Friday, February 03, 2006
Oh my!
My momma commented on my blog (see poking post). This is good stuff people - my momma said so!
Something happened today that has me thinking...
A family friend's son lost a friend and had two other friends injured in an avalanche. Scary stuff.
This just reminded me of my only brush with an avalanche.
Growing up we always went to maine in the summer. My dad has been going to the same cabins for over 50 years now. There is another family we vacation with. They have two children - Chris and Sarah. Sarah was an inspiration to me growing up. She was older than me, and drop dead gorgeous. She was a beautiful young woman, with long blonde hair and a huge smile. She went to Brown University, she did triathlons... and funny enough she was one of the ONLY people I knew that didn't always shave her armpits and legs. I thought that was really cool since she was strong enough to not conform to all of societies rules.
I didn't know her all that well because of our age difference, but she as always so nice to me. Made me feel special. Every summer she'd sit down with me a couple of times to talk to me about MY life. I thought this was the coolest.
She earned idol status in my book the summer she brought her 'friend' with her on vacation. He was indeed a friend, but she had actually helped him escape from a divided Germany. AMAZING.
In 1994 Sarah died in an avalanche. The story that I have heard lifted her to legendary status in my book. She was with her fiancee, and he carried her body back down the mountain. beautiful. I have always found beauty in the fact that although a terrible tragedy, it seems like the most poetic way for her to have had her life ended.
Now - 11+ years later I still think of her often, especially in Maine when I see the Mountain that her family spread her ashes on. I know her family still mourns their daughter, sister, neice and cousin, as do all those whose lives she touched. She lives on forever in my mind as a beautiful woman who loved life, lived life and was essentially life.
So today, in wake of another tragedy, I am again reminded of Sarah.
A family friend's son lost a friend and had two other friends injured in an avalanche. Scary stuff.
This just reminded me of my only brush with an avalanche.
Growing up we always went to maine in the summer. My dad has been going to the same cabins for over 50 years now. There is another family we vacation with. They have two children - Chris and Sarah. Sarah was an inspiration to me growing up. She was older than me, and drop dead gorgeous. She was a beautiful young woman, with long blonde hair and a huge smile. She went to Brown University, she did triathlons... and funny enough she was one of the ONLY people I knew that didn't always shave her armpits and legs. I thought that was really cool since she was strong enough to not conform to all of societies rules.
I didn't know her all that well because of our age difference, but she as always so nice to me. Made me feel special. Every summer she'd sit down with me a couple of times to talk to me about MY life. I thought this was the coolest.
She earned idol status in my book the summer she brought her 'friend' with her on vacation. He was indeed a friend, but she had actually helped him escape from a divided Germany. AMAZING.
In 1994 Sarah died in an avalanche. The story that I have heard lifted her to legendary status in my book. She was with her fiancee, and he carried her body back down the mountain. beautiful. I have always found beauty in the fact that although a terrible tragedy, it seems like the most poetic way for her to have had her life ended.
Now - 11+ years later I still think of her often, especially in Maine when I see the Mountain that her family spread her ashes on. I know her family still mourns their daughter, sister, neice and cousin, as do all those whose lives she touched. She lives on forever in my mind as a beautiful woman who loved life, lived life and was essentially life.
So today, in wake of another tragedy, I am again reminded of Sarah.
Damn, that's funny
I'm a big fan of Project Runway - and so is Julia. She knows the designers and can actually have a discussion of their work. It's one hour of TV that she sits through and is enthralled.
I'm just not sure that there is much funnier than Santino's impersonation of Tim Gunn. Geez, it's just sooo funny. Tim is pretty funny himself - but Santino's story of Tim and Andrae - is TOO much.
I'm just not sure that there is much funnier than Santino's impersonation of Tim Gunn. Geez, it's just sooo funny. Tim is pretty funny himself - but Santino's story of Tim and Andrae - is TOO much.
Poking...
So last night was a tough night. I had nightmare after nightmare after nightmare. It was terrible.
At one point I was laying on my right side - facing the opposite side of the bed. In a deep sleep, i felt a sharp poke on the left side of my back. I immediately woke up and flipped over (not an easy feat for this fat preggo) expecting to find Julia standing there waiting to be welcomed into our bed... but she wasn't. In a panic - I started feeling the floor around the bed thinking maybe she laid down on the floor. She wasn't there.
I just had this terrible feeling. I KNOW someTHING poked me on my back. Dan denied it profusely (of course I woke him up!!!). I got up to go to the bathroom adn I was seized with a growing new panicked feeling, something only a pregnant woman could understand....
the poking, it's coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE!
(get it????, I know, its bad, but I did think of this at 3am...)
At one point I was laying on my right side - facing the opposite side of the bed. In a deep sleep, i felt a sharp poke on the left side of my back. I immediately woke up and flipped over (not an easy feat for this fat preggo) expecting to find Julia standing there waiting to be welcomed into our bed... but she wasn't. In a panic - I started feeling the floor around the bed thinking maybe she laid down on the floor. She wasn't there.
I just had this terrible feeling. I KNOW someTHING poked me on my back. Dan denied it profusely (of course I woke him up!!!). I got up to go to the bathroom adn I was seized with a growing new panicked feeling, something only a pregnant woman could understand....
the poking, it's coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE!
(get it????, I know, its bad, but I did think of this at 3am...)
Thursday, February 02, 2006
HOO HA!
Yes I know - you are so excited to once again hear about my HOO HA. Well - this time - you are going to be sorely disapointed. My friendly OB/GYN did not get to do a cervical check this week. He's going to wait another week to two to check it out again. I know, I know. It's sad. What the hell am I paying him for???
So - today was fun and excitement even without someone sticking a gloved, lubed hand UP my Hoo ha to squeeze around.
I had my 32 weeks appointment AND non-stress test (NST). Things are good.
I was there almost 2 hours - and almost all of that was hooked up to the damn machine! ugh. While I was there I apparently had contractions on a regular
basis - that I wasn't feeling. MR OB (who is too busy to touch my cervix) is not concerned since they weren't very strong and they were still pretty far apart and non regular. I didn't feel a single one.
She wasn't very active (which she usually isn't during that time of
day) so they kept buzzing my belly with v ibratin g wand thing to make
her jump. Ummm - this made me slightly uncomfortable. This thing is suspiciously NON-MEDICAL looking... in fact I'm pretty sure I've seen things that look like that on some of the blogs I've come along while doing a random blogspot search. THe other fun part was that the first time Mr. Too Busy OB did it - he didn't tell me what he was doing and scared the shit out of me. Apparently it scared little Miss No-Name-in-Ute as well since she jumped the hell UP and ran out of my uterus. At one point she did have the hiccups - which was just precious!
Then I got to schedule 2x a week appts and NSTs through the end of
my pregnancy - and surprise... they are considering the end of my
prengnancy MARCH 9!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mrs. Slow-as-hell-scheduler lady got to March 9 - scheduled my test for that day and then said "oh, I'm not going to schedule any more since you won't get past this" so I said "well - the nurse said to schedule
ALL of my appts now" the Mrs. SAHS lady says "yes, hun, but I have a note here
that they are going to let you go past March 9 - and not to schedule you
past that"!! I had to ask her 2 more times to be sure!
HOLY COW! Mr. OB really meant it when he said he was going to get me to 37
weeks! I thought he might have meant "don't worry fat chick - we're going to get you to AT LEAST 37 weeks." but I think now that he was saying more "Geez fat chick - I HOPE we get you to 37 weeks and then I'm done with ya, we'll load you up with some good meds and force that child out"
37 weeks - that's March 5! THat's only a month away! OH MY!
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkk - it's time to panic again - I'm having
a baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my - I'm going to have 3 children!!
So - I'm going to ask about that on Monday - is he really intending
to induce or does he just think I won't get that far?
other than the disappointment of not getting a HOO HA check - things went well and lucky me - I get to do it again on Monday!
So - today was fun and excitement even without someone sticking a gloved, lubed hand UP my Hoo ha to squeeze around.
I had my 32 weeks appointment AND non-stress test (NST). Things are good.
I was there almost 2 hours - and almost all of that was hooked up to the damn machine! ugh. While I was there I apparently had contractions on a regular
basis - that I wasn't feeling. MR OB (who is too busy to touch my cervix) is not concerned since they weren't very strong and they were still pretty far apart and non regular. I didn't feel a single one.
She wasn't very active (which she usually isn't during that time of
day) so they kept buzzing my belly with v ibratin g wand thing to make
her jump. Ummm - this made me slightly uncomfortable. This thing is suspiciously NON-MEDICAL looking... in fact I'm pretty sure I've seen things that look like that on some of the blogs I've come along while doing a random blogspot search. THe other fun part was that the first time Mr. Too Busy OB did it - he didn't tell me what he was doing and scared the shit out of me. Apparently it scared little Miss No-Name-in-Ute as well since she jumped the hell UP and ran out of my uterus. At one point she did have the hiccups - which was just precious!
Then I got to schedule 2x a week appts and NSTs through the end of
my pregnancy - and surprise... they are considering the end of my
prengnancy MARCH 9!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mrs. Slow-as-hell-scheduler lady got to March 9 - scheduled my test for that day and then said "oh, I'm not going to schedule any more since you won't get past this" so I said "well - the nurse said to schedule
ALL of my appts now" the Mrs. SAHS lady says "yes, hun, but I have a note here
that they are going to let you go past March 9 - and not to schedule you
past that"!! I had to ask her 2 more times to be sure!
HOLY COW! Mr. OB really meant it when he said he was going to get me to 37
weeks! I thought he might have meant "don't worry fat chick - we're going to get you to AT LEAST 37 weeks." but I think now that he was saying more "Geez fat chick - I HOPE we get you to 37 weeks and then I'm done with ya, we'll load you up with some good meds and force that child out"
37 weeks - that's March 5! THat's only a month away! OH MY!
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkk - it's time to panic again - I'm having
a baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my - I'm going to have 3 children!!
So - I'm going to ask about that on Monday - is he really intending
to induce or does he just think I won't get that far?
other than the disappointment of not getting a HOO HA check - things went well and lucky me - I get to do it again on Monday!
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