Just rambling

I keep telling myself, “Self, you really should blog about…something.” And I’m right. Except that there’s not much to blog about at the moment. I could tell you that Amelia’s umbilical cord finally fell off and that she’s stopped protesting so much when I bathe her, but I’m pretty sure only my mom cares about that kind of stuff. One of these days I’ll get back into the habit of posting again and maybe I’ll have interesting things to say. Until then you may have to settle for random thoughts typed out while Mila makes grunty noises in her sleep. Hope that’s ok.

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Today I straightened my hair for the first time in three weeks. (I’ve just been letting it air dry because inevitably by the time I get out of the shower and dressed, there’s a hungry baby who needs me more than my blow dryer does.) I’d forgotten what a difference it makes in how I feel about my appearance. I’m not all frizzy and awkward! Huzzah! Also, man! My hair is LONG!

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I have mixed feelings about my clothes right now. On one hand, it’s really nice to be back in pants that don’t have a stretchy panel that reaches my ribcage. On the other hand, I’m still quite squishy round the middle so I’m hesitant to wear anything remotely tight. On the other hand, why should I not mind wearing tight-ish shirts when my belly is enormous but feel self-conscious about it when my belly is comparatively flat? On the other hand, I have to wear things that are relatively easy to shift out of the way of a hungry baby. On the other hand, I’m not going out in public so I could probably just hang out in my skivvies all day. On the other hand, I don’t want to be that mom. You know, the one who is cute until she births and then lives out her days in sweat pants and stained t shirts. On the other hand, this is too many hands and I am thinking about this way too much. It’s just clothes. Yeesh.

That said, now that I’m not outgrowing and stretching out things at an astonishing rate, I really want to go shopping. Anyone want to come?

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David and I have been watching Lost on Netflix instant play. We’re somewhere in the middle of season 4 and I just have one thought: if I had to wait a whole week for a new episode, I wouldn’t watch the show. There are just way too many unanswered questions and cliff hangers. I would get annoyed and just find something else to watch. As it stands, I’m annoyed with the show, but at least I’m not spending six years of my life waiting to figure out what the deal is with this crazy island.

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We were going to be in Utah for the 4th of July, but then David got a new job and his start date is July 5th, so it looks like that’s a bust. It’s just not worth driving 11 hours to spend less than 48 hours there and come right back home. Alas. Maybe sometime this fall…

On the bright side, though, David’s really excited about this job. And yes, I know he just started his other job less than three months ago. This was an opportunity he couldn’t pass up, though. Should be much less paper-pushing and more actual prototype engineering, which is what he loves doing. Here’s hoping it turns out to be as great as it promises to be.

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I bought a “locally grown” cantaloupe when I went to the grocery store on Monday and let me tell you what, it was maybe the best thing I’ve ever eaten. My train of thought while munching on it the other day went like this: Man, this cantaloupe is amazing. We should totally have a garden so we can eat “locally grown” produce all the time. I may never eat imported food again. “I’m never gonna dance again…” At which point I started laughing because that is a weird song to start singing to yourself as you eat cantaloupe.

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Aaaand Grunty McGrunterson is waking up and it sounds like she’s going to need a diaper change. Good thing she’s so cute that I don’t mind too much.

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