Again with the random bits.
I am topic-less. So. Once again, a Friday Five! 1. Pregnancy update. I can feel the baby move now, and I’m getting BIGGER and BIGGER. I see the size as a mixed blessing. On one hand, being humongous has never appealed to me, and already I’m having an awkward time trying to give myself more … Read more
One Small Banana to the Head…
…One Giant Leap for Mommies Everywhere So I promised I wouldn’t name any names. But I heard the greatest story last week, about a mommy who threw half of a banana at her husband’s head. First, applause to the mommy, because the banana actually made contact (I would have missed and would have had to … Read more
Any Other Name
She calls me “Mom Mom.” It’s kind of cute, I guess, but it’s what I called my grandmother. So it makes me feel like I should be calling jeans “dungarees,” complaining about the dry heat of California, expounding on the benefits of sleeping without underpants, and sending post cards from far-off places. Mom Mom would … Read more
Yappy #1 and Yappy #2
* Good morning. It’s 4:12 a.m. The neighbors’ yappy dogs have begun to bark. 4:12 a.m. and 15 seconds: Z wakes up crying. 4:12 a.m. and 20 seconds: The Ever-Suffering Mother (hey, that’s me!) retrieves crying child and deposits her into what can now be called The Family Bed (of Pain). 4:13 a.m.: Yappy dogs … Read more
