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Oh hi there, it’s ME AGAIN, just doing the blog equivalent of blathering nervously out loud while I drum my fingers, chew my bottom lip, and that annoying sound from 24 plays in my head: tink . . . tink . . .
I thought there was a good chance I’d get ushered over to Labor & Delivery today, since they had me scheduled for another blood pressure test at 10 AM and hey, you know one thing that I bet sends people’s blood pressure skyrocketing, it’s knowing that the results of the test could send you straight to the operating room, but no, everything was totally fine. Whew, I guess. Except truthfully I was sort of hoping we might just get the ball rolling instead of waiting all weekend and getting progressively more FREAKED THE HELL OUT.
I have now packed my hospital bag twice, so by Monday I should have this whole routine down cold and will have have strategized the right amount of stuff to bring. Camera battery: yes; two different kinds of perfume: no.
A nurse presented me with some sort of hardcore antibacterial soap and instructed me to wash from the neck down on both Sunday night and Monday morning, then she paused, perhaps assessing my intellect and finding it lacking, and told me not to use it in my hair (duh) or inside my lady parts (no KIDDING, really? Because I was planning to really have a go at myself with a turkey baster and maybe a Magic Eraser). She also reminded me not to shave my own belly, an activity which I had not considered but once she mentioned it I instantly started wondering who would need to do so and just how thick and luxurious their belly-pelt might be.
Aside from any last-minute labor shenanigans, we’re now supposed to show up at the hospital at 6 AM on Monday, at which point we’ll probably sit around in some bleak-ass waiting room for about a thousand hours while I get progressively more despondent about that whole no eating past midnight pre-op thing. I’ll post something on Sunday about where/when you might find some baby news on Monday, stay tuned.
So tell me (DISTRACT ME), what are your plans for the weekend? Are you doing anything in particular for the Superbowl? Me, I don’t much care about the teams playing, but it seems like a fine excuse for eating a bowl of nachos the size of my head.
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I don’t exactly care about the Super Bowl…
However, the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet is fun to tune into for a while.
There is a kitty cat half time show, after all…
Good luck with Monday morning… hopefully they’re not booked.
Where will Riley be while you’re laboring?
I’ll be thinking of you this weekend.
Saturday my Tiger Den and I will be distributing placards/door hangers for Scouting for Food, then I’ll head over to my church to take some portraits of two of the other dens (apparently, the others weren’t interested just yet?) As far as the Superbowl, I don’t plan to watch because I don’t want the Pats to win but there’s NO WAY I’m rooting for Eli Manning (even though his brother is my NFL Boyfriend). So, football: no. Hotwings: YES.
Shelly: doubtful there will be any laboring — but while we’re at the hospital Riley will be at home with JB’s parents. I’m hoping to have a fast recovery and be able to come home on Tuesday evening.
Belly pelt–new word of the day! Thanks!
I’ll keep you in mind Monday–it will be about 8 am my time and I’ll just be sitting down to a cup of coffee at work.
Weekend plans include finish shoveling driveway, launder every piece of clothing in the house, then finally, go to my SIL’s and eat myself silly.
Best of luck!
my parents are having a superbowl party. but i’m the lucky one that gets to transport about 20 teens to raleigh to have a huge superbowl with about 3 churches all together. should be fun :)
Well, since you asked…
Tonight my younger sister is celebrating her 26th birthday at some bar? club? not sure, called Porkys in NYC. She told me that I WOULD HAVE been invited, had I not been 8 months pregnant. Cute. So, I invited some other pregnant neighbors to my house to order food in and scare the delivery boy when we all rush to the door with our outreached fat fingers.
Tomorrow, I have been deemed un-pregnant enough (?) to join my family at a restaurant for dinner for that bitch’s birthday. She asked me to make the reservations for 6:30, but has been telling the rest of the family that *I* made them that early because of that fucking pregnancy that she loves to make fun of and the fact that I can’t stay up past 8. She may be right, but whatever.
Then, on Sunday, since I live in NJ, I am being forced to attend a Superbowl Party with my husband. Do you realize that the game doesn’t even start until 6:30 p.m. for the home states (or “region”) of both teams??!! What the hell? Anyway, I’ll probably eat my weight in pigs in the blanket and then fall asleep on their couch.
Maybe some cooking, maybe the beach, maybe some Superbowl stuff…
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I will be keeping my fingers crossed for youz guyz! I hope the wait isn’t much of a wait at all. Everyone is so excited for
Maybe some cooking, maybe the beach, maybe some Superbowl stuff…
ALSO:
I will be keeping my fingers crossed for youz guyz! I hope the wait isn’t much of a wait at all. Everyone is so excited for the new arrival!!!
sorry about the stupid duplicate…
Besides the usual weekend reading/chores/Netflix, I will be awaiting any and all news from you!!!
Godspeed (what does that mean, anyway?) and may the force be with you. And also the pain meds.
Since the Packers aren’t playing I don’t really care about the SuperBowl. Bah humbug! However, I do have a friend coming into town this evening, and she is staying the whole weekend, so I’m sure to do something fun – shopping, wine tasting, a trip to Avila Beach (weather permitting) … who knows? But it’ll be awesomely fun!
Since reading one of your previous blogs, I might just be making a Gooey Butter Cake! While you’re stressing away, I will be volunteering as an RDA for the Smiles for Kids program. We see low-income kids and do as much free dental work as possible. It’s kind of sad, but also gratifying. Then off to a photo class while mom-in-law watches the kiddos…then I might just take off, leave the hubbo at home alone with the boys and go see a movie. No football plans at all! hang in there….we’re very excited to meet the newbie!
OMG, belly pelt? Lady parts? I have BOTH…..how funny! How disconcerting is the pelt?
I’ll be attending McCashew’s first birthday party. I can’t believe our Sweet Caroline is only a year old, though, I don’t remember my life without her gummy grin and delightful disposition. Yea, baby parties. Yippee, cake!
Good luck with YOUR baby party!
P.S. How does the henna look now?
Sesame Street LIVE tonight! You jealous? Wait, no… HOW jealous are you??? And to make it even sound that more enticing… we’re driving to downtown DETROIT in a BLIZZARD to see ELMO. yippie!
No Superbowl party invites this year. I could care less about the Superbowl, but I can tell you that I’d smile if the Giants beat the pants off the Patriots because no team deserves to have a PERFECT season and then a superbowl vicotry. That is a parade that must be pissed upon. Also… Tom Brady went to Michigan, which is the archrival of my alma mater.
Typically a lurker, but I wanted a reason to shout from the mountain tops that I am a glutton and I’m eating Dreyer’s Loaded Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup ice cream from the carton with a serving spoon. And? i’m not even pregnant. Having said that -go get yourself some. It’s freaking good.
This weekend: baking a cake (yes, there is a food theme in my home, body, heart and soul and yes, my ass does proclaim it loudly) for my mom’s birthday. I have never made this cake she requested (poppyseed with raspberry filling and cream cheese frosting) and I’m making it from scratch. I love adventures like this! I also have to clean the house a buttload since my parents are coming here for said cake and dinner (we’re ordering that out – you’ll quickly learn that you no longer go out to eat with two kids (mine are both under 2). Are you bored yet? Maybe some picture hanging/decorating/posting of goods on Craig’s List. Playing My Sims on the wii for sure. And maybe guitar hero. and oh yeah, taking care of the two under two year olds. the good news about the second child is that he learns to fend for himself QUITE a bit.
good luck on Monday! Can’t wait to hear the babies name and see his cutie pie face.
I am going to a friends house for the Superbowl, and while the game will be shown on the tv, mostly we will be playing board-games and I will be gorging myself on pizza.
We wanted to take R sledding but the doomsday weatherman was INCORRECT about the 10 inches of snow predicted for our area. Incorrect by about 10 inches. And sadness, no Sesame Street Live here for SIX WEEKS. So I guess I’ll… clean the bathrooms.
Ha ha ha ha Belly Pelt ha ha ha!
You don’t have to be on magnesium this time do you? Good luck Monday!
My weekend plans include sending my 2.5 year old downstairs with his daddy and other guests who will be over to watch the superbowl while I lay in the bathtub upstairs and read a magazine.
Whoa boy… home stretch, eh? I won’t fill you with platitudes — you know it all — except maybe this: Fentanyl! I hope they give you at least an appertif of something fun. Something that won’t cross the placental (word?) barrier, or, if it does, maybe, who cares? (ducking from all the health care professionals and Moms who are slinging me dirty looks) Ahem.
This weekend I am heading up north to the Roaring Tundra of Up North (in lower Michigan) for a family party — it will be fun, full of mirth, and the usual family politics. On Sunday we will join my husband’s (excuse-me-but-they-are) low brow friends for the Superbowl game, during which all of the females are RAPT and “SHHHHHHH-ing” during commercials while the guys talk about how awesome the last play was and “Did you see that dude’s collar bone?! Come THROUGH his pads? Dude. How cool was that?” I’ll be thinking about you as I dip a hot wing first in ranch, then in blue cheese, then in honey mustard. I don’t think it’s “double dipping” if you haven’t actually put it in your mouth first, right? Right.
Love and hugs to you, JB, Riley, and soon-to-be-named Smaltipus — MA
I have absolutely no plans, especially in the bowl or super field, except a weigh-in at Weight Watchers.
Um, I have a belly pelt. *hangs head in shame*
Plans for the weekend? The Mistah and I are going on a DATE tonight. We’re going to the movies. Except we’re seeing different movies. That’s hawt!
Superbowl? I’ll be lying in bed watching re-runs of the Surreal Life or something.
Good luck!
Ah, Linda. You had me at belly-pelt.
I’ll be thinking great thoughts for you guys this weekend. And I’ll never look at a Magic Eraser the same way again.
I wish our hospitals were closer. After fracturing my ankle earlier this week (I knew I was up shit creek when the orthopedist looked at my xrays and said, “Damn, that must have HURT!”), the swelling has gone down enough for them to put 2 pins and a plate in my ankle. After that, it’s 4-6 weeks of good times on crutches. Did I mention we have snow and ice? Woo Hoo! At least I can pass my time with some oxycodone. I doubt your OBGYN has that little goodie in your pre-surgery routine. Scrub well!
My only plans involve talking to people who want me to tell them it’s okay to drive on roads that are obviously treacherous.
Caller: Is it okay to drive to Big City 120 miles away to shop? How are the roads?
Me: I don’t know, I can’t see them because they’re covered in snow.
ARGH.
Here’s hoping your weekend brings significantly less frustration.
I’m having a baby this weekend! FINALLY! I am nervous, but excited as hell to be induced. I can’t wait to meet the lil’ sock monkey girl baking inside my ginormous belly. . . which has NO hair on it. I’m very thankful for lack of belly pelt since I’m super sweaty hairless.
I love the fact I won’t be forced to watch the Super Bowl, I have the best excuse ever. :)
Every time your post pops up in my Google Reader, I get twitchy. I can only imagine how you feel.
Anyway, this weekend will be spent in a frenzy of cleaning for our first-ever Super Bowl party. It was just going to be a couple of friends and somehow it turned into eleven people. I’m still not sure how we’re going to fit them all into our living room.
My plans sound incredibly like yours: eating a plate of nachos the size of my head during the superbowl. Also working a little, knitting, and possibly venturing out to work on our baby registry.
I will be spending the next couple of days trying to forgive my dog for making me chase him around the neighborhood for a fucking hour earlier this morning/afternoon. Apparently he developed a sudden case of temporary amnesia and no longer recognized his name or the commands “come” or “right here”. Little fucker.
I guess that will remind me not to take him in the car without putting his seatbelt harness on, even for a quick trip to the pharmacy down the block, since that would have been much easier to grab onto during one of his many, many fly by’s.
Now he is all muddy, sleeping on the towels I covered up the living room carpet with, with the loop of his leash anchored down by the leg of the very heavy coffee table because I am entirely too tired to give him a bath quite yet.
As for Sunday I am entirely uninterested in the Super Bowl, although I wouldn’t mind eating a plate of nachos the size of my head!
Good luck at the hospital!
Belly pelt made me giggle.
I’ll be celebrating Vic’s 2nd birthday with a hazelnut apricot Elmo cake. Maybe I’ll even share some with him.
Tonight, my boyfriend and I are having dinner at my nana’s house, and then we’re driving down the shore (Jersey shore) for the weekend. We shall fulfill our geek quotient by attending both the Atlantic City Power Boat Show as well as the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum. We shall then temper the geekitude with some gambling and booze.
Thinking about you this weekend! Come on, Smallotopus!
LOL belly pelt HA HA HA HA HA
that would be so much funnier if my own belly were hairless as Mr. Bigglesworth. Alas…well anyway.
Being in CT, half my large family are Giants fans, half are pats fans, so we decided to bring them together here and let the fun begin. I will not be watching the game with any great interest, but eating my weight in guacamole which, let me ASSURE you, is an impressive amount of guacamole indeed.
Also, waxing my belly pelt.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA…ha…heh…
*sigh*
Good luck! Can’t wait to check back next week and see the little guy!
None of my us are Super Bowl people, but I am on board with the gigantic nacho idea.
Good luck on Monday! We will all be so excited to see and hear all about the new little Smalltopus.
I will be flying solo this weekend with my 10 week old boy…big plans are to go to the mall and spend some $$$$ on some new bare minerals…fun times!
i’m starting off the weekend with cocktails, a play and dancing tonight, and then after that? eh. probably not cleaning my house.
hooray weekend!
and mostly, hooray baby!
*snort* BELLY PELT. You just made my day.
I am a rabid Patriots fan, and even though I’m currently banished to the land of nobody-cares-about-sports (Central CA), I’ve found a couple of people who are willing to come over and pig out on nachos and pizza while I alternately swoon and yell at the television. :)
Anxiety makes you twice as funny as you usually are! Oh do I remember the waiting for the scheduled cesarean, hating every minute of it because every minute felt like 2 but then, on like the second day when I was ALONE with the baby in my hospital room with milk that was morally opposed to letting down? I sorta missed the waiting part, just a little :)
I’m in a cabin in N. Georgia with my family on vacation but obediently and sort of obsessively checking in on you. For super bowl? I’m making chili, Pioneer Woman’s broiled French bread and cream cheese stuffed jalapeños because my life is nothing without the internet, clearly.
Good luck on Monday. I will be reminiscing about how wonderful that newborn smell is. Ahhhhhhhh!!!
Nothing exciting planned, but I’ll do anything to help distract a pregnant woman anticipating her C-Section. My nephew is just a little older than Riley and I remember my sister’s manic activity in the few days before he was born.
I will be cleaning out my house in anticipation of hopefully listing it very soon. Will probably take the dog for a walk or two–if only so I can clear some podcasts off my ipod. Church Sunday morning and watching the game solo that evening. Wings, guacamole? Not sure, but I’ll be sure to consume some sort of bar food.
Good luck on Monday!
I am actually a big football fan, and an even bigger Patriots fan (another Nutmegger – that’s a person from CT – like Carolyn above)…but I have crazy- Alzheimers’-grandma-duty from 2-6 on Sunday. If we don’t watch her she eats hand soap and falls a lot. So anyway it’s my turn to watch her so no Super Bowl parties for me…but kickoff is 6:30 here so I can hurry home in time to watch the game, and I am thinking nachos and chicken wings might be on my menu-for-one.
Please try to enjoy your last semi-restful weekend and eat everything naughty you can fit in your gullet. Can’t wait for baby news, and best wishes for an uneventful birth and healthy mom and bebeh!
My husband and our friend AJ are making dinner for AJ’s girlfriend and I. The theme is “olives.” I really hope the dessert is not theme related.
(Rental) house hunting, baby birthday party, a movie on Sunday, drinks tonight .
We’re all so excited for you. HOORAY FOR BABY.
Good luck on Monday morning. It’ll be here before you know it. Happy scrubbing!
This weekend I will be playing with my son, trying not to cheat on my diet, trying to motivate myself to go to the gym, reading chapters of engineering dissertations (I LOVE my job) even though I’m an ENGLISH grad student.
As for the Super Bowl, I’m only interested in watching if the Pats get creamed. I guess I should route for Eli since I am currently a student at his alma mater and went to every game of his last season to route for the Rebels, but I think that pretty much settles any debt I have to him. I love football, but could care less about these two teams. But, I do get to go to a Party where there will be lots of food to cheat on my diet with. I’m also excited because there will be kids and my son hasn’t really gotten to hang out with other kids much since he started crawling (like 3 weeks ago). So moreso than the football game, I’m excited to see how my son will hold his own as a newly-MOBILE child.
Can’t wait to hear about STP. Hoping for a run-of-the-mill caesarian and a happy, healthy bouncing baby boy. At least you know he’ll be a cutie! Good luck!
“belly-pelt”
I am DYING RIGHT NOW! That is the best! I’m totally using this phrase daily until my husband smacks me…I will use it in the most ridiculous an non-sensical ways. Just to say “belly-pelt”!
jeez. That was a good laugh.
Weekend plans= skiing in Wisconsin with Husband and saying belly-pelt.
This weekend? Oh, you know, sitting around, praying for labor.
Um, antibacterial soap? Really? I had a scheduled c-section with Mia and there was no antibacterial soap, nor any advice regarding hair removal.
Heh. Belly pelt. That’s plain funny. I date a guy who has a pelt but its on his chest and back. I call it the sweater vest. Good thing he’s cute (and he wears a size 15 shoe bow chicka bow wow!!)
ANYWAY I can’t wait to meet your new young man. You will be fine. Just fine. No pooping, puking or peeing.
Good luck!
We’re going to my brother-in-law’s house on Sunday to celebrate his birthday and watch some of the Super Bowl. And tomorrow we are heading down to check out places that we might rent for a week or so in the summertime! Crazy you have to book this stuff so far in advance but you do. Well if you have to wait another day or two at least there is ample time for nachos and such! :) Good luck!!
Oh Linda, how you make me laugh. I think I’m going to be giggling about turkey basters and belly pelt all weekend!
Can’t wait to see Riley’s new brother! Good luck on Monday.
So you may find this amusing… one of my coworkers just asked me “Naomi what are you doing this weekend, having a superbowl party?” I was like, “Oh, it’s superbowl this weekend?” See, I have no clue about these things, nor do I care. But enjoy eating that head-sized bowl of nachos! LOL
I’m not much of a sports person, and at my friend’s annual super bowl party I became famous for sitting in the corner reading Rolling Stones backissues and JCrew catalogs while everyone else was absorbed in the game.
When my now-husband and I first started dating, I mentioned to him that we were invited to that party and he said, “Oh, is the super bowl this weekend?” That’s how I knew we were meant to be.
I was at a party once where a woman went on and on about having to get a bikini wax before giving birth because – gosh – no one in the hospital has ever seen naked hairy lady parts before! I guess a similarly grooming-obsessed person might feel the need to shave their belly pelt (heehee) before going into the OR. Maybe that nurse noted your perfectly trimmed hair and fancy toenails while giving you the once over…
I can’t wait to see STP’s cute little face and find out his name. This is better than Christmas :)
Birthday party (#15) for my son tonight. I’m actually cooking supper for it too. Something new so hmmm we’ll see how that turns out. Sitting on my rather large rear tomorrow since I cleaned house all day today getting ready for said party. Super bowl party at my sisters. Off Monday and Tuesday. Your posts really crack me up. Will be waiting to hear……
Tomorrow hubby and I are going to the flea market. I’m not sure when that became exciting. Sunday we are going to a superbowl party so I can cheer on my Patriots! And I have to say I’m hoping they do win because…well… aside from being my team, this type of record hasn’t been broken since 1972 when the Dolphins did it first.
By they way…belly pelt is hilarious.
Digging out from the snow that hit Idaho courtesy of the Pacific Northwest is first on the list. Then making chocolate chip cookies, snickerdoodle cookies, cinnamon rolls (made from yellow cake mix!) and your Gooey Butter Cake. I’m going to die from plugged arteries for sure! Might take the 3 boys out and try for some fun in the snow, but it’s still nasty out there! Can’t wait for the game though!
Oh, and belly pelt fit me when I was pg. I was embarrasingly furry during both pregnancies! Something to do with too much testosterone, I blame it on having male offspring!
When my four-month-old daughter was scheduled for surgery, they gave us the same instructions for the antibacterial soap. On super-sensitive baby skin? Ha! We decided not to use it.
I think that if I had gotten the “not inside the lady parts” instructions, I would have been hard pressed to refrain from laying it on thick: “What??? How ya’ll ’spect me to clean my cooter??”
As for weekend plans – I’m taking leave of my sanity and taking four kids to the museum. Then I’ll be heading home for a drink.
And without the Steelers in the Superbowl, I’m pretty much with you in the head-sized nachos camp.
I will be checking your blog repeatedly for baby news. :o)
Can’t wait to hear about your new arrival and wish you, JB and Riley the very, very best. Hope all goes well.
Tonight we’re going to San Francisco with another couple to have dinner at a cozy little mediterranean restaurant named Cafe Casablanca, then we’re of to the Great American Music Hall to see a concert (Mark Olsen and Mary Gauthier). Since I’m old, I’ll probably spend all Saturday “resting”.
Sunday will be spent at my MIL’s house eating her wonderful homemade chicken and duplings. I have a bet with my 18 year old daughter that the Patriots are gonna win. I hope I’m right because a box of See’s candy is at steak…
I plan to attend a couple of farewell parties (for ME!) and show my Japanese teacher from middle school around the Waseda campus. Then I gotta pack for my trip home and say my goodbyes to Tokyo. So while I will not have a Super Bowl to watch, there’s certainly plenty to do. And of course, I’ll be emotionally destroyed if you don’t update before I get on my Tuesday flight! You’ve spoiled us with all of the times you’ve done it this week. =P
Tonight we’re going to San Francisco with another couple to have dinner at a cozy little mediterranean restaurant named Cafe Casablanca, then we’re of to the Great American Music Hall to see a concert (Mark Olsen and Mary Gauthier). Since I’m old, I’ll probably spend all Saturday “resting”.
Sunday will be spent at my MIL’s house eating her wonderful homemade chicken and duplings. I have a bet with my 18 year old daughter that the Patriots are gonna win. I hope I’m right because a box of See’s candy is at steak…
I just really cannot wait to see this beautiful new baby. Sending good thoughts your way. Soon all of this waiting will be just a memory and before you know it you’ll be home with your new son. {{{hugs}}}
Ugh, sorry for the double post…I’m a dork.
Double ugh, that should have said STAKE not steak. And we’re having DUMPLINGS not duplings. Egads…
Ok, I’ve filled my commenting quota for the week now…
This weekend….tomorrow I’ll be attending my nephew’s 5th birthday party (it’s a Star Wars theme, fun times!) And on Sunday I’ll be at the in-laws’ watching The Game on their new widescreen TV. I’m not usually a football fan, not even for the SuperBowl, but I figure since Logan Mankins of the Patriots is from my hometown, I’ll show him some support. And also consume vast quantities of guacamole.
Because I’m such a rock star, I’m going to be making a meatloaf and then doing the metric ass ton of dishes that I’ve been putting off. Exciting!
Enjoy your last few days of three-dom!
it is summer here, and i am eight months pregnant, and i am MELTING. i am going to organize my freezer which everyone else thinks of as nesting (wtf does organizing the freezer have to do with nesting? its not like i am going to KEEP THE BABY IN IT) but honestly, its because i am so hot; none of my clothes fit me, and i cannot think of anything better to do than spend a couple of hours hanging into a giant box filled with ice and cold air.
except for maybe, being able to take a nap in it.
I’m throwing a shower on Sunday for a friend who’s due in April. Any ideas for shower activities that aren’t games? (I am SUCH and awesome advance planner, yes?)
I should have said “that aren’t LAME games.” Games are okay, I think. They just can’t be stupid.
Linda, I read ya all the time, love ya! but never stop to comment ~ so today I just want to say best wishes, and I can’t wait to see and hear all about ‘D’. take care
Hi. My name is Samantha. And I shave my belly.
No seriously. I really do. And my arms. And my toes. Not to mention my legs and arm pits. So if I were to have a scheduled c-section, that nurse’s advice would have been very helpful.
Um, well ANYWAY! I’d be going nuts if I were you this weekend. So I think I’ll be thinking about the impending STP as if it were my own, and run around all frazzled this weekend. But in addition to that, I have three seperate baby shower gifts to buy, and we’re getting book shelves from IKEA so we can clear out all those damn books from the nursery. Then, with that 90% empty, we can get crackin’ on the other baby stuff. Add a nap or two in there and that’s my weekend.
GOOD LUCK MONDAY OMG!
The Superbowl is HERE, if I stood on my roof I could see the stadium from my house, and you’d better believe I will be hiding inside from all the kooky out-of-towners and locals hoping to catch a glimpse of a celebrity. Traffic is already a clusterfuck, and it’s only Friday. Gah.
Although guacamole does sound pretty good…
Best of luck on Monday Linda. I am sure that everything will go swimmingly. Can’t wait to hear the details!!!
while my house is full of people getting drunk and eating sausages and rooting for the giants, i will be hiding in my room watching my google reader for any interesting blog activity. and also sneaking beer and sausages and glimpses at the puppy bowl. exciting times around here!
i was planning to watch the superbowl, even though i don’t care much who wins either (mostly because of the afore mentioned plate of nachos), but my friend recently sent me an invitation to her “jason bourne birthday par-tay!” which is also on sunday. the invite promises food, drink and all three bourne movies. yummy…(that’s in reference to the food and matt damon.)
No plans this weekend at all, which seems wrong. It seems like I should have plans. I did have today off, and decided that today I would take my meals from the fuckit bucket, so that part is good. I’ll be thinking about you Monday, hoping everything goes wonderfully!
As usual, I have to clean the house tomorrow. On Sunday, I’ll watch a little of the Puppy Bowl and maybe some commercials during the Superbowl.I usually watch Iron Chef America and Breaking Bad on Sunday nights, so I hope they aren’t repeats. I hate when the other channels give up on Superbowl Sunday and throw repeats and crap at those of us who aren’t glued to the game.
Good luck on Monday. I hope you can relax!
Hey! It’s February now, ergo the amethyst bracelet is the true and correct birthstone! (I’m embarrassed to say that I have been concerned about the birthstone ever since your “Shiny” post of Jan 10.)
We so love football at our house. We’re excited for the big game, yet in mourning because no more football until September. We plan our SuperBowl menu for weeks; this year we’re having king crab legs, hummus with pita chips, guacamole, and Ashley’s soft pretzels (recipe from her Jan. 18th blog entry… BTW I found her thanks to you).
Thanks for so many blog posts these past couple weeks. Have a great weekend and an exciting week ahead, we’ll be happy to see you back when you’re ready.
This weekend. Let’s see. I’m planning to FREAK OUT about you and Beth Fish both being due ANY SECOND, and try to guess the names you’re using.
Get this: I don’t even KNOW WHO’S PLAYING in the SuperBowl this year. But perhaps I’d better help out with the nacho consumption anyway.
I just want to tell you how much easier my second C-section was from my first (and third even easier!) I think it was because I knew what to expect. So I know everything will go so awesome on Monday for you.
We took all three kids to the Great Wolf Lodge – so fun!
I did have two sets of people coming into town, but they both cancelled. No matter, my husband is sick and I have an art show coming up that I need to work on. I rented King of California, Rocket Science, and Sicko for him (me) to watch. Maybe we’ll go to breakfast on Sunday if he’s better. Good luck on Monday. I can’t really know how you feel, but I’ve had to wait on stressful/exciting things lately and, man it blows. I say distract by any means possible. There’s always textwist. I’ll send good vibes.
If this is the last entry, all the best on Monday!
Wow, how the time has flown (I almost said it like Sid Dithers: “So did you drove or did you flew?” Hah!
Combing my belly pelt..
And just so you know..everyone that laughed at said ‘belly pelt’ comment…has one.
I should run now huh?
Hi! I found your site via Beth over at So the Fish Said — been reading for a few weeks now, and I love it! You crack me up, and your pictures and stories are great. Thanks for the entertainment!
I’m up in Boston, and Pats fever has spread like the plague. Possibly worse than the plague, actually. I must admit, it’s been a fun sports town to be in this year, and I’m not even much of a sports fan.
Wait….how did I start talking about sports?? I guess maybe because my weekend will be filled with football whether I want it to be or not. But it’ll be filled with some good food (no, I’m not talking about superbowl snacks — a couple of good meals out planned!), and good friends, so who can complain?
Keep up the good work, and thanks for the laughs!
Lady parts? (Well, you’d be surprised, people have been known to do exactly that, yeah I know, they’re nuts). Hang in there, hon. Soon it will be all over and you’ll have that new little baby. You’ll be in my prayers this weekend and Monday.
Best wishes for you and baby on Monday. Depending upon which version of the nursery rhyme you like best, your new son will be “fair of face” (the class heart throb!) or “full of grace” (the star athlete!). Or, I guess he could be both!
I’m down with the nachos. I may just have to go there. Thankfully, my Weight Watcher weigh in is Saturday morning so I can redeem myself during the week. Saturday going to lunch with mom and sis, she’s going to be 30 on Sunday. Big controversy in my house Super Bowl or birthday party? Actually, just the hubby’s issue, not mine. But he’ll be cut off if he choses wrong.
I will be doing…erm…nothing…probably. Although I have this book, “Best Friends” by Martha Moody (isn’t that a great author name?) that I will be reading. And hey, when nurses tell you goofy stuff like that doesn’t it make you wonder about all the really odd stuff they must see on a daily basis? My husband’s aunt was a nurse and she tells some wicked funny (and also put you in a panic) type stories about her career as a labor nurse.
God, GOOD LUCK! I will be thinking of you all on Monday and can’t wait to meet Smalltopus! I hope you find some time between now and the big day to kick back with your jumbo plate o’ nachos and RELAX!
Today I am FINALLY going to get my busted car in for repair. We have been hemming and hawing about getting it in as both the Walrus and I are too cheap to pay for a tow truck to get it to the dealership. Maybe now would be a good time to look into triple A!
We’re going to a neighbor’s house to watch the Super Bowl and I’m hoping there will be lots of yummy treats to go around. I’m currently scouring cookbooks for a dip or two to bring. Hopefully one will involve lots of bacon!
Also, is it weird that I totally want some of that hospital-strength antibacterial soap with which to scrub myself spotless? What? What’s that you say about OCD? Sigh.
Belly-pelt. Too funny.
This weekend I am going to try and forget about the utterly crappy week I just had at work. Don’t care about the football game; my husband is going to take one of the kids over to a SuperBowl party for awhile while I stay home with the other. Woohoo!
Best wishes for the delivery on Monday – can’t wait to see pictures of STP2 and find out his real name! :)
“belly pelt” that made le laugh too!
Today I have the “pleasure” of going to a shower/brunch for our little alien given by husband’s former workmates (yes, you read that correctly…..). While it should be fun, it also has the potential to be WEIRD TOO…updates later.
Sunday a friend of mine is coming over to help me get more and better photographic evidence of my immense (and apparently still growing as evidenced by the look on my OB’s face on Friday) midsection.
40 weeks somehow seems too long sometimes!
Best wishes on Monday…we’ll be thinking of you and can’t wait to meet the newest squishy member of the clan
I think belly pelt is my new favorite phrase.
I am getting a manicure and pedicure and looking for a birthday present for my boss. Then I’m going to do laundry and put some new music on my iPod.
Good luck on Monday!
I would totally bring two kinds of perfume. How are you going to know what mood you’re going to be in? You’re certain to feel like wearing the one you don’t bring. And they take up no space. What luxury to have a choice. Pack em both. I say so.
This weekend I am:
1. Being ignored by the opposite sex for some strange reason
2. sewing a bra, panty, shrug for my fashion show in Italy
3. Cleaning the flat because we’re doing a photo shoot here tomorrow.
4. Dying a skirt/top black
5. Trying to raise 200,000k single handedly because my financier let me down and I must not lose my boutique.
Can you loan me some money?
Hey Linda! Just wanted to wish you lots of luck on Monday!!! Can’t wait to “meet” the new guy!!! I’ll be thinking of all four of you on Monday!
I swear I was just in your place almost 1 yr ago – 2nd boy, scheduled c-section….the whole 9 yards. I would give anything to do it all over again – yes I said that. My baby is going to be 1 next Friday and I am trying so hard to remember the beginning moments with him, they seem so so far away now.
Sorry – back to the distractions – since we live in MA, it is impossible to avoid the Super Bowl – blech….so we will be having a few friends over and I will pretend to be interested in the whole thing.
Thinking of you and can’t wait to hear what name you guys picked!
Hang in there!
I’m recovering from a nasty cold, so we’re not doing anything this weekend. Hubby’s upstairs doing the laundry at the moment… that’s his big thing for today/tomorrow. I might get a wild hair to go grocery shopping. :)
Less than 48 hrs to go! Tick tock!
Good luck – This weekend I actually will be celebrating the fact that I just found I am pregnant with #2! I love your blog and read it every day, so I will be anticipating how life is for you raising two kiddos!!
oh Sundry! I’m so EXCITED for Monday!
This weekend my husband and I are going on a DATE, which we haven’t done in, like, centuries. I’m also hoping to purchase some makeup which I haven’t done in, like, my whole damn life. Not nearly as exciting as birthing a baby, but I’ll take it.
OH, Sundry! I am so nervous for you! And excited! And god, I cannot WAIT to see pictures of smalltopus, I’m squirming over here…now I’ll shut up because I’m sure this is not what you meant by a distraction.
I’m going to the local bar for the super bowl (wooHOO, right?) where they traditionally have oodles of delicious, FREE food like fresh fish and steak and yum yum. I’m dragging my friends, in favor of the Patriots, although I’m hoping they prefer the Giants because super bowl is always more exciting when people and hollering over who’s who.
Goodluck, Sundry!
MY plans for the weekend include making Gooey Butter Cake for the Super Bowl. I am totally blaming any resulting fat on you.
Just chiming in with my excitement for you guys! I can’t believe #2 is almost here. It seems like yesterday we were waiting on Riley with you!
Best of luck, here’s to a quick non complicated delivery so you can get back home to your Gooey Cake! :)
I totally have to work “belly-pelt” into my conversations this weekend.
Today we’re cleaning the house (okay, the main floor where people will actually SEE stuff on Sunday), buying rolls, chopping veggies, and making cookies. Oh yeah, big day here. A few people are coming over tomorrow for the Puppy Bowl and the Super Bowl, though I think we’re all more interested in the former than the latter this year.
Today we’re going to see Kimya Dawson at Music Millenium (we live in Portland) and then maybe to see a movie. This is Spinal Tap is playing at the Laurelhurst, so we’re torn between that and Michael Clayton at the Broadway (where you mentioned you used to work, I think!) and then maybe come home and play Phase 10 (card game) because it’s raining too much to be sprinting from bus to bus all night.
Sorry for the unbridled enthusiasm, have had too much coffee and this weekend took forever to get here.
For the game there will be a fire in the fireplace, brats on the grill and plenty of cold beer.
SO EXCITED FOR YOU! *ahem* okay, distracting you. Right.
Well, my weekend has so far included a massage, a visit from an out-of-town friend, and an amusingly drunken husband (okay, that wasn’t planned, but it was adorable). Tonight we are going out for dinner and a movie, because being 6 months pregnant I too hear the clock ticking – the clock saying “I don’t care how crappy the weather is or how tired you are, in three more months you will want NOTHING more than to go out for dinner and a movie and you WON’T BE ABLE TO, so get your ass off the couch and go do it NOW.” Obey the clock…
Oh, and I couldn’t care less about the Superbowl.
Good luck Monday!
My little corner store didn’t have corn chips. Sigh. I’m spending my weekend working on a paper.
I’m organizing my computer’s desktop, I KNOW daydreaming about that will keep you entertained for hours. The intro to this post freaked me out because I thought “Oh hi there, it’s ME AGAIN” said: “Oh hi there MEAGAN.” Weird. Good luck, best wishes, I’m sure everything will go fine.
No Superbowl in New Zealand…just sad over the fact that a year ago I DID get to watch the Superbowl in LA. Waa!
I went to see Barack Obama. And then made a chicken pot pie.
Another New Zealander here. As Jem said, no Superbowl over our way but I just wanted to wish YOU a whole heap of positive c-section vibes.
I had an elective in October last year (had another boy:) and I found waiting around to have a kid so strange and surreal. You get into the car and drive to the hospital to have a baby without being in labour? Felt so weird~!
Anwho, all the very best mama, I love reading your blog and I can’t wait to see the new little guy. XX
Another New Zealander here. As Jem said, no Superbowl over our way but I just wanted to wish YOU a whole heap of positive c-section vibes.
I had an elective in October last year (had another boy:) and I found waiting around to have a kid so strange and surreal. You get into the car and drive to the hospital to have a baby without being in labour? Felt so weird~!
Anywho, all the very best mama, I love reading your blog and I can’t wait to see the new little guy. XX
I had the best birthday..day at the spa, Ween show, variety of cupcakes, New Smyrna Beach (I live in FL)…awesome weekend! Can’t wait for the baby to arrive! : )
Hey, good luck tomorrow!
My plans today are so boring I won’t even bother.
Super Bowl Plans? For the last five or six years we’ve had my husband’s parents over and we eat the same meal and watch the big game and commercials. However we had the virus of death in our house this week, which I am just getting over so plans for Super Bowl ‘08 have been effectively canceled. Which is fine because we are needing to clean out the “guest room” which tomorrow will be painted so it can become our daughter’s room for when Number Two arrives in May. I don’t work outside the home but spent the better part of the last four days in bed/on the couch and am suddenly feeling very behind. I’m thrilled not to be cooking for a group tonight and will probably lobby for pizza delivery instead.
I will be thinking of you all day tomorrow and anxiously awaiting news. I would most appreciate hearing how much easier it was to go through your second c-section (as I will be) and how surprised you were at what a breeze the whole thing was, k?
Hi Linda,
I just wanted to wish you and your family the very best for tomorrow.
I hope you have a painfree (can you have a painfree c-section!?!) birth and hope little D comes home with you soon!
Enjoy your last day as an only child Riley – there’s a whole new person wanting a big brother coming tomorrow!
Karen
Good luck tomorrow! We’re going to friends’ house to watch the game…lots of snacks to be consumed…and beer!!! Go Pats!
I’m not much into football either and don’t care a bit about who wins, but agree it is all about relaxing and eating great junk food. We have a couple of friends coming over to see the game and House. And for trying to get the image of a belly pelt outta my head.
Good luck tomorrow! Can’t wait to hear all about Smalltopus.
I haven’t quite found a super bowl party I actually want to go to yet. I’m thinking I’ll just head over to my brothers house and get hammered and laugh at the commercials. I’ve never been into football much. It’s not violent enough to keep my interest.
The big news this weekend is that I headed over to my computer guy friends house to get some stolen software for my new computer, and my other buddy was there clearing all his old shit out of the shed. So they are organizing it into one pile for keeping, and another for yard sale stuff. So of course I start rummaging through his crap to see if I like anything. Well, I drive a scooter, so by the time I left I putted down the road Santa style with a trash bag full of old grilling tools, porn and a foot shaped pillow slung over my shoulder. I had a sword in one hand and a realistic pellet pistol tucked in my belt. I looked like a modern day scooter pirate. It was awesome. I wish I had a picture to share, but alas, none was taken.
I’m sending you mega vibrations of good luck. I hope everything goes well, from the belly shaving to the moment when they hook old Xerxes and pull him aboard, or however doctors do C sections. I’m assuming it’s sort of like fishing.
Josh’s comment was actually kind of… sweet. You’re not getting soft on us, are you Josh? I mean, only one mention of porn, and a single expletive?
Happy Birthin’ I’m sick so it’s home for me. I plan on sleeping most of the day.
Is the baby going to be named Dax?
Linda, I’ll be thinking of you tomorrow, the second one is easier than the first c section, less drama, and you know what to expect. Just make JB stay up by your head so he can give you a play by play, and HEY PRESTO! A new baby boy! I can’t wait for pictures and the story, keep us updated as soon as you feel up to it, and know we all love you but not in a creepy internet stalker kinda way, and we all are rooting for you and little Duncan, Daniel, Dylan, David, Dax, or whoever!
Good luck tomorrow! Have fun attempting to sleep tonight, the one night you need it most… Can’t wait to see photos and hear all about Boy 2’s birth.
Hope you made it through the weekend OK! Best wishes to you tomorrow. We will be thinking of you here in Chicago!
Ditto for me, just thinking of you and all the best wishes for tomorrow. Can’t wait to see the little tyke.
Can’t wait to hear tomorrow’s good news. JB will be updating us immediately following the birth, right? RIGHT?
Best of luck!
OMG you’re totally having a baby tomorrow. OMG!
I’m so excited. I can’t wait to meet little Demetrius/Dante/Dooley/Dermott/Dingleberry/whatever his name is (read: none of the above, but BOY AM I EXCITED)
I’ll be thinking of you!
I haven’t been this excited for the virtual arrival of an internet baby since well, Riley! I’ll be sending good thoughts your way tomorrow. Here’s wishing you a pain-free, puke-free, easy-to-recover-from delivery tomorrow!
Well wishes, Linda and fam!
Entering comments post-superbowl and after next post published so I guess hardly anyone will read this.
Anyhow, I had a very sporty weekend (in front of the TV, of course). It was the start of the 6-Nations Rugby so I watched Ireland 16 Italy 11 (Yay, IRELAND) and most of England 19 Wales 26 on Saturday and Scotland 6 France 27 on Sunday. Caught some of African Nations’ Cup Quarter-Finals (soccer) on Sunday evening – then watched Superbowl, which here in Europe means staying up until after 3.00 a.m. (especially with the close finish). Now I’m in work, so hope I can survive until the end of the day!!
Can’t help thinking of you as you’re due to start ‘the big day’ in a few hours. All the best – I hope everything goes well.
Congrats!!!!
He’s so gorgeous, well done mama xx