Friday, March 30, 2007
Have you missed me?
I know that it's been way way too long since I've posted anything, but life keeps me on my toes. And now I think I've at least cracked a few of them. But that's okay. I will carry on.
I guess it's time to tell you what exactly I've been up to. I haven't been losing weight. Not that I care right now. Because I'm pregnant again! Yippee for me! And for Don... and the Monkey... We're all really excited. And I'm far enough along now, 20 weeks, that I don't mind screaming it from the rooftops. That and I can't hide it anymore since I have more than a slight resemblance to a beached whale. It so strange to go through everything that I've been through in the last year to be healthy and happy just to lose sight of my feet again. But it will all be worth it.
We don't know our little one's gender right now, but hopefully the Rat will be cooperative enough next week to give up the goods. But it's not looking so promising with the attitude I'm getting from the womb already. I had a prenatal appointment yesterday, and everything checked out great. The last part was to hear the heartbeat. Well, the little Rat would take off every time we tried it get a good listen. All we would hear it two or three thuds of the heart before the "Whooosh" of it taking off to the other side of my uterus. Not just once or twice to irritate me and the doctor, but repeatedly for 12 MINUTES! We finally pushed the Rat up against a very firm hand shoved into me and cornered the sucker. The heartbeat sounds good and healthy, but that doesn't mean this isn't a brat already. It should be an interesting upcoming year with attitude like this already.
Also, since I last posted, Don and I celebrated our one year anniversary. It was great. We dropped off the Monkey with Grandma and Grandpa for the weekend and took off.... to Saint Paul. It was so worth it though. We looked into flying away somewhere, but it just didn't make any sense. So we booked two nights at the luxurious St Paul Hotel. Since our anniversary also happens to fall the day after St Patrick's Day, we got to be in Saint Paul for their St Patty's Day parade. That was fun. Got to say 'Hi' to Al Franken and get a very firm handshake. We also had tickets to the closing night of Camelot at the Ordway, starring Michael York. It was a good show. We enjoyed ourselves. When we were checking out of our hotel room on Sunday morning, who comes off the elevator other than Michael York and his wife. That was interesting to watch. All of the staff of the Saint Paul Hotel were gushing over him. But he was really just like any other guy, except his job means that people recognize and notice him everywhere. While we were waiting for the valet to bring up our car, Michael stopped the doorman's cart from running into me from behind. See, just a regular guy. And very nice about it all. Don and I also got to eat a meal at the famous Mickey's Diner. That was so much fun. But I'm not sure that I'll ever get that greasy smell out of my clothes. It might be too deeply embedded into the fibers.
I'll leave you all with that for now. There are a million other things I could tell you, but this is already freakishly long. Thanks for listening!
I guess it's time to tell you what exactly I've been up to. I haven't been losing weight. Not that I care right now. Because I'm pregnant again! Yippee for me! And for Don... and the Monkey... We're all really excited. And I'm far enough along now, 20 weeks, that I don't mind screaming it from the rooftops. That and I can't hide it anymore since I have more than a slight resemblance to a beached whale. It so strange to go through everything that I've been through in the last year to be healthy and happy just to lose sight of my feet again. But it will all be worth it.
We don't know our little one's gender right now, but hopefully the Rat will be cooperative enough next week to give up the goods. But it's not looking so promising with the attitude I'm getting from the womb already. I had a prenatal appointment yesterday, and everything checked out great. The last part was to hear the heartbeat. Well, the little Rat would take off every time we tried it get a good listen. All we would hear it two or three thuds of the heart before the "Whooosh" of it taking off to the other side of my uterus. Not just once or twice to irritate me and the doctor, but repeatedly for 12 MINUTES! We finally pushed the Rat up against a very firm hand shoved into me and cornered the sucker. The heartbeat sounds good and healthy, but that doesn't mean this isn't a brat already. It should be an interesting upcoming year with attitude like this already.
Also, since I last posted, Don and I celebrated our one year anniversary. It was great. We dropped off the Monkey with Grandma and Grandpa for the weekend and took off.... to Saint Paul. It was so worth it though. We looked into flying away somewhere, but it just didn't make any sense. So we booked two nights at the luxurious St Paul Hotel. Since our anniversary also happens to fall the day after St Patrick's Day, we got to be in Saint Paul for their St Patty's Day parade. That was fun. Got to say 'Hi' to Al Franken and get a very firm handshake. We also had tickets to the closing night of Camelot at the Ordway, starring Michael York. It was a good show. We enjoyed ourselves. When we were checking out of our hotel room on Sunday morning, who comes off the elevator other than Michael York and his wife. That was interesting to watch. All of the staff of the Saint Paul Hotel were gushing over him. But he was really just like any other guy, except his job means that people recognize and notice him everywhere. While we were waiting for the valet to bring up our car, Michael stopped the doorman's cart from running into me from behind. See, just a regular guy. And very nice about it all. Don and I also got to eat a meal at the famous Mickey's Diner. That was so much fun. But I'm not sure that I'll ever get that greasy smell out of my clothes. It might be too deeply embedded into the fibers.
I'll leave you all with that for now. There are a million other things I could tell you, but this is already freakishly long. Thanks for listening!
