Laundry at 3:30 in the morning.

Is it still nesting if I wake up at 3:30 in the morning and feel compelled to get up and start washing the baby's clothes, sheets, and blankets, or have I crossed over into panic mode?

I was 37 weeks 4 hours ago, and anxiety has hit. Shawn and I got in a stupid fight on the way to our hypnobirthing class because I am freaking out about the things that still need to get done/purchased to be ready for the baby, and Shawn is having parental anxiety on top of some serious professional issues. Usually one of us is fairly sane during an argument and we can rationally talk the other down to find the real problem before it escalates, but last night we were both pretty fragile. I predict a good number of those kinds of fights in the next few months. Luckily we are pretty good at talking things out and are fine, but blech.

For the last few nights I have been waking up to pee and then having a hard time going back to sleep because I start thinking about all the things I still need to do. Two nights ago I couldn't sleep because I realized we only have a single pair of socks for the baby! Are socks really that important? Probably not, but regardless, I couldn't sleep. When I woke up a little bit ago and realized I was heading down the same path I went ahead and got up to sort the laundry. I started to try to clean the car seat and stroller that my cousin gave me, but it's on the sunporch and it's 27 degrees outside. I think that can wait till the morning :) I feel better for starting the laundry, and Shawn and I are going shopping on Saturday to fill in the major blanks. I'm glad I'm not working in the morning :)