( boring randomness )

I'm giddy today. The baby is moving lots and I am allowing myself to dream that he will be perfect, that I will be strong enough to birth him and that he will come out breathing and screaming and he will be fully formed and score 9s and 10s on the apgar. This is not something I allow myself to dream about much. Odd, because really it seems the ( Read more... )

( oh neurosis, my permanent accessory, you don't agree with pregnancy )

Work was dead so at noon I came home to work. Instead of working on work, I worked on growing a baby in my belly. I did that by sleeping. I slept the entire afternoon away, and woke up with smeared mascara and lipstick over my face and $400 comforter and my hair looked awesome. Clearly it's been a great Friday ( Read more... )

I had a horrible day. Not really so horrible, in the grand scheme of things, but in the small-minded way, a horrible day. But today was Ali's birthday, so I put a smile over it all and tried to focus on celebrating him ( Read more... )

I hate how I am. I hate how I am so sensitive. I hate how I take everything personally. No, I can't just change this about me. It's not a laugh or an accent, it's part of my essence. And I hate it ( 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... )

So soy is kinda bad for you, especially in large quantities (say, 3-5 servings a day, my norm) and especially in the form of the highly processed tofu. This leaves me without a nice, clean, easy, lean protein option. I'm famished, but staring at my fridge without any idea of what's appropriate to eat ( Read more... )

I like to speed ( Read more... )

We played a heated game of Monopoly in front of the fireplace tonight, fire blazing as we wheeled and dealed and taunted and cajoled. The winter weather is exciting ( Read more... )