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Ready and waiting
I didn't know I had this much space in my life, but now every nook and cranny, every stolen moment is filled with thoughts of baby.
We started our birthing classes last night (finally). I can't wait for this baby to arrive! Not in an anxious, impatient way, but more of an eager hopefulness, an urgent desirousness ... I can't believe how ready I feel ( Read more... ) -
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I've been spending a lot of time lately thinking about Spring. For me, everything changes this March, when our little boy arrives. Of course our lives will be forever changed by his very addition, but it is even more than that. I will transition from full time employee to homemaker/mother/side hustle entrepreneur. My home will be reinvigorated by ( Read more... ) -
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Hi journal,
I've thought of you a number of times in recent months, but have continually decide not to pay you a visit. Things have been good, really good the last few months. I'm at 16 weeks now and feeling great. Weeks 5-10 were difficult becasue I was so fatigued - sleeping on ly lunch break and as soon as I got home most nights. Weeks 10-12 were ( Read more... ) -
I think there's something wrong with me.
I’ve been considering my relationship with food a lot lately. Here are some facts I’m trying to reconcile:
- I generally DISLIKE eating. The process of food and drink in my mouth, swallowing, the belly feeling of having finished a meal.
- I do enjoy the ritual of a meal with family or friends in a restaurant or at home. Drinking alcohol with a ( Read more... ) -
So sleepy!!
I’ve always had a penchant for napping in public places: under the stands at the Armory, in the reading nook at the library. With this new exhaustion, I find myself fantasizing about sleeping in the park on my lunch break, or under my desk during the dreaded 3 o’clock hour. There’s a small farm down the street where we’ve gone pumpkin picking and ( Read more... ) -
And so it begins...
We told Amy and James last night! Totally not part of the plan, but we had to make the best of it. I had been texting w/ Amy the day before yesterday and she ASKED me! I was like, “you can’t ask that!” but then I called her and we talked for an hour about it. Jack was mad, but I wasn’t upset that she found out. I know she can keep her mouth closed ( Read more... ) -
Pregnancy
It's weird. My baby is the size of a blueberry, but I still can't really believe I'm actually pregnant. I've been painfully tired the last week or so, and my boobs (especially nipples) have been super tender. Other than that, nothing is really different. I'm afraid it isn't real, or that it isn't really going to happen.
It's also weird keeping such ( Read more... ) -
Midwives
Last night was our first meeting with a midwife. She is effectively a solo practitioner up in the village. Shes kinda old and she certainly knows her craft. She seems well respected in her hospital, too. The only thing that gives me pause is that I read a bunch of reviews online and probably 30% were not good. Two of them were BAD. We're ( Read more... ) -
The hits just keep on coming.
Our quail came the night before last. We weren't ready for them. The hatchery was supposed to call us two days in advance. And email. They didn't. We got a call from the post office, God only knows how long they were there. I had to go there after hours and bring them home to a broken brooder box. We lost a few of them the first night, and a bunch ( Read more... ) -
Adventures in Adulthood
In the last nine days, Jack and I have experienced the following:
- Four slashed tires
- Two positive pregnancy tests
- A small house fire
- One blown head gasket
- A fuckton of bedbugs
So we just put brand new tires on a car that may have totaled itself the very next day. The basement I cleaned and reorganized last weekend is now covered with soot. We ( Read more... )