pregnancy, batman, and other various topics
being pregnant is sooo strange. idk how i feel about it. i like getting to buy new clothes constantly (not so much the shoes, because pregnant women constantly have swollen feet), but other than that, i really am still kind of up in the air. i like the idea that i'm going to have a baby in theory, but in practice it seems a lot more terrifying. now instead of worrying about studying for the GREs i spend my time cleaning out what was once my library/yoga room to prepare for a nursery. i got that job as the assistant director at the academic skills center, and i love it and it's great, but to raise my baby the way i want i don't know if i'll be able to work there once it's born. life is a scary thing. i think i'll be more excited once i find out whether it's a boy or a girl, which should be some time around the beginning of november. at least the 2nd trimester is going way better than the first so far. i'm not nearly as sick all the time, and i'm getting a little energy back so i can stay awake past 7 pm. that's one of the nicest things that's happened in a while.
also, i really like the batman movie. i know that this is a little late, but it was a great movie and i saw it at the drive in and in imax and i'd see it again too if ted would let me but i won't go by myself and he gets bored of seeing the same movie over and over again. i don't really like christian bale, but i sure do have a girlbone for batman. cuz he's self-made, you know? no toxic waste, no nuclear accident, he's not from another planet...he's just batman, who is super rich and can afford to invent crime-fighting gear and is trained in martial arts. so while it's still improbable that a person could be like batman, it's not entirely impossible. that's also what makes it hot.
no more friday nights for a while. we did have a weeknight mini-bbq last night though, and it was nice. it was just me, ted, taddeo and scott, and a bunch of steak. we will probably do something party-like for halloween, just because i think it's on a friday, and that's awesome.
today we're having a woodstove put in. i can't wait until it's done, because then the house will be kind of warm (and i absolutely refuse to buy oil until next month). it kind of makes me sad though because i loved my big open fireplace. i used to sleep in front of it on an air mattress all the time. it only took like, 5 seconds for me to pass out once i was in front of the fireplace. i don't know if it'll be the same with the stove. but it'll be warmer, i can leave the fire going all day, and i can actually cook on the front of it, so that's cool. the next project is the living room/kitchen floor. the nursery project is ongoing, but right now it's just a matter of clearing out all the crap that's in there (which is a hell of a lot). it's amazing how much shit has to change with a baby. like, i can't even baby-proof my cabinets, i don't think. i have to get different handles for the cabinets so that i can lock them. and we're trying to get rid of all of the chemicals in the house before the baby, but that means that ted and i have to conquer our addiction to lysol wipes. i have to get the animals ready too, which is going to be a task. mogan loves babies but the rest of them not so much. deandra is good with kids but might be really jealous. idk, i just don't want her to eat the baby.
anyway i think the new batman movie comes out like 2 weeks before christmas, and i'm going to buy it for myself as an early present, because i'm pregnant and i can do whatever i want. i think i'm going to ask for a wii this christmas too, for the same reason. it's a good excuse for anything. like, i'll get hungry and eat crappy food and when ted yells at me i'll tell him it's what the baby wanted, and then he really can't say anything because his mom ate nothing but cheeseburgers for nine months and i think that's why he is the way he is.
anyway because i probably won't post on here for a while, we're having thanksgiving and everyone is welcome. i'm trying to have a few "big" holidays and parties before i can't have them anymore at all.
ooh and ted and i are going to this crazy bed and breakfast next month for our anniversary. it's like built into the side of a mountain and it overlooks the deleware. you can see it from 97 but you're like "how the hell do i get up there?" well, now we'll find out! i'm so super psyched!
that's it.
also, i really like the batman movie. i know that this is a little late, but it was a great movie and i saw it at the drive in and in imax and i'd see it again too if ted would let me but i won't go by myself and he gets bored of seeing the same movie over and over again. i don't really like christian bale, but i sure do have a girlbone for batman. cuz he's self-made, you know? no toxic waste, no nuclear accident, he's not from another planet...he's just batman, who is super rich and can afford to invent crime-fighting gear and is trained in martial arts. so while it's still improbable that a person could be like batman, it's not entirely impossible. that's also what makes it hot.
no more friday nights for a while. we did have a weeknight mini-bbq last night though, and it was nice. it was just me, ted, taddeo and scott, and a bunch of steak. we will probably do something party-like for halloween, just because i think it's on a friday, and that's awesome.
today we're having a woodstove put in. i can't wait until it's done, because then the house will be kind of warm (and i absolutely refuse to buy oil until next month). it kind of makes me sad though because i loved my big open fireplace. i used to sleep in front of it on an air mattress all the time. it only took like, 5 seconds for me to pass out once i was in front of the fireplace. i don't know if it'll be the same with the stove. but it'll be warmer, i can leave the fire going all day, and i can actually cook on the front of it, so that's cool. the next project is the living room/kitchen floor. the nursery project is ongoing, but right now it's just a matter of clearing out all the crap that's in there (which is a hell of a lot). it's amazing how much shit has to change with a baby. like, i can't even baby-proof my cabinets, i don't think. i have to get different handles for the cabinets so that i can lock them. and we're trying to get rid of all of the chemicals in the house before the baby, but that means that ted and i have to conquer our addiction to lysol wipes. i have to get the animals ready too, which is going to be a task. mogan loves babies but the rest of them not so much. deandra is good with kids but might be really jealous. idk, i just don't want her to eat the baby.
anyway i think the new batman movie comes out like 2 weeks before christmas, and i'm going to buy it for myself as an early present, because i'm pregnant and i can do whatever i want. i think i'm going to ask for a wii this christmas too, for the same reason. it's a good excuse for anything. like, i'll get hungry and eat crappy food and when ted yells at me i'll tell him it's what the baby wanted, and then he really can't say anything because his mom ate nothing but cheeseburgers for nine months and i think that's why he is the way he is.
anyway because i probably won't post on here for a while, we're having thanksgiving and everyone is welcome. i'm trying to have a few "big" holidays and parties before i can't have them anymore at all.
ooh and ted and i are going to this crazy bed and breakfast next month for our anniversary. it's like built into the side of a mountain and it overlooks the deleware. you can see it from 97 but you're like "how the hell do i get up there?" well, now we'll find out! i'm so super psyched!
that's it.