February 2011
88 posts
melonk asked: If one was to make you a treat are there any ingredients one should avoid due to allergies or pregnancy aversions?
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Things that frustrate
I’ve developed an allergy to my wedding ring. I now have to wear it on a chain around my neck
I never legally changed my last name after getting married. So when I applied for summer graduation just now (I applied for graduation just now!!!) I was informed that if I want my married name on my diploma, I have to schlep all the way to main campus with my marriage certificate in tow.
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tiffanyjmoore-deactivated201303 asked: HE WON! COLIN REALLY WON! YOU MUST BE SO EXCITED!!
But maybe try not to jump up and down so much you break your mucus plug, m'kay?
But maybe try not to jump up and down so much you break your mucus plug, m'kay?
Somebody explain to me why losing four followers after saying the words “mucus plug” feels like some kind of sick achievement.
I am not a gross-out queen. Yes, I’ve been known to eat off the floor. Yes, I’ve been known to eat Taco Bell tacos left out overnight. But no, I don’t do gross things for the sake of being gross. (I do them because I’m hungry. ...
“I thought the mucus plug was something the doctor put in to keep the baby in...”
– Ken. It’s been a constant learning experience for both of us.
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Me: Babe will you order a pizza?
Ken: What? You know I don’t talk to pizza guys. Can’t you order it?
Me: Come oooon! Pizzaaaaa.
Ken: Babe I’m really tired.
Me: Tired? You’re tired from playing golf. I’m tired from carrying your child around inside of me all day! Your child, which I will carry in my body, for another 30 weeks. Thirty. Weeks.
Ken: …
Me:...
I don’t like to be in public. I don’t like to be seen. I’m not comfortable knowing I could do something horrific at any time and people will see. People will see!!
But today, I got a haircut. I got it blow-dried and styled. I was wearing a dress because none of my pants fit me anymore, and as I left the salon I thought, what a waste to go back in my little cave on such a pretty...
I’m afraid that I’ve come all this way, grown this attached, and it’s all going to come crashing down in the blink of an eye. I’m so afraid of this.
Bad things happen.
Good things happen too, but when bad things happen, they knock you flat on your back and it’s hard - so hard - to pick yourself back up. I try to stay positive, but sometimes, oh my God, I am afraid.
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My EFF YOU of the day
I don’t care what men want.
Seriously.
If you’re a guy, and you feel the need to write a long, patronizing post about how “men want a woman who is happy with her body”, or how “men want a woman who is secure and has self-esteem”, then I want to deliver a swift kick to the side of your head.
A) You don’t speak for all men. Nobody appointed you the great...
The thing about today is that everyone who...
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Truthful Tuesday
I can’t participate in the happy place meme because Ken won’t let me post a picture of his crotch.
Sometimes I get scared
I get scared that I’m carrying this child inside me who will eventually grow up to hate me and blame me for all his problems, and dread my phone calls and avoid me, and roll his eyes every time he says “mom”.
I get scared that I’m never going to be able to wear a bikini again. That it took years of work to accept a body I instantly lost and will never see again.
I get...
These, our hormonal times
7:00 am - Watch brother run marathon. Cry as he runs past you at mile 10.
9:30 am - Watch brother finish marathon. Cry because you’re so proud of his achievement and you love him so freaking much.
11:00 am - Eat. A LOT. Fall asleep immediately after.
6:00 pm - Send husband out for Lebanese food. Worry when he takes more than 10 minutes. Cry because your craving probably got him...
I just made an argument for why “A Single Man” is a happy movie, not a sad one, and I didn’t even think to mention the fact that Colin Firth repeatedly gets naked.
So this is what being in an alternate reality is like. Claudia is sane and unobsessed. There’s no work on Monday. Everything tastes like cheese…
Ken: Did you notice? I hid those chips that make you gag.
Me: Oh my God thank you! You’re an awesome husband.
Ken: I did a pretty good job, huh? I put them with the cleaning supplies so I know you’ll never find them.
Belgian waffle and a double order of hash browns...
Being pregnant feels suspiciously like being in heaven.
It's been a month of firsts
Right now, for the first time, I’m sitting through an entire meal at a nice restaurant with the top button of my pants undone.
I think there are a couple of Ken’s friends who think I’m not good enough for Ken, and they’re right. They’re right that the girl I used to be was not good enough to be with their friend. Not by a long shot.
But I’ve changed a lot since then, and the Claudia I’ve become is someone who is worthy of her partner. I’ve come a long way, put in a lot of work,...
2:00am: Hey. Hey mom. It’s me. It’s Blueberry. I’m hungry. Wake up. Feed me.
4:00am: Hey mom. It’s…it’s me again. I’m hungry again. I know, I know. You’re tired. But I’m growing some organs over here and that’s hard work. So get up, woman. Feed me.
4:30am: Hey, uh, mom? You know that toast with apricot jam we just had. Wow! Yum!...
I hate this secrecy thing!
I want to tell the world already!
I keep wearing these form-fitting shirts hoping someone will notice my little bump and ask me about it, but I think everyone just thinks I’m eating too many cupcakes.
2 more weeks until we can share our news with the world.
Knockonwoodknockonwoodknockonwood…
Also, I just made this weird kissing sound while drinking out of my straw and I think I...
“Without you, without you I always thought that everything was fine Without you Never knowing you’d be mine Suddenly my world has changed And I just wonder why All it took was just one smile Now with you, out of the blue Love appeared before my eyes with you A dream come true I never thought I’d realize what love was What love was, what love was…”
Don’t laugh....
It’s not just that he gets up at 4am to make me some tea because my head hurts so badly I want to throw up. It’s that he does it without complaint and with genuine concern. It’s that he adds extra honey because he knows that’s how I like it. It’s that he sits up with me, groggy and patient, his hand moving gently over the small of my back.
Late night insomnia thoughts
I once won a fantasy football thingie. I had no idea what I was doing. I got a lot of, “It’s so random. It really doesn’t mean anything” from the guys, and they were right I guess, because I really had no clue who any of my players were. But I bet if any of them had won, they would’ve attributed it to skill, not chance.
I really want to learn how to hog tie a...
I babble when I'm nervous
I actually said these things to my new undergrad helper:
We might have a false-alarm situation here. Either that or my bladder is afraid of you.
So then the enzyme…um…Line! Come on, what’s my line?
Scientists are very socially awkward and yes I include myself in that statement I mean look at me.
Can you hand me that peach out of the mini-fridge next to you there? Yes, the...
Pulmonary Hypertension & My Sister.
flutternutt:
Hello to all of my Tumblr friends and family Today I am reaching out to each of you for your help, for my sister, Christa. Many of you here know her and talk to her daily through DM, Email, Chat, blogging etc. I know she is fairly close with many of you. So most of you know that she was diagnosed a month ago with Pulmonary Hypertension. If you aren’t familiar with what that is,...
Truthful Tuesday
I’ve lost all motivation to do anything but lay around and watch TV. I don’t want to work. I don’t even want to get up out of my chair and walk across the room. I’m only in today because I have a new undergrad “assistant” coming who’s supposed to make things easier for me in the lab.
This girl…
She is a biology/microbiology double major. She...
factualfiction asked: Have you thought of names for the baby?
I'm thinking Colin for a boy and Colleen for a girl.
You're welcome.
I'm thinking Colin for a boy and Colleen for a girl.
You're welcome.
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I was going to write this really ranty post about how angry it makes me when bitter people try to drag everybody down with them into their half-empty glass of misery, but then I found half a Snickers bar in the refrigerator and now I can’t seem to get worked up about anything.
“…it’s just as easy to take love for granted as it is to feel passion. So...”
– morrowplanet
parkavenue-deactivated20130424 asked: Where was your wedding ceremony? It's absolutely breathtaking. Exactly what I've been looking for (if that doesn't sound creepy)
Ken and I totally forgot it was Valentine's Day...
We remembered as we were walking in to work, groggy and grumpy and wishing we were anywhere but here. He suddenly stopped short and said, “Hey! Happy Valentine’s Day honey.”
And I said, “Oh my God, that’s right.”
And we kissed in the middle of the street.
Then he went to work and I walked over to get my ultrasound.
My gallbladder speck is no bigger than it...
