I am what some might call “messy” or “unorganized” in my personal life. I move around a lot and I tend to pack up my stuff, store it somewhere and not get around to unpacking it for a couple years. I accumulate a lot of stuff, so I never really notice if I am missing something. This impending baby has been making me feel like I should, perhaps, get my shit together. This evening, for some reason, I felt inspired to go look at the contents of the trunk of my car, and it was like a TREASURE chest of fun things I had forgotten all about. This is what I found (and this is just what I could carry inside in one trip):
Two of my favorite jackets
A pair of awesome heels I thought I had lost
Two pairs of flip flops i haven’t seen since Mexico
A Pippi Longstocking DVD (?????)
Some random christmas presents I meant to give out in 2006 (guess they are mine now!)
A tote FULL of toiletries (including my Be Delicious fragrance back from when I worked AT NORDSTROM, some expensive skin products, the Amor Amor fragrance Quinn gave me for valentine’s day like, senior year or something and a kind of ridiculous amount of hair products)
About a third of my MASSIVE (and missing) accessories collection (I know you are out there, other two-thirds! I will find you!)
I can’t wait to delve into the rest of my packed up belongings and see what I find.
Today’s Special was my favorite tv show when I was little (like, pre-kindergarten). I don’t remember a ton about it, but I watched it everyday, and watching this video of the theme song still makes me a little anxious and excited, because I loved it SO much. I was traumatized by the way they ended the show–they bulldozed the mall where the mannequins lived. I don’t remember the fate of the mannequins though. I hope they made it out safely…
JK. I am sitting here on my couch watching the cats lick eachother. They are friends! They never do it when I have my camera handy, though. I had to leave work early today because I have felt sick all week and today it finally caught up with me. According to the internet, my uterus is the size of a soccer ball. I can feel said uterus under my rib cage and it makes me naseous. Literally, it makes me naseous, not just the thought of it. I am a month away from my third trimester. Can’t wait!
In other news, I finally got a computer of my very own, which is pretty much the most exciting thing that has happend to me in, oh, about 6 months. I made chili this week and it turned out AMAZING. Oh, and the Office is on tonight. Wow, i lead an exciting life.
To close, I would like to introduce a new feature called “Rude Things Complete Strangers Have Said to Me This Week.”
“What does your husband do?” Oh, I am not married, but thanks old man I don’t know. Please pray for my illegitimate child!
“You are due in AUGUST?! But you are SO BIG! Are you having TWINS?” Thanks Safeway Checker Lady. I appreciate your concern. Please rot in hell.
I had a dream this weekend that I had my baby, but couldn’t remember the delivery because they gave me so much champagne at the hospital that I blacked-out. I was carrying my baby around the hospital. My baby wasn’t a baby, but a little picture of a baby–just the head. It wasn’t moving, so I didn’t know if it was alive. I was desperately trying to find a nurse to hook it up to a monitor so I could see if it was alive or not. I finally found a nurse, and then the baby in the picture started smiling and winking at me (like a picture in a Harry Potter movie), and I was so relieved. I was relieved that I had had the baby, and relieved that the delivery was so easy that I apparently didn’t even remember it. I woke up and was SO ANNOYED to discover that I was (and am) still pregnant.
So, I have decided to give up diet coke again. Of all the bad habits I had to stop when I found out I was pregnant, diet coke has been the most difficult, which kind of surprises me. And makes me wonder what exactly is in it that makes it so damn addictive. I managed to stop drinking it for about the first three months of my pregnancy, but then decided I could have it in small amounts. It went from me really appreciating the small amount I got to have, to now, again, being totally addicted and drinking too much. The past couple weeks I have been feeling more guilty about it, and not even about the caffeine. Seriously: WHAT IS EVEN IN DIET COKE?? I don’t mind putting weirdo fake sugar chemicals into my body, but I don’t think it is good for the baby. While I am nowhere even NEAR the levels I was drinking pre-pregnancy, I still feel guilty. Also, the past few times I have drank it, I have felt sick after, which tells me Holland isn’t liking it either. So, I will add it to the list of things I am looking forward to reacquainting myself with this September.
One major thing that has changed in my life since I became pregnant is the fact that I cook now. Like, actual meals. This has been inspired by the two main themes of my pregnancy: boredom and lack of alcohol. I fill these voids with food, and my cravings are getting more and more specific as time goes on. I discovered that making my own food is the easiest way to satisfy Holland and her demands. Luckily, I live next door to a Safeway, so I can walk over there pretty much anytime to get what I need. The things I eat most often are ben & jerry’s, vegetables with ranch dip, bacon, broiled salmon and spaghetti and meatballs. However, last weekend I got a craving for asparagus and gorgonzola (??? yeah, I know), so Emily and I went to safeway and picked up some ingredients to make pasta. We were so impressed with the gourmet dish we managed to cook up, we decided to make something new every weekend and document it. Here is installment number one:
Meal: Penne with gorgonzola sauce, asparagus and mushrooms, served with garlic bread. And candles.
For the sauce I melted cream, gorgonzola, parmesan, pepper and butter over low heat until it was melted. We baked the asparagus, sauteed the mushrooms, boiled the pasta and stirred it all together.
For the bread we couldn’t decide between olive oil and butter, so we decided to do a taste test. Half of the bread had olive oil and half had butter, all with chopped garlic and parmesan on top. In case you were wondering, butter won.
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