Memorial Day 2010 did not go as planned, but it was nevertheless a lovely weekend for all. Rain ruined the boys’ camping plans. We camp with my husband’s family every Memorial Day, and last year it rained, too, but we still went. MemDay Campout 2009 saw only an intermittent drizzly rain, we had a large shelter with…
Category: Pregnancy Sucks, Dude
Don’t Get Excited
I’ve been having mild, irregular contractions for about a week now. On Tuesday they told me I was one centimeter. Yesterday I was feeling them all the long day and into the dark evening, and they kept me from sleeping. Today, though – nada. Baby’s quieter, too, today I’ve only felt a few punches to Jack’s intruding knees when…
A Little Daylight
I really shouldn’t sit and write blog posts after midnight when I just want to sleep. I fear I’m giving the impression that I’m unbalanced and perpetually miserable, which isn’t the case. In daylight, everything seems more manageable once I’ve had a shower and some breakfast and watched my son sleep for a minute or so (which…
Inspiration-less
The root word for inspiration (spiro) means to breathe, did you know that? It’s very hard to be clever or thoughtful or inspirational when one literally cannot breathe. But I’m sick of writing posts about not being able to breathe. But I can’t think about anything else. This is torturous. I realize that I am…
The Job
As I’m up, struggling to breathe YET AGAIN, God help me this kid had better be adorable – as I was saying, as I’m up, I thought I’d give a little rundown on how things are progressing on the work front. I really like about 90% of what I’m doing. The other 10% involves reading…