Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Moody much? Gawd...

After a great chat with my friend Afton about how insane I possibly am and yet still remarkably sane and functional, I am feeling much cheerier now. (I think the peanut-butter and apple-butter sandwich on toast also helped.) So, in an idea stolen from the far funnier than I am and also pregnant and about to burst Amalah, here's my To-Do List for the forseeable future: 1. Wallow 2. Dilate. Efface. Repeat. 3. Double-check suitcases a couple thousand times in case we forgot something, because going to the hospital 5 miles away is SO like going to a foreign country, isn't it? You might need snacks. 4. Seriously consider some Chick-Fil-A. Waffle-fries will totally induce labor, right? 5. Watch all of Firefly because I have completely missed out on the Joss-lovin' boat and the movie is coming (accomplish this before labor, missy) 6. Grouse. 7. Mark the plants that look hideous now so that later in the fall when it's cool and I feel industrious again I can rip them out and/or move them and never never never have such a crappy looking summer garden again. 8. Consolidate baby announcement list 9. Prepare the next round of direct mail pieces for my client mailings, so they're ready to go in the mail when I can think again 10. Move extraneous stuff from baby's room to garage. Move OTHER extraneous crap from garage to trash and/or Goodwill (which, surprisingly, is still not my personal trash hole). 11. Lounge about 12. Answer Mom's "just checking in" phone calls. Most of the time. 13. Shower daily, at least attempt to fix hair and wear water-proof mascara so that post-baby photos won't be completely disheartening for the next BAZILLION years of my life 14. Forget something important. Feel guilty about it.

4 Comments:

At 3:01 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Didn't the midwives used to puff ground black pepper in the overdue woman's face, hoping that the fit of sneezing would send her into labor?? Read that someplace, dunno where, and don't really think you should try it!

I do think that the illogical way in which pregnancy & birth are set up might prove that if anyone is in charge, it must be a guy.

Annie in Austin

 
At 8:41 AM, Blogger marthachick said...

Shoot, with all the stuff in the air, I'm sneezing enough on my own as it is! ;-)

 
At 8:00 AM, Blogger bunny said...

I'm going to blame my moodiness and weepiness on your being pregnant. :) That is, if you still are. Otherwise I'll find another pregnant person to use as scapegoat.

 
At 2:11 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Marthachick, are you walking? I've heard about the gravity method of induction and it seems to hold true because I know of more than one person who had their baby after walking for several hours at a fair or festival.

 

Post a Comment

<< Home