Happy New Year (a few days late)

[ekbuttercup]

My day off was switched this week... three times. Somehow at the end of it all, I ended up with today off. This seems to be the theme of my life these days. I shall explain

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AHHHH

[snuffapooh]

CONGRATULATIONS!!! oh my god you're going to have SO much fun, believe me. if you have ANY questions at all, feel free to ask me - i have no problem sharing personal information and being brutally honest!

but seriously, for all of the gas, hunger, stress, and excruciating pain, it's absolutely worth it. there's no comparison to the empowerment you feel knowing that you've created life. enjoy every second, because it goes sooo fast!

Re: AHHHH

[ekbuttercup]

Thanks! Once I got past the whole "oh crap, this isn't happening" phase, things have gotten better. Though I have noticed that most of those books are full of crap. I read one that said circumsizing your son could kill him.

How is Lily? How are you?

[godmademe]

Wow, congratulations!

Though I only know you from here (and Jon, from his occasional comments on my journal) I have a feeling you two will be great parents.

I hope a job comes through for you, and that Jon backs down on that name. Reinhardt? I assume for Django, right?

Good luck with everything :)

[baseballchica03]

Hehe, I think it's a hocky player. :-p When they were home for Christmas and he told me that, I just smiled and nodded while Erin insisted that he's crazy.

[ekbuttercup]

Reinhardt Divis, goalie for St Louis. All well and good if you're Austrian, but none of the names he's come up with are really un-ridiculous for a white American baby. At least it's a real name. He works with a teacher who wants to name his kid Hondo.

[godmademe]

Ah, I don't keep up with the Blues, so that's why the name was unfamiliar. Also, since I'm a music nerd, my mind went to Django Reinhardt right away. Yeah, unless there's some serious Austrian blood in you, I'd steer clear of it.

hehe, I just googled "Hondo" to see if it actually meant anything, and apparently it's "a sad Andalusian song employing microtones". Also, a city, John Wayne movie, and St. Paul-based magician. But I liked the first definition the best.

[baseballchica03]

I refuse to refer to my child as "it"

Hehe, that reminds me of It Izza Quimby. Tee hee hee hee! I'm trying to convince Bryan that we need to go out and visit you. (He said that MAYBE possibly the prospect of a baby combined with beating his friend to Vegas might win out over his fear of planes, if I'm there and ply him with alcohol, maybe. Which, y'know, is better than before, heh.)

[shalady]

Don't worry - if my dad had his way while my older brother was still in the womb, Robert would be Raul.

[ekbuttercup]

my dad wanted to name my sister Shamus if she was a boy... it's a good thing the mother HAS to sign the birth certificate

[baseballchica03]

My dad wanted to name me Monica. That's all I'm going to say about that.

[maggiemae229]

My cousin Rory was called Grundoon the entire time he was in utero.

CONGRATULATIONS! I'm so excited for you! :)

Also, check out the laws around you, but I know here, it's illegal to not hire or fire someone based on the fact that their preggers. Something like that. This one chick I used to work with at Kohl's was fired for no reason, and was *very* pregnant and got a lawyer and threatened Kohl's with legal action and just like that, she got offered her job back! Look around, and see what you can find out.

[ekbuttercup]

I'm being downsized, so it's a little different. I've known about the possibility for a while now, but I thought I would be able to teach the second half of the school year so it was ok. Now even if they ever got around to offering me a job, I don't want to start in a classroom where I wouldn't be able to finish the school year. But the not hiring part could come in handy. I didn't think it was legal to not hire someone based on pregnancy, but they could always say I just wasn't qualified or some other crap so it's a lot harder to prove.

But thanks for the info :)