Congratulations, Kate P.! But I'm sorry you're not able to do this in the place that feels like home and has the support that might help things go more smoothly.
Cordelia: I get it now. You're all spies. Probably all Russian. And you've brainwashed me, and want me to believe we're friends so I'll spill the beans about some nano-technology thingy that you want. Gunn: So I look Russian to you? Cordelia: Black Russian. Angel: That's a drink.
'Hell Bound'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
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.
Calli - Aug 31, 2011 3:36:32 pm PDT #23437 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
-t - Aug 31, 2011 3:36:45 pm PDT #23438 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm so happy for you, Kate! Even feeling sick and a little scared and all that, I wouldn't wish that part on you, but on balance WOO!
Kate P. - Aug 31, 2011 3:37:55 pm PDT #23439 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
A lot of what you're feeling can probably be blamed on hormones, or at least the degree to which you're feeling them, but I totally get how hard it can be.
Yeah. I don't usually cry this much, but there's been a lot of crying this past week or so. I feel like I now have a better sense of what it's like for clinically depressed people, in the sense that I can point to a physical/chemical/biological reason for the intensity of my emotions, but that doesn't actually lessen the way they feel or their impact on me.
And thanks for all the congratulations, everyone! We really are thrilled and excited, just also, you know, freaked out.
Kate P. - Aug 31, 2011 3:39:53 pm PDT #23440 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Minion! Short, sticky minion!
Excellent! I wonder how old they have to be before they can be really useful minions. 18 months, maybe?
msbelle - Aug 31, 2011 3:40:26 pm PDT #23441 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
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Kate P. - Aug 31, 2011 3:41:40 pm PDT #23442 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
t readjusting Minion Deployment Schedule
Jesse - Aug 31, 2011 3:45:08 pm PDT #23443 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
KATE! So exciting and scary! I hear kids are a decent way to build community, too, if you're lucky.
Polter-Cow - Aug 31, 2011 3:45:34 pm PDT #23444 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Congratulations, Kate!!
Kate P. - Aug 31, 2011 3:48:02 pm PDT #23445 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I hear kids are a decent way to build community, too, if you're lucky.
Yeah, I'm kind of counting on that! I was telling my mom a while back (before I got pregnant) that I was worried that I'd be really lonely, having a baby in Nashville so far away from our other friends with kids, and she reminded me that when she and my dad moved to the town I grew up in, when I was 2, they didn't know anyone, so she put up a flyer in the library looking for other women to start a "mother's group" with, and almost 30 years later those are still some of her closest friends. So I have hope.
Amy - Aug 31, 2011 3:49:54 pm PDT #23446 of 30001
Because books.
So I have hope.
And there are roughly a million more groups already organized these days than there were when you were born. Kids really are an instant way to meet other people.