grey and hormonal nesting

Or is it "gray"? I've never been quite sure of the difference. 

I just looked and apparently other people have wondered this too because there is an entire website named... http://www.greyorgray.com/ It explains everything!!! 

I suppose, even though I most definitely do not live in the UK, that I will continue to use "grey", just because I like it better. Now that conundrum is settled...

I've noticed in the last week or two, mostly after Brett pointed it out to me, that I have become slightly obsessed with grey recently. "Getting ready for Emma", which of course includes organizing all closets and painting various rooms, among many other projects, has become a sudden need. I haven't been able to nap, even when I felt very tired initially, because as soon as I lay down I am stuck by the insatiable desire to clean or organize or paint or, at the very least, plan all of these things. I don't remember nesting being this...violent and compelling...with my other children.

Something about grey is also important in my current psyche. Maybe it's the cleanness and crispness and newness of it that is appealing. Whatever it is, I am suddenly in love with grey. My kitchen is currently reveling in a new coat of soft grey paint and, after literally years of indecision, I have come to the conclusion that I want to paint the kitchen cabinets a medium grey, with white counter tops, and a grey-black-brown swirl tile floor (that we had already picked out). I don't know if I will have the energy to make all of that happen in the next month, but I am remaining hopeful.

I had picked out a lovely color called "coral mist" for Evelyn's room, but after painting one wall have decided that I don't like it. It is too orange with the wood trim that is everywhere in my house; lovely on the paint chip, in the can, but not on the wall. Brett says it looks fine and it is just because I am pregnant and hormonal and obsessive and weird that I don't like it. However, I cannot bring myself to continue with this color and have decided that, of course, a beautiful soft grey, the color of the elves, is a much better option. =)

In addition to paint, I prefer grey yarn and grey baby clothing, or colors which complement the perfect one. 

I comfort myself that I have not gone totally off the deep end (into a pool of grey) because at least I am restraining myself to painting rooms grey which do in fact need to be painted. If I suddenly announce that I am re-painting rooms which are already painted a perfectly decent color, then intervention may be required.