Thursday 14 April 2011

Don't Waste The Sun On A Rainy Day

Random rainy Thursday thoughts running through my brain:

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I'm pretty bad at being a gushy pregnant lady. I read blogs written by gushy pregnant ladies and I feel like somehow I'm missing out on the experience. Like I'm somehow already failing at motherhood because I can't describe any part of this pregnancy as magical or say that I love being pregnant. I do not love being pregnant. I love Willie. Which surprises me, honestly. I mean, I knew I'd love the kid, I just didn't know that I'd love the fetus. Sometimes I wish I could be a bit more gushy, though.

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Our buyer has not yet removed his subjects. He has until midnight on Friday to remove them so I'm not panicking yet. I'm just all frothed up in a state of perpetual fret. If our buyer backs out of the contract, we have to back out of the purchase of the new condo. Our time line is already so tight that we won't have time to start the process again; we will have to pull our condo off the market and make our peace with staying put. Which isn't such a bad thing, I guess. Our condo is small and only has one bedroom but our mortgage payment is so low (and we wouldn't have to, you know, pack up all of our belongings and actually move.)

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My camera cord is packed somewhere so I can't share my 24-week belly shot. Which is unfortunate because I'm already halfway to 28 weeks and will be taking a new belly shot.

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The first round of Stanley Cup playoffs started last night. The Canucks are playing the Blackhawks, which causes me a great deal of stress and angsty feelings. I love hockey. I love the Canucks. I ... cannot stand to see Vancouver eliminated from the playoffs by Chicago for the third straight year. Not that I think they'll be eliminated. Vancouver has had an amazing year and Chicago is not the same team it was last year. Plus we totally kicked their asses last night (suckas!) I'm just no good at being a cocky sports fan. I'm more of a hand wringer. I really hope the Canucks do well in the playoffs but I'm not necessarily rooting for them to win the Stanley Cup (only because Shawn has threatened to name Willie "Stan" if they do win the cup. Which is kind of funny on its own but downright hilarious if you say Stan with Shawn's last name - which will also be Willie's last name.)

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Shawn's band is playing at the Westcoast Tattoo & Culture Show tomorrow at 5:30. Vancouver peeps should check it out - tickets are only $15 and there's a bunch of stuff to see and do.

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Any rainy day thoughts you want to share?

16 comments:

  1. oh god. I am SUCH an angsty nervous sports fan. And I will just DIE if we lose to Chicago 3 years in a row. Seriously. The game yesterday was great but I'm still so nervous it's silly.

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  2. Once I was pregnant I had a hard time believing people who actually liked it. I couldn't come up with anything to like about it, except that I got a baby at the end.

    I hope it all works out with the condos the way you want.

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  3. I would like to send my condolences ahead of time on your eventual loss. Because the Red Wings are totally going to take home the cup! (And if they don't, I may throw myself in traffic. I just can't take another year of disappointment!)

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  4. I hated pregnancy except I DID like not having to hold in the tum, and I also liked patting the tum. And I liked making lists of baby names. And I liked when the second pink line appeared. And....that's pretty much it.

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  5. I did not enjoy pregnancy. And mine was relatively easy. But no, I was not a fan. I thought I'd be a gushy pregnant person, but nope, I just wanted it to be done.
    I even got to the point where I hated that flip flops were the only shoes I could wear anywhere, and I LOVE flip flops.

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  6. I didn't like pregnancy either. And yet I did it three times. All for the babies, I suppose.

    Still sending prayers that the condo sitch works out!

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  7. I sat here and stared at your post for literally five minutes because I KNEW I knew the song... thank you for reminding me how great that Jet album is :)

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  8. I didn't enjoy pregnancy at all. I stand in awe (or disbelief) of women who actually like it.

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  9. My friend named her baby Kesler. I'm torn - I think it'll be cool eventually, but it's pretty cheesy right now.

    Sidenote: Kesler named his son Ryker. Ryker Kesler? I dunno dude. Kind of sounds like he combined his first and last name, which is nice, except.. the kid has the last name too.

    Good luck today with the buyer, miss. I hope everything works out perrrrrfectly.

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  10. I'm pretty sure this is NOT the year for the Blackhawks. Please get un-angsty about that soon. =)

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  11. Yeah, on the non-gushy pregnancy... go back and read my old posts if you want some company on that.

    The ONLY thing I liked was feeling the baby move (which, before I was pregnant, I thought would be the strangest thing ever). So maybe you've got that to look forward to...

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  12. For what it's worth, I don't think I've ever read a blog where the pregnant person was gushy. Maybe you just have an unusually large number of gushers on your blog roll. And it sounds uncomfortable and kind of scary, so I can imagine that it wouldn't be much to gush about!

    Good luck with the buyer! I hope it all works out perfectly!

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  13. Don't worry about the gushy thing...I think whenever it occurs to me to be gushy, it's that the hormones have taken control of the mothership, if you know what I mean.

    Plus I sort of want to punch people in the face that swear on their life pregnancy was all butterflies for them.

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  14. A) I just had to look at the Lush Facebook site to see your husband's name so I could giggle appropriately.

    2) I have now added you as a friend on Facebook.

    C) I think we've been reading the same gushy pregnant person blog (maybe? then again, there are probably a lot out there) and I have many THOUGHTS about gushy pregnant ladies, which I am sure you know already.

    Suffice it to say, I am with ya, sister. I call my kid Asshole. Gushy I am not.

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  15. I have to say, I think I'll eventually be a pregnant lady more like you & Sarah than, well, so many of the gushy bloggers I read (IS EVERY BLOGGER I READ PREGNANT?). I don't think there's a damn thing wrong with it, as long as you love the kid!

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