Archive for June 2006

I mentioned last week how when we went to the hospital for the NST, I ran into my family practitioner and had an awkward moment. That has been eating at me.? The fact that we’re not taking this baby to see that doctor has sorta been on my mind anyhow, and then to have her ask us point blank if she was going to be the baby’s doctor?? Well the guilt has been eating at me.

I love that doctor, she’s been there for us through some really rough times.? She was our doctor when I was pregnant with Harry, many moons ago.? She also saw me through every moment of my pregnancy with Jackson.? She’s been my doctor as well as Harry’s doctor since my husband has his job at the university.? Which is essentially since we’ve been married.? Her empathy after Jackson died was a great comfort to us.? She knew how badly we wanted a baby and she wanted to see us have that baby.? She couldn’t take care of me during another pregnancy.? The liability to the Family Medicine Center was too great.? I need to go to an actual OB’s office.

But do any of you recall the troubles I had getting my thyroid tested and getting medication a couple months back?? That was sorta my last straw with that office.? It wasn’t my doctor’s fault, really, but the office.? I was in there today, for the first time since March, and I think I finally put my finger on it.? We’ve outgrown that place.? It’s essentially a doctor’s office that’s located on the university campus.? The doctors are university doctors who also teach med school classes and run a residency program.? They’re very capable and you’d be unlikely to find better doctors elsewhere in the city.? However, the office exudes a certain… vibe.? And because of that, it seems most of the patients are from low-income families.? When we were newly out of college, newly married, a baby on the way… this didn’t seem like a big deal.? It was very convenient to where were living, and since Kile worked on campus, it made him accompanying me to doctor’s visits while I was pregnant with Harry very easy.

But we’ve grown up, we’re past that phase of our lives.? I want this new baby to see an actual pediatrician and I want Harry to start seeing an actual pediatrician as well.? I now have an actual OB and I want to keep it that way.? I want to start seeing an actual endocrinologist to deal with my thyroid issues.? It’s time for us to move on.? As hard as it is to say goodbye to Dr. Brown, I know we need to do it.? She’s been a wonderful doctor and I hate to think that she might think we don’t appreciate all that she’s done for us.

So I feel guilty when I think about it.? I feel guilty when I think how I hemmed and hawed when she asked us about taking care of the baby.? I don’t want to hurt her feelings; that might sound a little silly.? I wish there was a way for her to still be a doctor for our family.? I wish that office wasn’t the way it is.

I was in there today to get a blood draw to test for my thyroid.? And I was reminded why I don’t want to go back there.? I guess I can feel guilty and still want to move forward, all at the same time.? And maybe I shouldn’t feel guilty.? Maybe it’s not guilt so much as it’s sadness.? It’s always hard to move on from one phase of life to another.? I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.

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Hey, I’m going to, for the very first time ever, participate in the Thursday Thirteen!? Because I don’t think it’ll be a problem at all to come up with thirteen things today… in fact I may have a hard time restricting my list to thirteen things.? Why?? Because I’m doing a List of Thirteen Things I Need To Do Before This Baby Is Born.? Now, mind you, this doesn’t mean this is a list of things I will be doing.? Or that I, myself, will do.? But they’re things that I’d like to see get done.? By somebody.? Actually, preferrably NOT by me.? Anyhow, here goes…

1. Finish mopping the kitchen floor.? It’s sorta 1/2 done.? Maybe more like a 1/4 done.? Yeah, this probably won’t be done by myself. Oh darn!
2. Vacuum the staircase.? Every time I go up those stairs it drives me nuts.? This is probably WILL do myself, but no worries, we have a very long vacuum attachment for this very purpose.
3. Do something about the state of the loft.? Toys, toys, toys.? Everywhere you look.? This must stop.? I’m not sure what will solve this problem (or who) but I’m hoping it’s a) soon and b) not me.
4. Finish packing my bag for the hospital.? It’s sorta hard becuase I have no idea what to pack to wear home and some things can’t be packed quite yet.? But I’m scared to death I’ll forget something important.? Like the camera.? Or the laptop.? :lol
5. Actually, the refrigerator really needs to be cleaned out.? And the shelves in the fridge.? And this is not nesting, this is just fact.? I think I can do this one myself given I sit on a chair right in front of the fridge.? Hey, this sounds like a great job for a really hot day, doesn’t it?
6. My toenails will need to be painted again.? They could probably use it now, but I don’t want the nailpolish to chip off before the baby is born so I may try to put this off a few more days at least.
7. Do I want to do baby announcements this time?? If so, maybe I’ll want to start thinking about that.? You know, just give it some thought. In case. ;)
8. Clean our bedroom.? Seriously.? Mostly this is picking up crap off the floor and steaming the carpets.? But our bedroom has been sorely neglected and since the baby is going to be sleeping in there for a while yet in the handy, dandy co-sleeper we’ve set up we should probably put some effort into making the place look halfway decent for the poor thing. Oh yes, and dusting.? LOTS and LOTS of dusting.
9. Find out who my son’s first grade teacher is going to be.? I still don’t know and school starts on the 10th.? I think they forgot to let me know.? I expected I’d know this by now.? So this means I’ll probably have to call the school.? And you know how much I love to call people on the phone.
10. OH MY GOD, the kitchen table.? It’s still scary.
11. A new garbage can.? It’s a long, sordid story but basically we don’t have a garbage can anymore.? This isn’t really an idea time to be without some sort of garbage container so we’ve got to get one SOMEWHERE.? Much as I enjoyed just piling boxes full of garbage bags out by the curb yesterday it made us look pretty damned white-trash and I’m hoping not to repeat that little performance.
12. Set off a bomb in Harry’s room.? His room is a disaster.? And it hasn’t really improved since I first mentioned it in my “freak out” list weeks ago.? Mostly because I don’t want to deal with it.? I do his laundry, I tuck him in, but that’s about the extent of me spending time in there.? Which is probably why it’s such a disaster, come to think of it.? Oops.
13. Get some quality time in with the three of us.? We’re planning to go see Superman Returns this weekend, and maybe Pirates next weekend.? Harry is SO excited.? As excited as I am and anxious for this baby to be here already, I want to have some good memories of just the three of us.? So hopefully this’ll be a nice weekend.

Oh yes, I could have gone on and on and on…. Once I got going I kept thinking of more and more and more things that need to be done.? But I think those are the biggies.? We’ve got a lot done and under our belts, but there’s still a lot left to do.? And think about.? And stress over….

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In other news:? I put up another “sale” over at my Lilac Pixels site. I haven’t done one of these for new clients in a long time so hopefully it’ll be received pretty well.? The gist of it is I’m offering 30% off all my packages.? That’s my biggest “coupon” yet and any new client is eligible so hopefully people won’t be too scared off by the whole “having a baby” thing and will want me to design their blogs for them.? Yeah, I expect it might take a little longer for me crank out the designs, but as long as someone isn’t on a strict time schedule, then it shouldn’t be a problem.? Kile is taking nearly the entire month of July off of work to help with the baby and I have that handy laptop and wireless internet so I know I’ll be able to get work done.? And I’ll want to get work done.? Because as nice as vacations are, I know after a week I’d start to get twitchy about not getting anything done and then I’d have some withdrawal symptoms. :lol? So if you are perhaps interested in getting a blog design, this is a great opportunity.? The “sale” ends July 29th, so get the deal while the getting is good!

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It is officially one month until BlogHer ‘06. It should be readily apparent by now that I’m more than just a little excited about this whole thing. In fact, it could be possible that maybe I’m a little *too* excited. I don’t think there’s anyone else out there in the Blogosphere that has poured forth their unadulterated enthusiasm as frequently and voraciously as I have. Mostly, when I’m reading the blogs of those that are going, it’s a casual statement. Such as, “Oh, when I go to BlogHer, I’m going to…” or “In July I’m going to BlogHer and then…” And that’s it. They move on. They get over it. Me? Not so much.

I am a spastic freak who is entirely too excited for this whole thing.

And now I’m starting to worry that should any of these uber cool bloggers come by my humble little space on the web and see me in my overly enthusiastic glory that they’ll make a mental note to stay as far away from me at the conference as they possibly can. Because who wants to hang out with someone who may or may not start to drool on your shoes? So I’ve gotta dial it down a touch. (On second thought, maybe devoting an entire post to this AGAIN wasn’t the best way to do that.)

And when I’m not concerned about that, I’m concerned about how I’ll look. I mean, I worry about how I look all the time, as I see myself as something of a troll. I have a bevy of unbearable features that are hard to make look presentable. If I even had that skill, which I don’t. Add to that the whole “two weeks postpartum” thing. Besides having what I’m sure will be a rather striking figure (and not in a good way), what the heck kind of clothes will I wear?? Maternity clothes? To a conference full of fabulous women bloggers?? I’ll fully be cementing myself as “hopeless dork” then, won’t I? Some over-eager, overweight blob in maternity clothes when she isn’t even pregnant. I’ll be a HIT.

Of course, would any of this actually stop me from GOING? Naw. Not likely. Not in a million years. Because I am excited. And even though I’m a little worried about how it’s going to go, being away from a brand new baby all day for two days, I need to go. I’m sure Kile will be able to handle it. Because hopefully this little one will not have a problem taking a bottle from papa. Fingers crossed on that one!

Will I actually get to meet and speak to Zoot, Amalah and all the other fabulous women who are going to be there? Gosh, I hope so. Because that will be so freaking cool. It’ll be worth looking like a bloated, poorly dressed whale just to be able to experience it. Don’t you wish you were going? Aren’t you totally jealous now? Yeah, you should be. :) If you *are* going, let me know in the comments so we can *squee* together. :)

One month left. I know that once the baby is born, those remaining weeks will pass in the blink of an eye. July is just going to be so freaking cool.

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Some of these current events are national, some are celebrity-oriented and some are local and probably only interesting to me. Regardless, it’s all on my mind and since I’m not one to censor what’s on my mind, into my blog it goes!

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I just read that Star Jones is leaving The View. Not that I’ve ever watched The View. In fact, I’ve gone out of my way to avoid it. I’ve never cared for Meredith Viera (yes, I’m sick that she’s taking Katie’s place!) and especially Star Jones. I liked Elisabeth when she was on Survivor so I was glad to see her doing well. Don’t really have any feelings about Joy Behar, though I didn’t like the chemistry that she, Star and Meredith created. But I was intrigued when I heard that Rosie O’Donnell was going to be taking Meredith’s spot. I know, I know. But I was a big fan of The Rosie O’Donnell Show back in the day and was pretty sad when it ended. So I thought maybe I’d tune in. Now? I’ll definitely tune in. Because the show has GOT to be changing for the better. At least, that’s my two cents.

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Fire! You’d be surprised… I thought you needed more…you know… TREES to be able to have a lot of fires but apparently not. Right now there are literally dozens of fires in Northern Nevada. And a couple of them are not terribly far from where we live so we feel like we’re surrounded by the smoke. Which makes for an awful nice fragrance when we step outside. Plus a nice BROWN sky color. But the nice thing is, that because there are so few trees and whatnot, these fires are relatively easy to put out. Wind doesn’t help (which we always seem to have a lot of) but right now winds are pretty calm so I imagine things will be under control soon. Needless to say, these fires are very much expected. We had a wet, wet winter which means lots of weeds and growth and it’s been SO freaking hot lately… I imagine we haven’t seen the last of “Fire Season 2006″.

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Life on the Summer TV front has brightened. We are watching House repeats on Tuesday nights since we only just recently discovered this awesome show just before the season finale this year. So all these old shows are new to us. Bonus! Also have started watching The 4400 (though, technically, aren’t their numbers considerably less by now?). A friend loaned us the season 1 dvd. We haven’t seen season 2 so we feel like we’ve missed quite a bit. But it’s just so good that we can’t resist. AND, on top of all that, Big Brother 7 will be starting in little over a week. I’m really hoping some of the turds don’t come back, like Alison or Ivette. But I really hope Kaysar will be back. I’m sure he will, he was so popular. I wouldn’t mind Howie or Janelle either. Either way, this season will be enjoyable and I can’t wait to watch every goofy episode.

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Also in the news is this little tidbit from JK Rowling. I’d be lying if I said I was suprised that she was going to be killing some major characters. But I have to wonder: who’s left? I mean, Dumbledore is gone already. Could be Harry. She wouldn’t dare kill Hagrid. Kile thinks one of them might be Snape. I told him I doubt I’d care if Snape was gone. Even if he IS just playing and is still on the “good” side, as Kile thinks he is. He still killed Dumbledore. So seeing him die wouldn’t likely make me feel too badly. So I kinda hope it IS Snape. Because if Hermione dies, I might get real upset.

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Anything else I’d comment on is political and I try to stay away from that as much as I can so this will be it. It’s enough to chew on, I think, for the rest of the day. Let me know what you think (if you think) about any of these stories. See? Wasn’t that more pithy than last night’s frazzled post?

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