Random thoughts

A few things, in no particular order:

1. I saw "Twilight" today. I hope if they make movies of any of the sequels they use a different screenwriter and find a new Bella.

2. I'd like to thank the lady sitting next to me in the movie today. Not only were you rude when I tried to get to the empty seat next to you (what do you expect when you're on the aisle?), you also spent the whole movie saying, "What happened?", "Who's that?", and "What's going on?" This added to my experience unmeasurably.

3. I had a doctor's appointment on Thursday. I'm 13 weeks along and got an ultrasound. My baby has a head, legs, a hand I could see, a foot I could see, two legs and a strong heartbeat.

4. I got to hear the baby's heartbeat. We aren't finding out the sex but Kent and I and also my whole family and all our friends are convinced that it's a girl. I asked my midwife what the heartbeat indicated and she said a girl. Then she cheerfully added, "But since I've said that it's going to be a boy!" We'll be happy with whatever we get and I can't wait until it's born to find out!

5. I have purchased two pairs of maternity pants. They are still too big but far more comfortable than my normal clothes.

6. I no longer have morning queasiness but I am still very tired, suffering from acne and getting headaches. Also, thanks to all my mom-friends out there for never mentioning bacne. I was not expecting that one AT ALL. I hope that in the next week or two those things will pretty much be finished.

7. Last Friday (the 14th) I went to the New Kids on the Block concert and it was awesome.

Do you hear what I hear?

I'm covering for the receptionist while she's at lunch. The radio station she listens to is already playing Christmas carols. For some reason this does not make me feel cheery. It makes me want to break the radio into a thousand pieces.

A baby and other stuff update later today or tomorrow.

I have ballot issues

Yesterday I mailed in my ballot. Today that means that I don't want to hear one single word about politics until November 5 when the news tells me who's been elected President.

Also, can people please stop shoving their opinions down my throat? Can they stop assuming that I want to hear what they think? Because here's the thing: I DON'T CARE. Even if we agree I don't care how you vote or why you're voting that way.

As another aside, to all of you that hate people that aren't in your party (regardless if you're right of left) I want to thank you for making the world a little bit worse. YOU are a big part of why there is so much animosity in this country. YOU are the reason that people can't have a civilized discussion and maybe make things better. So congratulations! I hope you can sleep at night knowing that you've added absolutely nothing positive. I hope you feel better knowing that you've further alienated people who disagree with you rather than helping them see why you might be right.

I can't wait for November 5.

I ♥ sweatpants

In an earlier post I made fun of people that wore sweatpants out in public.

I now long to join their ranks.

I spent 15 minutes this morning agonizing, trying on pair after pair of pants. Nothing fit without causing an unsightly bulge that makes it appear I've grown a bit too fond of the all-you-can eat buffet.

I currently have: one pair of jeans, one pair of work pants and one skirt (with an elastic waist) that still fit pretty well. Oh, and several pairs of pajama pants. I'm not ready yet to buy maternity pants but I also don't want to buy several pairs of normal pants that won't fit in a few months and (hopefully!) won't fit after the baby is born. See my dilemma?

Maybe I should buy really loose shirts so you can't tell that my pants are no longer buttoned. Maybe I should try to convince my boss that I should be allowed to wear anything that fits, even if it is a pair of pajama pants that are six sizes too big and have the Guinness logo all over them.

One more thing: for those of you that are curious I'm currently 9 1/2 weeks pregnant and the baby is due on or around May 31, 2009!

Gummi bears

I've had a very relaxing month and a half off of blogging. Now though, just like returning to work after a vacation, I have a pile of things to post about. Since I'm not going to do it all today (I do have a job after all) I will give you an overview of what's to come:

* We went on vacation to New York
* Kent is getting ready to mobilize
* I'm incubating a gummi bear that will, eventually, be a baby.

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To my friends

Another political season, another opportunity for rude people to pepper my inbox with emails that are presumptous and offensive. The guilty party doesn't actually even know my politics and assume that I agree with their bigoted, misinformed point of view.

Oh what the hell, I'm not going to dance around this. The emails I get are in regard to Barack Obama. I don't care if you dislike him because you disagree with his politics. For all you know I might not agree with his politics either. BUT, these emails I get are basically racist missives that call his character into question because of his heritage. It's disgusting and I would have liked to hope that the people I'm friends with are more enlightened. However that is clearly not the case. Up to this point I've basically deleted the emails without reading them but now I'm riled up and considering what I should do.

Do I stop associating with this person? Clearly our values are very different. Do I send an email and attempt to educate him/her? Or do I continue to delete the emails and not say anything. What would you do?