Congrats, Kate! My summer neighbor was in a similar boat: new city (for only 3 months) with a newish baby, no friends nearby, after going through a pregnancy and birth in yet another new city for only a year. But one of the things she wrote in her blog was something along the lines of ' it was amazing to me how many people wanted to talk to me, i.e. see the baby. He is a people magnet, or as my neighbor called it..."a nice new accessory" :).' She got to know quite a few people in the neighborhood on account of walking the baby to get him to nap, or conversely, keep him up so she'd get more sleep!
She's now in TN, but not Nashville, damnit.
A lot of my early childhood friends were due to my mom being in LWV and joining La Leche (it was 1975!) and becoming friends with other pregnant women or being 'adopted' by elders jonesing to try out their grandparenting skills. They'd only been in town a few months when she got pregnant, but pregnancy and impending parenthood actually found her a community of friends she has to this day.
But it's a lot to take in, I imagine. Hell, when my SIL found out she was pregnant with their second, she burst into tears and yelled at the nurse. Even though they'd just started discussing trying for another (my SIL has a super bc-defeating reproductive system, apparently.)
Congrats, Kate!
My nephew is a pretty good minion for me and my parents (less so for his parents). And now his teachers use him to reach things on the top shelves.
Was trying to figure out why my shins and calves were achy. Um, I probably walked 5 to 6 miles on monday. Duh!
Smooth sailing, Kate! May the remaining 33 weeks fly by.
Oh, Kate, congratulations! I am sorry that sick is no good and you feel homesick. May things get better right quick.
Excellent! I wonder how old they have to be before they can be really useful minions. 18 months, maybe?
25
If that. Or at 25 they might be living on your sofa again, jobless. Sigh.
I should update my syllabus.
Congrats, Kate! This is where I casually mention that "Clovis" is a lovely name for a child. Ahem.
Kate! Congratulations! Much joy to you and your family!
I spent the evening talking, reading, NOT sleeping and setting the alarm for an early morning hair cut appt my BFF bought me as a bday gift.
So. Will be stepping out into the terrifying world tomorrow, no matter iffn it kills me.
Today has been SO much better. Hard, but better.
And tomorrow, I go back to work. I have catching up to do, and apologies to make.
But I think I will read for a little bit longer, drink the rest of my water, and say Thank you for y'all being you, and letting my insert my cray-cray into your day.
Muchos, muchos gracias.
You do do a lot. You are awesome.
Thank you!
shrift, I'm impressed by the amount of walking you do!
Thanks! It's my main form of exercise. Not having a car helps me rack up miles, and I've been trying to get in at least 5 miles every day. I've discovered that I really like walking for an hour listening to funny podcasts with nothing else to demand my time.
Also, does anyone ever really get everything together?
If I could figure out how to make myself get 8 hours of sleep every night, I think I could get alarmingly and irritatingly close to it.
Problem with these damned anti-depressants is that I want to do more things. However, I still have the migraines, so I can't do more.
For me, I spent years being miserable and too busy at work to do anything, and then I was too poor to do anything, and I got into a do-nothing rut. And now that I'm reasonably healthy and financially sound (totes a place of privilege!), I had done nothing for so long that even the thought of trying to get out of that rut made me anxious.
Screw you, crippling anxiety! I will defeat you! Temporarily from time to time!
And congrats, Kate!
