I ended up logging in to make use of the OpenID account and decided to drop a note. It really feels like I'm uncovering a time capsule, but I don't have much time to look through it yet (it's already almost 1AM and I'm usually in bed by 10PM ( Read more... )

Logged in because I had to renew my paid account, so I'll also let you know that ( Read more... )

So I'm almost at 28 weeks, technically in the third trimester. This is the one where the baby has pretty much all the parts needed to survive in the outside world, it's just a matter of developing so they can actually be used (most importantly, the lungs), and just grow, grow grow. I've been properly showing since 25 weeks, and by that I mean I'm ( Read more... )

One of the things I wasn't looking forward to with this pregnancy, other than the pain of birth itself, was the pregnant belly. I tend to keep to myself a lot; I don't wear flashy clothes, just plain jeans and colorful tops; no shirts with phrases that make people look at you long enough to read them. I love blending into the background and not ( Read more... )

So it's the end of the most challenging week ever. Seems like all the evil planets/influences aligned for a combination of deadlines at work, and the most complicated cold I've ever had.

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Since the Olympics are coming to an end...

I've always been a hard left brain, ruled by logic and strict adherence to rules. While I do have an appreciation of music and the arts, I don't do that well in performing them. When I took classical guitar classes in elementary school, I would play the pieces exactly the way they were on the sheet. My professor would keep trying to get me to ( Read more... )

Happy New Year for everyone! May it bring laughter, prosperity and health!

It's been two weeks since we fully moved into the house. Most of the items have been sorted and stored away, although there's still some re-arrangement necessary in the kitchen to make efficient use of all the at-height cabinets (there's a carousel shelf that still needs to be cleaned out). Most of the boxes that held the kitchen items and office ( Read more... )

Over the last couple of weeks, we've been preparing the house for our eventual move. It's a bit of an odyssey when you get a house where someone has lived before. At first, it's like you want to add whatever's necessary to start making it your own: we started by changing the welcome mat, and then the door chime. ( Read more... )