I looked at the calendar today and realized it is October 14th. I have not really been paying attention but I think I thought it was October 10th today? I think I have thought it was October 10th for about a week. Kind of like for the first few months of this year I thought it was 2006. Not *still* but for the first time.<\/p>\n
The trees are all tarted up in red and orange. I went out today without a jacket and had to bounce up and down to keep myself warm while Trombone swung in the swing. He has a swing addiction. He will sit in a swing for half an hour, perfectly happy. It’s fine, I don’t mind, but I am going to start taking a folding chair with me to the park because I don’t need to be standing up that whole time.<\/p>\n
Speaking of my lazy ass, my eating habits during this pregnancy are startling. Last time I wanted healthy food – mandarin oranges by the caseload, whole grain toast with butter – but this time it’s much more random and particular to the moment. A few days ago I NEEDED cucumber with a need that was very noisy and needful. And then, just as quickly, my presence was required at the ice cream trough.<\/p>\n
Last night we decided to order food in. Usually our conversations are brief about this sort of thing – first, there are only 5 things to choose from in the Mizzle and second, we would have had one of them last week. But last night I was being difficult.<\/p>\n
“Chinese?” said SA.
\n“Nah.”
\n“Baked lasagna? Ravioli?”
\n“Nah.”
\n“Pizza?”
\n“Nah.”
\n“Malaysian!”
\n“Mmm. I don’t think I feel like any kind of Asian.”<\/p>\n
So we went up to the supermarket and got some groceries. As we walked in the door, suddenly I felt an overwhelming urge to find the frozen mozzarella sticks.<\/p>\n
And once I found the frozen mozzarella sticks it was just a couple of inches to the frozen potstickers, frozen empanadas and frozen “firecrackers” (deep fried dough the size of a large cigarette, stuffed with spicy beef and cheese). At the checkout I watched my hand reach into the fridge and grab a bottle of Coke. Ack! What up, babby? You tryin’ to give me the gestational diabetes or what?<\/p>\n
I have just finished two handfuls of peanut M&Ms and I think I will wash them down with yesterday’s Coke. Trombone has decided an hour and a half is long enough for today’s nap and so I must go toddler wrangling. Luckily I have already consumed my day’s calories and should be good on a sugar high till about 4 pm. Huzzah!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I looked at the calendar today and realized it is October 14th. I have not really been paying attention but I think I thought it was October 10th today? I think I have thought it was October 10th for about … Continue reading