so today the status of the job i really want went from “under review by hr” to “under review by hiring department” which means that i could get a call within the next few days! the position starts on jan 26th and so i know i won’t be in pain for long whether i get it or not!
going to make some mac n cheese!
i have only made a couple resolutions in my life at new years. i actually stuck with them too. one was to wear more lip gloss and the other was not to buy cheap nail polish. this year i decided to make it “read a book a week”. i actually made this long list of all the rules and regulations regarding this resolution. it had to be x number of pages, couldn’t have read it in the last 3 years, started midnight one day ended 11:59 on another day…etc. i was really excited that i’d finally be able to focus on reading for pleasure without knowing that i need to put the fun book down and pick up a school book. i currently have a large list of books that i plan on reading and hope to make a dent in this year.
so far (lol 3 days in) i have been able to keep to this reading “resolution”. thing is, a few days before new years i decided to ax the idea of making it a “resolution”. i had borrowed a few books from the library and decided that it would be silly to wait for new years to start reading. but if i did start reading, then it would mess up all my careful calculations that i had planned out for optimal book reading output. that’s when i realized that, for the same reason i could never be a seamstress as a profession, it would be a bad idea to force reading onto myself. i don’t want to loose my passion for it and i don’t think that adding extra pressure would be a good thing.
so…no new years resolutions. well, not official ones. let’s put it this way: i plan to be nicer this year. what was that? you already thought i was nice? oh, i am nice. to most people. but some people grate on my nerves like a bone joint without cartilage. it is to these people that i am showing a lot more patience. when i talk to them i tell myself “their problems do not effect me and so i will not be annoyed by their stupidity at screwing up their life”. it works like a charm. i have a heck of a lot more patience now.
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some pictures now!
belly! 22w3d 
ultrasound! couldn’t get full profile as algae was squirmin like a little worm, but we will complete the anatomy scan on jan. 15th. (btw, during the scan they reworked my due date to be may 4th)
SNOW! 
<–ice chunk off car
my first gnocchi! 
algae’s first teddy (which actually looks like an annoyed version of my teddy) 
a gift from the best husband in the world! 
finger puppets for ellie! 
NEW YEARS SMOOCH! (went to sleep directly after) 
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the job search is officially on. i have applied to few positions i would really like and some not so much.
oh! here’s a funny job story. i applied to a preschool and was given an interview. fabulous place. gorgeous. would love to send my child there. during the interview the owner made it clear that, althought the ad said $10+, this did not mean salary was dependent upon experience. i explained that i have student loans coming up as well as child care. she said i could bring algae, but that i’d only get a 15% discount. *lol* at $1240 a month to begin with, i don’t think so! i asked if there was a salary bump for having a master’s degree. she said that most of the people there have bachelors, several master’s, and a few phd’s. hmm…a phd working for $10? that’s a little fishy to me. i highly doubt that.
anyhow…she told me she’d let me know by friday. i was hoping she would reject me so i wouldn’t have to tell her that there was no way that i could work for anything less than $15…and that’s with full benefits and bringing algae for free. i got an email yesterday rejecting me. *phew* but wait! the reason she rejected me is because…get this…she found someone with higher credentials that me for the position.
ok, hang on. so you were able to find someone with HIGHER credentials than an honors level master’s degree to work for $10 an hour and crappy benefits? you found someone with more education than me to help change diapers and babysit? *ROFLMAO* yeah…right. i seriously wanted to laugh in her face when i read it. what a pretentious bitch. i’m sorry, but that is just down right insulting. maybe you found someone with more experience, but NOT credentials. that’s ridiculous.
*lol* *wipes tear away* that’s some funny stuff. i will be telling people that story and enjoying their perplexed, shocked, and disgusted looks at the audacity of this woman for the rest of my life.
and the search continues…the postings for a couple of the positions have just closed this past week so i am hoping to hear something within a week or so. cross those fingers and pray!
*calls joann fabrics*
me: hi, do you carry kwik sew patterns?
her: yes! we have it’s so easy and a lot of others. was there a certain number you were looking for?
me: 3324
her: 3324…hmm…any particular size?
me: small preferably
her: hmm…do you know if that is by simplicity or mccalls?
me: no, it’s by kwik sew. it’s a kwik sew pattern. k.w.i.k.
her: ok…do you have it in front of you right now?
me: i see it online. (why would i need to buy it if i had it in front of me?)
her: ok, let me ask someone…
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her: ma’am? it looks like we don’t carry kwik sew in the store.
on Christmas eve:
him: your pizza is getting cold. are you going to eat it?
me: i’m very succeptable to cheese burn.
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today:
him: eat your grilled cheese before it gets cold!
me: i told you! i am succeptable to cheese burn!
it is leslie hall. oh my goodness. she is hilarious. proof:
most asked questions:
q: when are you due?
a: according to my calculations, May 3 but according to the first sonogram, May 7
q: do you know the sex?
a: no
q: are you going to find out?
a: no, we think it will be the coolest surprise on the planet!
q: then how will you know to buy pink or blue?
a: we’re not into the whole gender thing. besides, yellow and green are prettier!
q: do you have any names picked out?
a: yes
q: what are they?
a: i’d tell you but then i’d have to kill you. ok, i’ll tell you, but if i find out that anyone names their children the following names, i WILL draw blood. and yes, i DO have a right to these names. for a boy: link (as in legend of zelda link), for a girl: loxley (as in robin hood…the one from men in tights…)
q: will you name the baby after me?
a: no. i don’t want to honor you. i want to name my children after people who matter: video game heroes and mel brooks characters
q: can i see your puffy belly???
a: of course! here’s a shot at 17 weeks (tomorrow will be 20 weeks and i promise i’ll start posing more belly shots) 
q: you’re pregnant? but you aren’t throwing up/don’t look miserable/aren’t always talking about it.
a: i eat a lot of ginger/i’m happy to be pregnant/i don’t want to bore people with my life so i only talk about it when asked
q: are you going to work now that you have a baby on the way?
a: i don’t see why not. as long as i’m cleared by my midwife i’ll be working till i go into labor.
q: are you going back to work after the baby is born?
a: yup, i’ll take a few months off, but i am not sure i could ever stay at home permanently. i might gnaw off my arm or something
q: if it’s a boy, will you get him circumcised?
a: no.
q: why not? don’t you know it’s more hygienic?
a: why would i? don’t you know it’s not more hygienic? besides, i’m not jewish
q: but what about his future girlfriends/wife?
a: if those bitches can’t handle an uncircumcised penis then they won’t deserve him. besides, i thought MEN weren’t suppose to be into pretty things…why would we make his penis pretty? *lol* pretty penis!
q: are you going to have a natural birth?
a: hopefully a water birth or at MINIMUM laboring in water
q: are you going to use baby powder?
a: um, i haven’t really thoug…….
(asker cuts me off and continues)…because you can’t use baby powder! it will give the baby an upper respiratory infection!
q: are you going to have bumpers in the crib?
a: well we…
(asker cuts me off and continues)…because you can’t! the baby will suffocate!
q: are you going to have the baby baptized?
a: no, we believe that baptism is a personal choice. we aren’t catholic and don’t believe in original sin and we also don’t believe in baptism as a sign of dedicating our child to the church. the bible doesn’t say to baptize babies. our interpretation is that it is a choice that must be consciously made by the individual.
that’s all the questions i can remember off the top of my head! i’m sure i’ll get more down the road, but for now, this probably covers all the questions you guys might have
Christopher and I are having an alien. Yes, I have an octopus growing inside my uterus. We found out 2 days after I arrived in Florida. We didn’t want to announce it till after the first trimester, but them decided to wait longer so we could be together to tell everyone. I know, I know…we are really good at keeping secrets. It was difficult to do! I had to bite my lip for the 16 weeks I was there and had to make sure I didn’t slip up (which is difficult if you know what a motor mouth I am). I flew back the day we turned 19 weeks pregnant. The plane ride was enjoyable until the last hour and a half. I started getting pretty nauseated and rued the day I decided not to bring ginger everywhere with me. But, we made it home and Christopher finally got to meet my puffy nudgy bump that will eventually turn out to be our first, VERY LONG, awaited child.
I have been inundated with a plethora of questions which I will collectively address in a separate post in a day or do.
Thanks for the well wishes and congratulations!
yes my friends, i am going home today! w00t! and yes, i know i didn’t keep you all updated with what i’ve been doing here…mostly because nothing has been worth writing about
but that will all be changing. i will be posting a lot more once i’m back in my normal environment. PROMISE!
so now i sign off to eat some blueberry pancakes and get ready for my flight…did i mention that it will be FIRST CLASS??? yeah, i have no idea how that happened, but evidently when i purchased my flight i somehow picked a first class ticket instead of coach. non-refundable. OH FRIGGIN WELL!!! i figure that this mistake is the perfect ending to my time here and a heck of a graduation present as i am supposed to be walking for my diploma tomorrow.
see you in portland!
matthew sent me the following video which absolutely cracked my shite up! please know though that i have already sent out my away ballot…not telling you who i voted for though and i’m sure you could NEVER figure it out right?
tee hee!
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