Married, pregnant, living with ma and pa

Since my mom was diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer, her friends have been wonderful, I think, and have said and done all the right things. I thought I’d round up the things they’re doing right.
1. Diversion is good. Make plans. Let them know you’re thinking about them. Isolation is the worst thing someone with [...]

1. “Congrats!”
Because you can’t go wrong with this classic.
2. “You’re glowing”
I don’t care if it’s a lie. I don’t care if it’s a cliche. Bring it on.
3. “You look beautiful!”
I don’t care if it’s a lie. I don’t care if it’s a cliche. It’s a lovely thing to say.
4. “When is the baby due?”
Neutral and [...]

And I’ve heard them all.
1. “Get sleep now, while you can!”
Yeah, I get it. I’m going to be a zombie woman with a baby permanently affixed to her boob. Now please go away.
2. “Do things you like now, while you still can! “
Oh, the baby’s going to ruin my life? Thanks for the advice. [...]

I’m a journalist. And this week, in the course of doing my work, I was told I was “deceitful” and that I was “posturing,” Two separate stories, one insult for each! In each case I responded, “I just ask questions.” Sounds like I’m doing my job. And I love my job. Because last year I [...]

I woke up just before my husband’s alarm went off, at 5:19 a.m., tried to sleep in a bit more, gave up on that, and now I’m writing. Writing in the morning. I may try it! Let’s see how far I can get on my other blog in the next half hour.

I thought I’d had it easy and the barf boat had sailed. The first three months of my pregnancy, I was queasy, sure, but I didn’t puke and had almost no aversions to food and smells. I’m five months pregnant. And out of nowhere, smells make me spew.
This morning, I opened the pantry at [...]

I really don’t know what I was thinking trying to turn this site into some kind of advice portal. I am the *last* person you want to listen to regarding matters financial. Frack that idea. Ignore everything I’ve ever written. Mark and I had a shizer-ly year financially since we got hitched. Hell if I [...]

Due much in part to our lack of incomes in the spring, Mark and I did what a lot of poor people do who have very little else to entertain themselves: it. As a result, we are expecting a baby girl this spring. It was one in a string of surprises that led us to [...]

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