a. Why don't more people latch on to the Thursday Next series? I really believe that every literary nerd out there (eh hem... you ALL know who you are) could generate as much love for it as the Harry Potter and Twilight franchises. Ok, maybe not that much... but close. Look it up kids: the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde (give The Eyre ( Read more... )

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I have so many classes, tours, meetings, appointments, and whatnots to make it through during the month of December that my head is still spinning. I have two doctors appointments per week, two aquatics classes per week, two birth classes during that month, and one hospital tour to make it to. This excludes all of the recreational bits that I'd ( Read more... )

Okay, going to do my usually skimming the facts thing because I feel like there's just too much (per usual) to stick with one piece of news ( Read more... )

I like to hike with my dog. I especially like it when there's no one else around. Admittedly, I enjoy a little company at times, but mostly I feel very free and calm when I go by myself. Today, while roaming the most beautiful fields (which seem to be Frederick's best kept secret) Ollie frolicked around me and I tried to face whether, in three ( Read more... )

I started my work on Thursday. I've worked every day up to yesterday. Today was my day off ( Read more... )

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This is the new man that I love who isn't Bob.

A few months ago, when I first announced my pregnancy at work, a woman who I mostly despise for about a million reasons too lengthy and petty to pour into this post alone told me, "The day your baby is born, everything will be different. Life won't be about you anymore. No one will care about you, except in terms of your baby." At first I felt like ( Read more... )

I'm going to recap some goings on here so I can actually get a post with real substance out soon ( Read more... )

I started this post a little while ago, but just looking at it was making me gag so it took a little time to assemble. So, in celebration of my nearing the end of the first trimester (14 weeks starts Wednesday!), I'm posting the lists of things that I've slowly been able to feel human around once more (except for tofu - tofu has officially become ( Read more... )