Eventually I will learn to visit and post more often so I don't have to cover so much at a time! :-) I am SO stoked about this weekend! James and I are going to the Flying Biscuit for breakfast tomorrow and then meeting some people at the Got to Be NC festival later in the day. We are also buying ourselves a joint birthday grill - yay! Sunday we'll have lunch with life group friends at a really cool local restaurant called Tribeca Tavern (hooray for free birthday entrees!) and then head out to the lake on a friend's boat. All in all it should be a glorious weekend. On top of THAT this weekend is our official public "WE'RE PREGNANT" announcement! My dad (and Jordan) helped me take a cool picture that I plan to post on Facebook on my birthday as my way of telling the world (or at least my FB world). I think I'm more excited for that than for my birthday. I think letting the world know will make it feel more real. We're in week 11 people!
I feel like I can't move past the excitement of this weekend without acknowledging that a bunch of loons (yes, I was taught that name calling isn't nice, but COME ON) have decided that the rapture will take place Saturday and Jesus will return to take us with Him. Side note, there was a very awesome and memorable sermon at our church less than a year ago about how it seems to be relatively clear that when Jesus returns he will be leaving the Christians on Earth and taking the non-believers away. So, either way I still plan to be here come Sunday :) That being said, I don't think any human can or should know the date and time of the 2nd coming. That's insane. Stop wasting your time (and everyone else's) pretending to crunch numbers and mysterious facts and figures and essentially scaring a lot of people for no reason. And if the purpose of this little "stunt" is to bring more people to know Jesus I'd like to be the first to say (surely not the first) that it is a terrible strategy. So quit ruining what is going to be a glorious weekend.
On to something less heavy...I want mac and cheese. All.the.time. This isn't a huge stretch from the norm as I've always really loved mac and cheese (especially the store brand crap with the package of yellow powder, mmmmmm) but I'd literally gone at least 6 months not even having a box in the house. I love it, but I know I don't need it so I just don't think about it. Until now that is. I had some not too long ago (and before that had some Velveeta shells and cheese) and the 2 boxes in the pantry (I HAD to buy them, don't judge me) are screaming at me (much like those doughnuts) every time I open the door. I've pushed it back several times and even tonight made myself an egg sandwich with turkey bacon and cheese instead. It was good, but as I announced to James, not as good as mac & cheese. The logical and sensible side of me knows it's silly to even think of eating mac & cheese once a week. But the non-logical side is getting louder and louder. The tricky part is I'm not sure if this is genuinely a pregnancy thing or if this is my brain saying, "You are pregnant so no one will argue you with you if you insist on eating mac & cheese at every meal" (See what just happened there? We've already gone from once a week to every meal!). I know some of you are in the "just say no" camp, some are in the "it's okay in moderation" camp and a few of you crazies are probably thinking "just eat it until you get tired of it!". My camp affiliation changes too frequently for me to choose. So for now, I'll keep not eating it until I just can't take it. Which might actually be now - typing about it this much has made it that much more alluring. And I can't believe I wrote that much on mac & cheese so the end.
And to end, I'd like to document my first (and hopefully only) negative reaction. I told one of the furniture delivery guys (know them all quite well-see them out at apartments all the time) that I'm pregnant and his first response was "Well make sure you work out and do a bunch of those leg lifts and stuff so you can get your body back afterward!" Ummmm, thanks for looking out? The he proceeded to explain how kids are just trouble (he did say it could be based somewhat on how they are raised...interesting thought) and no one should have them until they have their life in order and are ready. I assured him that we've been trying for 2 years and are as ready as possible. He says we should have used those two years getting things straight. I had NO idea he knew my life situation so well! When I then told him (again) that we really were going to be fine and that James is older than me so it's really time he countered with "A man should never push a woman into getting pregnant just because he's ready. That doesn't mean she's ready, that's just wrong" I should have said "This conversation is just wrong" but instead I kept my mouth shut and let him talk. I did tell him though that I was in no way pressured and have also been ready for kids for quite a while. It fell on deaf ears I'm sure, but I did say it. In his defense he's always been a speak-before-you-think kind of guy and I know for a fact he meant no harm. Still though, I was mad and worked up for a good 30 minutes after he left. Here's hoping no one else has such a negative reaction!
OMG! i never knew a pregnancy reaction could have a negative spin!! hello? i teach teenagers and still find it in my heart to be positive and upbeat when their preggo bellies walk through the door for class. this guy needs to quit projecting his feelings on you!!
ReplyDeleteand also, eat the mac and cheese. its good for the baby. you'll both like the same foods once he's on the outside :)
I say eat the mac and cheese too!
ReplyDeleteSam's right. It's important that the baby likes the same foods that you do. That being said, eat lots of lima beans with applesauce!
I like how Sam said he :)