Yeah, Afrin is nuclear bomb, my head is killing me and I need to breathe NOW motherfucker medicine.
Buffy: I was regrouping. Spike: You were about to be regrouped into separate piles.
'Potential'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Dana - Jul 10, 2015 4:52:54 pm PDT #20472 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
sj - Jul 10, 2015 4:58:27 pm PDT #20473 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I was advised not to use nasonex during my pregnancy but normally I can't live without it.
smonster - Jul 10, 2015 5:40:49 pm PDT #20474 of 30002
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I ended up having a pretty extended back and forth with my cousin Timmy, and it went much better than I could have expected. Totally civil, and he's not as hard core as I thought. And I'm glad I finally spoke up, after biting my tongue for decades. And I'm super double glad that a good friend from college is a Civil War historian with a PhD who will answer questions in a heartbeat on Messenger.
Now I have to type up some kind of memory about my grandmother* for her memorial tomorrow, at which I'm not going to be present. I'm not really sad - she was 99 and died peacefully. Mostly sad for my dad and aunt, a bit wistful because she was the last of my grandparents and the one I was closest to. But I am procrastinating on doing this (in my defense, I am kind of pre-migraine) and I have run out of time. Blah.
* other side of the family
smonster - Jul 10, 2015 7:34:04 pm PDT #20475 of 30002
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Okay, 'tis done.
WindSparrow - Jul 10, 2015 8:29:27 pm PDT #20476 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I'm sorry you had to do that tonight, smonster. But I' m glad you had her in your life.
sj - Jul 11, 2015 2:59:55 am PDT #20477 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
{{{smonster}}}
No one is probably up yet, but I have two baby prep classes with TCG today (infant care and breastfeeding), and I'm suddenly having panic about being the pregnant handicapped lady and being judged.
WindSparrow - Jul 11, 2015 3:20:57 am PDT #20478 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Oh sj. I want to tell you that no one will say or do anything judge-y to you, but that would be a promise I can't keep. And neither of us can control what others think. But I will say that other people's judgements are like the weather. The problem is not inside of you. You can't keep the rain from falling, but if you do get wet, at some point you can get into a warm, safe place to dry off.
You absolutely have the right to have children. You absolutely have the right to be married and make family planning decisions with your husband then do what the two of you decide, regardless of what others might choose for you. You deserve to have the life you build for yourself. You deserve to have dreams for your life and work to fulfill those dreams. You deserve to have a good life. I wish this could be an umbrella for you, to help keep you dry from the rain.
Laura - Jul 11, 2015 7:42:51 am PDT #20479 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
But I will say that other people's judgements are like the weather. The problem is not inside of you. You can't keep the rain from falling, but if you do get wet, at some point you can get into a warm, safe place to dry off.
I love this so much. (and Andi)
I went for a bra fitting today for nursing bras. It took forever and the size is much bigger than I could have imagined, so I'm glad I didn't try to guesstimate it.
Nursing is interesting in a zillion ways. It takes a couple days, but then as DH fondly recalls, the boob fairy arrives, and then like WHOA! I was a tiny breasted woman prior to childbirth and bought my first bra when I was pregnant. So the whole sudden bustyness was most impressive. I found the time spent with the le leche league group really helpful.
sj - Jul 11, 2015 8:06:24 am PDT #20480 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Thanks, WS and Laura. WS your words made me teary.
One thing I forgot to worry about is that we seem to be the oldest parents here by far.
Burrell - Jul 11, 2015 8:31:56 am PDT #20481 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I was 39 when Isaac was born, sj. So you have company in the older parent cohort.
And WS is right, judgey people will judge, and people will offer a million critiques of your parenting. It's what people do. It's usually more about them than about you.
I think we are going up to the pool today for free BBQ and ice cream. What's not to like, right?