week 28

well its here, the third trimester. wooooo hoooo. i'm packing 30 pounds extra so far and have 12 weeks to go still. w/out a scale at home, i've resorted to weighing myself for a quarter at the grocery store and getting my lotto numbers as a bonus. i've yet to win.

...we registered. the second babies r us experience was slightly traumatic. i'm still against the fear and guilt based marketing campaigns but am now treating it as a necessary evil. we're trying to limit the stuff we acquire as casita jalanquera is "cozy" by all realtor descriptions. on the plus side, while waiting for our scanner, i had my new name announced over the loudspeaker for the first time.

...prenatal yoga just started. the first class was a hoot. its at a pace i imagine my mom's yoga class at the villages. mostly breathing and stretching. i nearly fell asleep.

Ciudad del Lago...

in pursuit of historic seattle telephone exchanges i found a little history on our hood, lake city.
my favorite tidbit was to learn the duwamish word for lake monsters that take people away is "jugwahs". that should keep ray ray close to shore at matthews beach. seems our hood was a hotbed of boozing and prostitution during prohibition. or as the article states, "Joe's Hot Lunches had no lunch counter." oh so far the lc has come, and yet, not.

side bar - the search on telephone exchanges was prompted by snarls post. cracks me up to think of ewing as TUxedo anything. none of our formals, including the reunion were even held in ewing

random....

...procrastination tool #523, photoshop. adamu mentioned he had been to a photo exhibit w/ pictures of "twins". on closer inspection it was the same person, with each side of their face mirrored. here's my go at it. kooky.

...the struggle to make room for ginormous baby furniture continues. we're on a purging frenzy and are debating leaving everything that's out of season in the inlaw's living room. just hope we remember to get it before they come home.

...97 days to go. woah.

...name for today: rocco (thanks nik!)

week 25

...insomnia strikes again. this time i'm blaming the czar of portion sizing at our local chain restaurant. there's really no need for meals that size. heartburn is plaguing me already and we've got 15 weeks +/- left to go. ugh. to temper this i'm supposed to eat smaller portions more often. i have yet to master not consuming any food set before me or in my general vicinity. at home, i've resorted to dining off of salad plates.

...i loathe the day when ray ray requests birthday dinner at the rainf0rest cafe. the animatronic animals are decidedly creepy. jala suggested we never take them there and they won't know what they're missing. instead ray ray will be screaming "let's go to claire's". for the right-coasters, claire's pantry is the l.c. version of the parkside diner but with a bar packed w/ elks lodge 1043. a rare culinary gem for seattle. speaking of ewing, did anyone ever actually drink at the grogge shoppe?



...25 pounds heavier is the difference between sometimes feeling pregnant and always feeling pregnant. the holidays were a gluttonous month or so as the inlaws house is conducive to eating more often (entire meals are left out all day for grazing) but not the smaller portions part of my diet. on the plus side, it's the first i've been able to hold a pencil under my boobs. i'm feeling gigantic and have stepped up to wearing maternity or jala's clothes exclusively. the tube top/regular shirt combo doesn't quite work anymore. my regular tops creep up over my belly. not attractive.

...names for today: andre, theo.

...new year's resolution: same as last year, the catchall for every other resolution: to have my daily choices match my long term goals.