I slept until 7:06 this morning. I have to leave the house at 7:15. I didn’t do this on purpose, and I wish I could say that I woke feeling refreshed, but instead I woke feeling like GAAAAAAKK!! SHIIIIIIZZZZZ!! Shower brush teeth. Floss? No floss no time get bottles and breast pump shizz forgot ice…
Strawberry Flavored?
Hey! I know a new mom or two that read this blog. And this is for them. It’s a wee bit gross. And boring. Unless you’re them. So other folks – don’t read any more. Today on my final pump of the day, one of my breasts produced bright pink milk. As you…
Belly Laughs
Jack laughed his first belly laugh today. Patrick called me up and I listened to it over the phone. What. A. Hoot. I can’t wait to get home and hear it in person. And, of course, videotape hours and hours of it. And then post it. Did you think you’d be spared?
My Echo, My Shadow, and Me
Who is she? A slim Italian peasant, pinning her thick black braid off her neck before heading out into the summer heat to sell fruit from woven baskets, or to pick olives, or walk to a friend’s? A gregarious, robust Greek woman, carving slices off a roast lamb and carrying them on overloaded platters into…
Laughing!
Dad called me at work today. He put his cell phone on speaker, and said LISTEN TO THIS! I heard: You’re bouncing on the bed.You’re bouncing on the bed.You’re bouncing on the bed. Dad chanting over and over, the phone kind of scritching on the comforter, and little happy grunts out of you. And then…