Sundries
The belly continues to stretch tighter and tighter. Sometimes I wonder how this kid is fitting inside me, and with a little more than a month to go how is it going to continue to fit? Oh, by poking me in the ribs a thousand times a day, that's how. "Silly mommy, your body is my playground" this kid thinks as I wince in pain at the foot that is causing the left side of my stomach to go numb.
This morning I couldn't sleep at all and ending up getting up around 5:20. That is early, even for me. But, instead of being upset about the ungodly hour I tried to think about it differently. In a few weeks I will be getting up 5:20 or earlier because I have to, because there will be someone in the next room who needs me. Today I could get up and do whatever it was I wanted, I could go swim and not worry that I had to be back at the house by a certain time. While I am not complaining in the LEAST about the child that I will be taking of in a few weeks, I do realize that I will miss the 'me' time that I have had over the last 28 years of my life. It is hard to explain what this realization has done for me, but I hope that I can appreciate everything about my life during the next month, because it's all about to change. Ch-ch-ch-changes...
Last night husband and I went to see 'Into the Woods' at our local theater. I really enjoyed the play, though it was a bit long. I had never seen the full version of the story, and honestly, it's a little depressing. The first act is very bright, shiny, and happy, the second act brings you back to reality and makes feel a little depressed. Overall the show was wonderful, I loved it, and I am preeetty sure I understood the moral of the story (since the cast only sung about it the entire second half of the show), which was children grow-up, you cannot protect them forever. How apropos to this stage of my life, because all I can think about is protecting this child inside me.
We have a baby shower tomorrow that friends are throwing for us and I am really looking forward to it, though I have to remember to hold my head up in all the photos so my complimentary maternity double chin doesn't show up.
This morning I couldn't sleep at all and ending up getting up around 5:20. That is early, even for me. But, instead of being upset about the ungodly hour I tried to think about it differently. In a few weeks I will be getting up 5:20 or earlier because I have to, because there will be someone in the next room who needs me. Today I could get up and do whatever it was I wanted, I could go swim and not worry that I had to be back at the house by a certain time. While I am not complaining in the LEAST about the child that I will be taking of in a few weeks, I do realize that I will miss the 'me' time that I have had over the last 28 years of my life. It is hard to explain what this realization has done for me, but I hope that I can appreciate everything about my life during the next month, because it's all about to change. Ch-ch-ch-changes...
Last night husband and I went to see 'Into the Woods' at our local theater. I really enjoyed the play, though it was a bit long. I had never seen the full version of the story, and honestly, it's a little depressing. The first act is very bright, shiny, and happy, the second act brings you back to reality and makes feel a little depressed. Overall the show was wonderful, I loved it, and I am preeetty sure I understood the moral of the story (since the cast only sung about it the entire second half of the show), which was children grow-up, you cannot protect them forever. How apropos to this stage of my life, because all I can think about is protecting this child inside me.
We have a baby shower tomorrow that friends are throwing for us and I am really looking forward to it, though I have to remember to hold my head up in all the photos so my complimentary maternity double chin doesn't show up.
posted by Al at 11:52 AM
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