Today I was supposed to be in Cleveland, TN bearing witness to a dear friend's wedding to a guy it turns out I quite like. I was going to wear a beautiful blue dress. I was going to cry happy tears and get a little tipsy and try to get the bride to dance barefoot. Instead I was resting at home with my family taking care of me, convinced (perhaps ( Read more... )

I didn't go into labor today. The cramps I've had all week became worrisome so MM insisted I come in to make sure all was fine. I did and it was, though I learned that I am already barely dilating and softening in preparation for labor. This is exciting. "In two months you'll be absolutely ready to go," MM said ( Read more... )

I haven't been able to catch up on sleep lately due to worrying 1) about the flight to Greece next week and the impossibility that is a large metal tube carrying a hundred passengers gliding through the air without crashing, 2) that no one in my immediate family has cancer and given the statistics on americans with cancer this seems impossible, ( Read more... )

I've been off caffeine for awhile now, but I've started having decaf black tea in the mornings. Today I had 3 big glasses of it and now I'm shaky, like I used to get after a couple pots of strong coffee. Could just 3 glasses of decaf have enough caffeine to cause this ( Read more... )

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Chez Zee. Just us fam, sans Dad who had a gig. I curled my hair for the first time ever, it was big and exciting but the curls dropped long before the NYE ball did. Pix are ( here )

I bought a milk frother from Ikea and now my morning coffee seems so special and light and fluffy and extra delicious.

Ali bought a new car.
Then I bought a new treeThen we ran out of money ( Read more... )

My weekend in ( pictures )

Spent the day relaxing in Buda, tending to my body by ignoring my diet and eating too much. And taking pictures.

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