Kate, I think your mom is going to understand and it's going to be a much easier phone call than you're anticipating.
I love Sparky's book idea!
Mal: Does she understand that? River: She understands. She doesn't comprehend.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
javachik - Dec 06, 2011 10:26:07 am PST #10138 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Steph L. - Dec 06, 2011 10:33:03 am PST #10139 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Yeah, June has the advantage in all kinds of ways. I don't know if I'd feel so nervous about traveling at 7 months pregnant in the summer, but somehow in February, it just seems like asking for trouble. And there are no direct flights from Nashville to Hartford, so that's a total of four flights that could be delayed or cancelled due to weather. And I really don't want to have to spend the night on an airplane floor (or pay to spend the night in another airport Comfort Inn) in my third trimester.
This sounds totally reasonable, and once you explain it to your mom, I'm sure she'll understand.
People are really excited to buy stuff for babies, I think. Or at least, I am.
Tim's niece is expecting her first baby at the beginning of January, and there was a shower this weekend where the hostess asked people (it was all family) to bring family stories to share, ideally written down (she provided paper in the invitation) so that they could be saved in an album for his niece (and, eventually, the baby). It was really cool.
I keep wanting to buy wacky shit for the baby, like a onesie I saw that said "I can't go back to prison!", but Tim keeps nixing them.
Jesse - Dec 06, 2011 10:33:45 am PST #10140 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I keep wanting to buy wacky shit for the baby, like a onesie I saw that said "I can't go back to prison!", but Tim keeps nixing them.
WHERE DID YOU SEE THAT?? My friend's baby needs it.
Steph L. - Dec 06, 2011 10:35:55 am PST #10141 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
WHERE DID YOU SEE THAT?? My friend's baby needs it.
I think maybe The Bloggess' CafePress store. Let me look.
Kate P. - Dec 06, 2011 10:37:44 am PST #10142 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I keep wanting to buy wacky shit for the baby, like a onesie I saw that said "I can't go back to prison!", but Tim keeps nixing them.
Ha! I would totally put our baby in that.
Steph L. - Dec 06, 2011 10:39:00 am PST #10143 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
DavidS - Dec 06, 2011 10:41:55 am PST #10144 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Raq made a onesie for Matilda that quoted Invader Zim: "Perfectly Normal Human Worm Baby."
Kate P. - Dec 06, 2011 10:43:19 am PST #10145 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
It's even called a creeper! That makes it 10x better. Am totally registering with the Bloggess for all my baby needs.
Jesse - Dec 06, 2011 10:50:06 am PST #10146 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh man, I wish it were a little cheaper.
§ ita § - Dec 06, 2011 10:51:52 am PST #10147 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Why isn't this in my size?