After months with no House Finches, the baby boom of the summer has finally caught up with us. The only issue is that as I look out on the newly-fledged babies, most of them have House Finch Eye Disease. That means that most of the brood won’t make it, and I am also concerned for [...]
Archive > July 2005
A poem.
Janet Frame: how I wish I had known you before you left this world burning for your everything. It was the hair and the teeth wicked behind a shy smile and a mountain of thoughts and ideas that made you beautiful. All the things we wish to change about ourselves are what give us away [...]
Makes me so down…
Wake up at 10:30. Tired. Eat crackers, check email, drink Gatorade. More tired. Take a shower. Feel like I want to lay down and go back to sleep. How is this possible? I have to go to dinner tonight and then to the grocery store. Where is the energy going to come from? Week 11 [...]
Just a thought.
Kids get their own rooms. Husbands/men get basements and computer offices. What space do women get where they can be alone?
Spread your wings, and you’ll take the sky…
The absolute best thing about summer thus far? A huge bowl filled with my mother-in-law’s homegrown cucumbers and tomatoes, all smothered in Italian dressing. Such things make the heat bearable. Tomorrow I will finally get my hair cut. It’s been over a month, which normally wouldn’t be a big deal, but the thing growing inside [...]
My dream.
I had a dream last night that a nun was leaning on a rail talking to me. She said, “Over there,” and pointed to a little girl about 3-4 years old with blonde hair cut in a pageboy style. I said, “Oh my God, she looks just like me!” The nun said, “That’s because she’s [...]
Test results.
I got a voicemail this morning from my doctor’s office asking me to call them. Last week they said that when my test results came back they would only call me if something was wrong. I called them back, left a voicemail and waited three or so hours for the call back. The nurse told [...]
First prenatal appointment.
BP: 117/73 Weight: lost 4 pounds since May I had the usual exams (that no one needs the details of, but I’ll just say it involved lots of lubricant and latex gloves), and they took six vials of blood to test for various things (all of which I hope I don’t have). I should have [...]
