I got home from Pittsburgh – a 12 hour trip overall, given a long wait time at the airport (not many flights to Mobile) during which I billed some much needed hours. My back is killing me from the plane. We bolted down a quick dinner and then the husband rushed out the door to…
Category: Pregnancy Sucks, Dude
Thirty Five
I turned thirty five over Labor Day weekend. We traveled up north to watch the home team play the first college football game of the season, and it was epic in both good ways and bad: BAD: The husband was out of town, so getting out was an Endeavor. After staying up late finishing…
Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh
Ya’ll ladies know that sound, right? The super-quick washing machine swish of a little fetal heartbeat? Often accompanied by the much stronger, much slower beat of its mother’s heart, together entwining to form a glorious symphony of rushing blood and health and life? (POETRY, what’s up.) Love that sound. That sound, and the little flutter kicks,…
Saturday morning meal planning
I must be feeling somewhat better, as today I woke up feeling like doing a little menu planning and grocery shopping. The morning sickness is not gone, oh lordy no . . . it comes and goes in waves, and I still suffer the heaves a few times a week. But it’s better than it…
Rainy July
It’s early morning. The windows are fogged – we had more rain yesterday. I think for the bulk of us across the country, this summer shall go down as the Season of Unending Rain. Except for it ruining the Fourth of July, I haven’t minded much – my inclination, still, is to lounge at all…