Things that are becoming harder as pregnancy progresses:
Putting on pants, which I do multiple times a day since I get
dressed in the morning, change into my super ugly lab pants at work, change
them back to go home…
Taking off my pants, also something I do multiple times a
day.
Putting on socks.
Taking off socks.
Picking things up off the ground.
Feeding the dogs.
Getting the dogs water.
Really, anything that involves bending over.
Or rolling over. I
swear it takes me a good twenty minutes to roll over in bed, because I need to
stop for a break part way through. That
is typically the point when I rest on my back for a moment, until it becomes
difficult to breathe, and wonder, “Is it worth it to roll over? Or should I just deal with the pain I will
feel in my hip tomorrow from sleeping on the same side all night?”
This week, McCloud is allegedly the size of a butternut
squash, so imagine my excitement when I remembered I have one sitting on my
counter! When I informed my friend from
college of both of these things, she encouraged me to make squash curry
soup. And she started singing, “Butternut
Babies” to the tune of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Buttermilk Biscuits.” It was extra hilarious because I forgot that
song even existed. But, I think I am
going to make this because I love whole grains and I’ve been eating nothing but brown rice or
quinoa for weeks now and I think faro sounds nice. If you were in the mood for a good curry soup
featuring butternut baby (or squash as the case may be) this recipe from
allrecipes looks super delicious.
I’m going to my first ever baby shower this weekend. It happens to be for me, so that’s
exciting. I hope there is booze. Not because the baby wants to get drunk, but
because I believe firmly that no one should be forced to sit through a baby
shower sober unless they are pregnant, underage, driving or can’t handle their
liquor. I don’t know what this will be
like, though, because the ladies from the lab are throwing it. But I do know that scientists can cook like mother fuckers and, at the very least, the food will be delicious! My coworker who is hosting just had a son in
November of last year and she has been setting clothes aside for me since I
announced my pregnancy back in April or whenever it was. It’s supposed to be 100+ degrees on Saturday,
so I need to figure out what I will wear without dying of heat stroke or
getting a severe case of thigh burn. I
should just hire someone to carry me around for the next ten weeks. And fan me. That would be nice, too.
In other news, I have read this essay about a thousand times
and it never fails to make me laugh. And, in case you don’t already know where I
stand, I would TOTALLY let a brontosaurus watch my baby. (If you like that essay, you should read this one, too.)
In more historic news, the Supreme Court declared DOMA
unconstitutional today and dismissed the Prop H8 appeal. So, FUCK YES!
How wonderful for my friends who are married to partners of the same sex
to be able to inherit property, receive benefits and have legal standing when it
comes to end of life choices, you know, all the federal benefits straight
couples receive. This is so big. And so sad that we needed the SCOTUS to make
this ruling, and really disappointing that the decision was 5-4… but as my old
geology professor used to say, “It’s good enough for government work” and good
enough for government work it is, indeed.
In not-so-big news… Mr. Adventure finally finished sanding
the floor! I think we are going to paint
this weekend. Or maybe not, since it is
going to be in the 100’s all weekend. We
might die. But we are at least going to
buy paint this weekend. And stain for
the floor. The only question now is:
what color stain do we want on these lovely, oak floors?
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