No, I‘m not going anywhere, but January is.? Isn’t that incredible?? I can’t believe the month is already over.? And here comes February.? I love February, but I also am dreading it.

Exhibit A: My son goes “off track” on Friday.? Meaning, he’ll be home from school for the next FIVE WEEKS.? Gotta love those year round schools.? I have no clue what I’ll do with him all day long, and I can almost hear the whining call of boredom now.? I’m sure I’ll get plenty of quality work done. :dry

Exhibit B: There isn’t really an exhibit b.? Sorry about that.? My sister in law is getting remarried later on this month, so that’ll mean a vacation and trip to Elko.? Which I could probably use but I’ll probably suffer panic attacks about having to leave my blog design business, even for a few days.? I hate letting work pile up.

But what I do look forward to?? Another month under my belt.? Another appointment passing uneventfully and a healthy growing baby.? Heck, maybe I’ll get the big ultrasound before month’s end.? It could happen.? So good things await.

I’m so bored with my current blog design.? To my credit, it’s taken me a long time to get to this point.? I put up this design months ago and it usually takes a fraction of that time for me to want to change the look. :lol Sooo… I’d like to put a *new* design up.? Problem is: when do I have the time to work on such a design?? I have ideas… but that’s about it.? If I’m in front of my desktop, I’m working on someone else’s blog, rarely my own.

So I’m going to open this up to my readers, if I have any (hey, I *know* you’re out there).? Any ideas for how I should make the blog look?? What features would be cool to add?? Should I take some elements out?? What colors would be cool?? Theme/picture ideas?? I use up all my creativity by the time I get to my own blog so I really need help on this one guys.? Let’s hear some ideas!

Wow, I didn’t post yesterday.? For, like, the first time all month long.? That’s just crazy talk!? But there really wasn’t much to say.? We’ve had a very calm week here, thank GOD, and anything that *has* happened hasnt been really worth of comment.? Like me working.? Or me playing Halo.? Ya know.? But yesterday was just lazy, lazy, lazy.? Seems I say that a lot lately about our Saturdays, but it’s true. It was *so* lazy, in fact, that I forgot to listen for the heartbeat. :blink? How bad is it when I’m SO lazy, I forget to be paranoid about my pregnancy?? Anyhow, here’s a basic rundown of my weekend:

• I got recruited into a squad on Halo PC this week.? Not to be confused with getting recruited into a clan, which happened for me back in the way beginning of December.? A squad is a smaller group of players who have practice times and “scrimmages” with other squads or clans.? Sounds confusing, I know.? Anyhow, K is in the same clan, and joined the same squad last week so I joined up too because I don’t like to be left behind. :lol? ANYHOW, long story short (too late), I had my first scrimmage on Saturday morning.? It was versus this other clan they’d played before and the word was they were tough.? Being I’m not the best player there is, I was worried.? But we did excellent, and won 2 out of 3 games, thereby winning the scrimmage.? Go us!? That was a LOT of fun.
• We had lunch at Macaroni Grill yesterday.? And everything looked fantastic.? Including H’s macaroni and cheese which I think I ended up enjoying more than my BBQ Chicken Pizza, which if you know me, says a lot.? YUM-MMY!
• I have absolutely no recollection of last night, and that scares the crap out of me.? NO, I wasn’t drunk.? Give me some credit here, people!
• For breakfast this morning, we had a simple meal of biscuits, bacon and pulp-full orange juice.? And I swear to you, it was the best breakfast (if not meal), I’ve had in my entire life.? It was THAT good.
• We ditched church this morning in favor of going to see “Nanny McPhee” at the movie theater. We’re like the WORST Christians ever.? But the only matinee was playing during the time we’d normally be doing the “invitation” and I’m all about saving the money.? Yes, there was an earlier service but I’m not so stupid as to assume the three of us could get up, showered and out the door and to church by 8:15 in the morning.
• “Nanny McPhee” was very enjoyable.? A bit heavy-handed in parts, and H did admit it was a big on the “long side” (This is the kid who can sit through Star Wars 3 without a single squirm, go figure), but it was cute and definitely pretty to look at (and yes, I’m including Colin Firth in that appraisal). On the whole: fun for the whole family.
• We rented “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” on the way home (yes, we are movie junkies).? And we?? Enjoyed it.? At least, when K wasn’t busy falling asleep he enjoyed it (the man has a problem with Sunday afternoons, comfy chairs and a fully tummy).? I thought Johnny Depp was great, and I totally got how he was portraying the character.? And the squirrels?? CUTE.? I want one too, Veruca.
• I apparently have a thing with parentheses this evening.? Hopefully, it’s short-lived.

So, because my life is so boring and downright somnolent, I’m going to do a meme today.? Woo hoo!? The meme: a rescue for unimaginative bloggers (not that you’re unimaginative if you do do meme’s, just that I’m unimaginative and sorta insecure about it).? (Please don’t hate-mail me.)? So without further ado, here’s a “Friday’s Feast”, courtesy of this lovely website.? They had some interesting questions, so… why not?

Appetizer
Choose one: Popcorn, Pizza, Pretzels, Peanuts, or Pasta.

Tough one.? Save for the pretzels (I have pretzel issues, thanks to K), I’d probably take any and all of the above.? But I’d have to say pasta, because it’s a deep love of mine.

Soup
Describe your personality in terms of a particular vehicle.

Hrm.? Probably (remember I said I was unimaginative) a minivan.? Not only because I have an undying love for the minivan vehicle.? But because I identify with the minivan personality.? Dependable, practical, friendly and easy to get along with.? Laid back, with no pretensions, but capable of doing more than others might expect.

Salad
If you won a shopping spree, from which store would you want it to be?

Another toughie simply because there are so many stores I would love to have carte blanche at.? I’d love a spree at Kohl’s, because they have such cute stuff.? Wouldn’t mind Best Buy either, because I’m a total geek who loves gadgets and new appliances.

Main Course
Which television show re-runs do you enjoy watching?

Hey, an easy one for a change! :)? I love to watch “Roseanne” on Nick@Nite.? If I’m having a hard time finding something to watch I’ll always pick that.? I don’t know why but it’s one of the few shows (besides “The Simpsons” which I didn’t mention becuase I felt it was a “gimme”.? EVERYONE watches “The Simpsons”) that I can watch over and over and over again and not get tired of.

Dessert
If you could look into the future, how far down the road would you like to see? 10 years? 100 years? A million?

Probably 10 years.? Too far, I might get scared. :lol? Just makes me think of that weird time travel movie with Guy Pierce in it, anyone remember that one?? Where he went so far into the future the earth was like destroyed and weird mutant sort people roamed the earth?? Yipes!? But in ten years I could see how we’re doing as a family, where we’re at, if we do have any more kids, etc and so forth.

Have a fantastic weekend, everyone!? I’m going to be upstairs trying to rid myself of this headache by slamming my head in the door.

You know how you can smell a bad day a mile away?? Well, sometimes they jump up out of the blue and bite you in the rear.? FEH.? Today is one of those days.? I didn’t realize I was having a bad day until about halfway through the morning.? And it’s one of those “I’m pissed off and I don’t know why” sort of bad days.? The sort of day when humanity just really grates on your nerves.? Where you want to crawl into a little hole and pull it in after you.

My temper has been short.? I hate feeling that way.? My patience is paper thin.? I feel just about ready to spin out of control and all I want to do is go take a long nap so I can hopefully wake up feeling better.

But, natch, too busy.? And if I wasn’t too busy?? I’d still have a million things I need to do (like the dishes…every time I look at the pile in the sink my stomach clenches).

Why do I feel this way?? Why do I feel *angry*?? When can I go back to normal, please?