very clean and neat in anticipation of the baby coming ("IS THAT A SOCK ON THE FLOOR? I CAN'T HAVE A BABY WHEN THERE ARE SOCKS ON THE FLOOR.") has expanded to the garage. I ordered a bike rack, it arrived last night, and this morning the children and I sat down to assemble it. (See, part of my late pregnancy neurosis is having little patience to wait for Chris' help, for example, to have assembled this rack at the end of his work day. The garage was messy . . . right now. Thus, I had to fix it right now because we certainly can't have a baby when there are bicycles askew.)

I imagine it was a bit humorous to watch an eight-month pregnant woman hauling herself around on the garage floor, surrounded by three tots "helping" me assemble this thing.

Doesn't it just make you feel like everything is right in the world? 

Ahhhh, so now I can relax a bit more about the garage.

Except, wait . . . the two-month supply of paper products I bought yesterday is sitting on the kitchen floor, needing to be unpacked, organized, and stacked in my Paper Supply Storage Area. Because I certainly can't have a baby if there are paper towels sitting on the floor in the corner . . .