Midterms, sickness, pregnancy and baby (not mine!) –oh my!
First, thanks to everyone who responded to my poll, below. I ended up with a ton of personal responses since I had my poll closed and it helped with all of the “research” I needed for the blog post (which is forthcoming).
Enter, Midterms – April 29 at 6 am. And wait, allergies? No, not allergies, full blown sick. Head cold, congestion, the cough that won’t quit. The kind that takes your breath away mid-sentence. The one that cajoles you from sleep as if someone is atop your chest choking you. Add to that, a side of pregnancy. Big, huge, ready-to-burst from coughing so hard pregnancy.
I’ve pretty much been in bed since the 29th nursing the hell out of this sick. Finally felt better this past Saturday morning – tried to hit up the oldest kids soccer game, only to come home and drop off into a coma-like sleep, missing the middle kids soccer game and most of the day.
Awoke for pre-Mother’s Day sushi dinner with the family. Hot damn, it was good. And well, hot. Since I am forbidden the raw indulgence, I had to opt for the cooked kind.
Mother’s Day: kick ass pancake breakfast (thanks, babe!), church, and a starch heavy but yummy spaghetti dinner (thanks, babe!), another food coma and -f&*k!!- 750 words due by midnight. Plus an online discussion with the class. The topic: two critiques on unrelated artists works, provide feedback to the rest of the class on their submissions. Oh, and a timed online quiz.
Where the hell did the week go? Down the drain with my mucus and bloody snot, apparently.
Finally all that aside — rest. But not really. Jay’s brother and our sister-in-law in San Francisco went into labor with their first baby early Mother’s Day morning (we’re due about 2 weeks apart). The whole day was riddled with glances at our phones and updates. Suffice it to say, when sleep came for us at midnight –and no word on baby yet– it made for a horrible nights sleep. We did awake to good news that baby and mother were happy and healthy Monday morning.
On that note, I leave you with my excuse ridden blog post to finish up the intended post re: Siblings, Living Arrangements and Nosey-ass neighbors. Oh- as well as an update on earwaxpdx re: not so shitty food in Beaverton. Yay!
-b
