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I know it's superficial but the VT football game has me in much higher spirits than I've been in a while.
It's also helpful that I went on a nice hike with my friend Paul this afternoon, and then saw my little Marriage in the Suburbs (as opposed to Sex in the City) group for froyo. We try to get together as often as we can, but all four of us together is rare -- Shanon's got Jack and now Sloane, Mary's in her third trimester, and Lorie is busy with hunting season trying to stalk some elk. It's nice to catch up with these ladies, though, and see the kids. We took turns passing 3-week-old Sloane around, and every time I held her, she pooped. When it was time to leave, I asked Jack for a hug and he said no, and I'm all about respecting that so I didn't force the issue, but when he saw that I was actually going to walk away, he was like "HEY! WAIT! HUG!" And he gave me a big squeeze and some kisses. I love that boy.
I decided not to go into the city to watch the game with my usual group this week. After a full day, I was ready to plop down on my couch and chill. I also didn't much feel like watching the game surrounded by OSU people -- Blitz Ladd in Southeast treats us really well and we love going threre, but it's officially a Big Ten/OSU bar, so it's always overrun with their fans when our games overlap, and last week the shit talk was insane. So I just didn't feel like being there, but I guess I would've been the one talking all the shit. What a game!
I spent some time talking to my husband and working my jigsaw puzzle, and soon I'll retire to bed. It's been a full and lovely day. Tomorrow I'm planning to help Josh and Mary paint some rooms, and I imagine I'll get some board games out of the deal, too. Housework is so much more fun when it's not your house. And it's all in preparation for the next baby in my life, so I'm very excited. Mary probably feels like ten weeks will fly by in no time. I'm definitely excited to meet the thing she's growing. I know his name if it's a boy, but they didn't tell me their girl name. Maybe that's because they haven't decided, or maybe it's because it's going to be Margaret. It should totally be Margaret. SOMEONE NEEDS TO CARRY ON THE FAMILY NAME!