life
Thursday, January 21, 2010
poor brian
last night brian went to whole foods to pick up some more snacks for my insatiable, uncompromising, unhappy stomach. i was useless, lying parallel on the couch waiting for a decent singer to audition on american idol. it was another rough go, with masubi making me sicker than usual. i think i've booted in every household orifice, except maybe the guest room shower and last night i just couldn't make it to the toilet. so about 20 min after after i painstakingly tried to eat different foods to take the nasty prenatal pill, i booted again for the nth time, clogging up "his sink" in the master bathroom. oops. who knew that you could take a plunger to a sink?
besides dealing with my food, before and after, he has to endure living in the same space as masubi and me. let me tell you. my methane footprint is a large as the verizon cell phone coverage. it's BRUTAL. for all of us, including the universe.
bodily functions aside, we went in for 2 doc appts on monday. one with dr. wong and another with the ultra sound specialist for the nuchal translucency test. so far so good. I still need to take another blood test in about 2 weeks. the nurse who took my blood the first time, couldn't believe how much i didn't like my bood drawn. she said multiple times with a sneer "and you're going to have a baby?" in disbelief that i would be so chicksh*t about needles. that's right lady, so shut your trap and just do your f'n job. got to love my hormones.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
2010
it's hard to imagine all the changes that will happen in 2010. how different life is and will be this year. i survived another holiday at sephora and hosted another xmas eve at our house and pulled close to another all nighter to pack for another trip leaving on xmas day. argentina was a gastronomical delight and masubi for the most part was on good behavior. the more detailed account of the trip is in my travel journal. i would say these are the highlights:
-the steak, chorizo, the meat. even the proscuitto i couldn't eat looked delicious
-mendoza. the apple green countryside with dotted with wineries new and old.
-juice's drama. meeting another fleeting flavor of the moment.
-appreciating brian. he would get me water, rub my back, make sure that i was as comfortale as possible at all times.
-sharing the news with our parents. the framed ultrasound went over well with our parents. it's still funny that dad thought it was a picture of a volcano.
i didn't think that i was going to make it through the first week back at work. what's a girl to do without siestas and the constant companionship of her husbie? not to mention the endless downstream of year end duties associated with the job. there were a few days that i came home, ate and crashed. vera called me out this past week and texted and asked if i were preggers and i came clean. sam and zach high-fived me at delfinas. so far, so good. i have my next 2 doc appts on the 18th, and hopefully the results will be positive.
bursting
several things are bursting now:
skin - i never got to the point in the workouts where you can bounce quarters off my ass, but now my skin is to taught on my stomach that i'm sure the quarters will go flying into orbit.
bladder - this must be nature's way of prepping me for interrupted sleep. i can't go 2-3 hours without emptying the bladder. a new requirement is having slippers by the bed-side for the late night toilet visits.
pants - i'm going to blame it on my bladder or maybe distended intestines, but my pants are bursting. i had to borrow those pant extensions from belinda. how can it be? i'm only 10/11 weeks.
the truth - it's been difficult keeping masubi a secret and keeping up/making up lies. not sure how much longer i can keep things a secret. time is a funny thing. i want the weeks to pass by quickly to make sure masubi is ok, but i'm not prepared to deal with the changes associated with time. i saw "this emotional life" on pbs and it was about happiness and how quickly people adapt to situations and how resilient people are. i don't think i learned about positive psychology in school but i'm a skeptical believer. all in all, people need people to be happy, and masubi will add to the happiness mix.
