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[pen_grunt]

I talked to four different people on the phone tonight about four unrelated things.
I feel like this is a lot. I mean, I never talk on the phone. Sometimes the phone rings and I'm all "noooooo!" Because I'm mentally unprepared to be thrust into a conversation.

One call was my niece-- shaking me down to volunteer for Girl Scout camp again. It was hilarious:
"Um, just so you know, the volunteer forms are due like...today. So. You have to turn them in. Like now."
Me: When is it, can I get forms, etc., because I've just now heard of this.

She is SUCH a preteen. My god, it's like she's possessed.

And my dad somehow conned me in to going to an antique truck show with him. I really don't want to, but he really wanted me to, and it made him really happy. So.

Also: 9 out of 10 people in the world could have told me this, but running 6.5 miles with "morning" sickness is a really, really stupid idea. Even if it was a perfect night for a run.

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[bertine.livejournal.com]

Oh morning sickness, I hate you.

Hopefully you get over it quickly.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

People assure me this only lasts "a few months"...which, relative to the entire length of the pregnancy is a relief, I suppose...but a few months is a long freaking time.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

I had morning sickness until about 20 weeks and it was miserable. I would stop on the way to work to throw up.

They do have medication to help with it, if it gets bad talk to your OB. I lost 15 pounds in the first trimester but I had the weight to lose, you have less cushion.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

So far it's very manageable. It just started, however. It's bizarre feeling sick when you're not, you know, SICK.

[newlifeinstpaul.livejournal.com]

1) Preteens are why Electronic God created texting.
2) Is Dad bringing snacks? And bottled water?
3) If there IS a bright side to it? At least people expect joggers to puke.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

1. My niece is not allowed to have a phone yet. It's bizarre. My brother and SIL have a (plain, flip) cell phone "for emergencies" but they NEVER use it. And brother is in the computer science field. WTH?

2. Dang, I hope so. He doesn't know I'm pregnant yet though, so.

3. This is true. There was this REEEEEEALLY slow runner that I kept passing...and then I'd have to stop and dry-heave a little bit and she would pass me...and then I'd pass her again (she was very, very, very slow). She probably thought I was a total douche.

[newlifeinstpaul.livejournal.com]

1) *cough* cute black guys in her class *COUGH* I said nothing
I coulda said canned food, guns & shortwave in the basement *headsmack*
Me and my mouth! So sorry. TINFOIL HATS okay honestly I'm done.

2) Aw. I thought it was his State Fairgrounds Thing To Do.

3) She'd have thought that if you'd become a speck on the horizon, too.
You know How We Do XD

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

She lives in Dayton. I'm not so sure she has ANY black kids in ANY of her classes.

Auntie is not worried. My brother is, um, a little over-protective. I'll be the one she comes to if/when her Catholic schoolgirl self needs an abortion at 15.

[newlifeinstpaul.livejournal.com]

Oh DAYTON *headslap* sorry. I meant Mexican!

K-but-seriously, don't think I wasn't eyeballing all possible targets boys in Da Babies schools either.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure she's a "minority" by being Catholic out there (instead of the WASP).

For fuck's sake, she has a boy in her class named Slate.

[newlifeinstpaul.livejournal.com]

I know, I know. Honestly, I do. My ex-in-laws bought a house in Ramsey once upon a Long Time Ago and I used to knock on doors in Anoka, Elk River....the whole of HardWater Country.

But Slate tho? That's a winner. SLATE.
He had to have been born wearing flannel!