Contractions. Contractions for days. Most constitute a mild cramp – just painful enough to be irritating and keep me from sleeping well (e.g. it is 4am right now) – but some are catch-your-breath painful. AND YET. I AM NOT IN LABOR. These are just “practice” – because I need more practice after going through this…
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Polar Arctic Cold What-Have-You
We’re home today. A Tuesday. It’s cold down here, colder than anyone under the age of 40 has ever seen, and schools closed just in case of pipes bursting or buses breaking down. So I was home Tues and Wed of Christmas week, home Wed of the following week, and now I’m home again Tues….
Christmas Ham
I am carrying one around, in mah belly. He’s close to fiveish pounds at this point – a guess based on ultrasounds which we all know are + or – 2 pounds on accuracy, so really not something to depend on. However, given the typical fetal weight gain over the last two months (half a pound…
I just ate a Baby Ruth at 9:18 am. Must be the day after Halloween. Halloween brings out the “wistful” in parents, I think, perhaps more than any other holiday. Last night, we wandered through our mostly-retired-folks neighborhood with a sweaty, mask-less Spiderman and a speeding little Batman (thrilled by the flap of his own…
Thirty Five
I turned thirty five over Labor Day weekend. We traveled up north to watch the home team play the first college football game of the season, and it was epic in both good ways and bad: BAD: The husband was out of town, so getting out was an Endeavor. After staying up late finishing…