I haven't been sleeping very well lately, but such is life at the end of pregnancy. My tiredness is doing weird things to my mood and I just feel mellow, like I've just finished a healthy glass of wine. (Oh, I wish!) I am not sure if it is my mellow mood or if I just happen to be encountering really interesting people this week, but I have had some interesting/memorable/strange discussions with others.
Like the guy in the elevator at my OB appointment on Tuesday who asked when I was due and if it was my first. I answered and he said, "Woah! You are gonna be busy, aren't you?" in a shocked way, as if he rarely encountered someone with so many children. I smiled and after a brief pause, he said, "I have four of my own, too." Huh? I got the feeling he wasn't the most involved of fathers.
Or the woman at Drew's Little Gym class who I have had maybe a handful of very short conversations with who, after hearing that it was our last session for a while, came over to me and offered to pick Drew up and bring him to class each week. Very nice offer, but seeing as a.) I don't even know her first name and b.) It is a mommy-and-me class, I think we'll pass.
Or the biker dude who came up to my mom and me while we were stopped for a soda last weekend and blessed my belly "up and down."
Or the cashier at Kroger who said to me, "Are you sure you are having a boy?" I said, "No, this is a girl." She said, "Oh my gosh, I am so relieved! I thought you told me you were having a boy, but I just knew you were having a girl! Look at the way you're carrying! I'm never wrong about this!..... Oh my goodness, I am so relieved!"
Or strange coincidences that have been happening- I was thinking of a friend I hadn't talked to in a while and seconds later the phone rang with her call. Or I was talking to a friend and wondered to myself if she was pregnant (we weren't talking about anything pregnancy-related) and not two minutes later, she said she was eight weeks along. Or I was right in the middle of making a schedule/plan for our Mother's Helper this summer and she called on the phone.
Life is interesting, isn't it? Happy Friday, everyone! We're looking forward to a couple of days of soccer games, playdates, some friends coming over for dinner, and some time cleaning up our mess of a yard after this week's storms.
Have a great weekend!
Like the guy in the elevator at my OB appointment on Tuesday who asked when I was due and if it was my first. I answered and he said, "Woah! You are gonna be busy, aren't you?" in a shocked way, as if he rarely encountered someone with so many children. I smiled and after a brief pause, he said, "I have four of my own, too." Huh? I got the feeling he wasn't the most involved of fathers.
Or the woman at Drew's Little Gym class who I have had maybe a handful of very short conversations with who, after hearing that it was our last session for a while, came over to me and offered to pick Drew up and bring him to class each week. Very nice offer, but seeing as a.) I don't even know her first name and b.) It is a mommy-and-me class, I think we'll pass.
Or the biker dude who came up to my mom and me while we were stopped for a soda last weekend and blessed my belly "up and down."
Or the cashier at Kroger who said to me, "Are you sure you are having a boy?" I said, "No, this is a girl." She said, "Oh my gosh, I am so relieved! I thought you told me you were having a boy, but I just knew you were having a girl! Look at the way you're carrying! I'm never wrong about this!..... Oh my goodness, I am so relieved!"
Or strange coincidences that have been happening- I was thinking of a friend I hadn't talked to in a while and seconds later the phone rang with her call. Or I was talking to a friend and wondered to myself if she was pregnant (we weren't talking about anything pregnancy-related) and not two minutes later, she said she was eight weeks along. Or I was right in the middle of making a schedule/plan for our Mother's Helper this summer and she called on the phone.
Life is interesting, isn't it? Happy Friday, everyone! We're looking forward to a couple of days of soccer games, playdates, some friends coming over for dinner, and some time cleaning up our mess of a yard after this week's storms.
Have a great weekend!
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