39 weeks

We're about one week away from our due date and still no baby. I managed to work for a couple of hours on Thursday, but kept drifting off to sleep throughout the day until Jeff came home. I swore I would not watch the VP debates b/c Palin is such a moron, but I figured that if I was was aggravated enough it would send me into labor. Unfortunately, that did not happen and I was just left extremely pissed off since Palin read from a script and avoided answering questions the entire time.
I've been going on daily walks to try and speed things along. We went for a rather long walk yesterday and took some pictures of the desert along the way -- it's sometimes easy to forget that we live in the desert. It was a nice and pleasant walk, and I had mild contractions the entire time.
I've been having contractions on and off for a few days now, but the intensity has definitely increased after yesterday's walk. I go to bed every night thinking that the baby is sure to arrive the next day. I wake up each morning thinking, "today's the day!" Obviously, this has not worked. She has set her own schedule and I'll just have to be patient...