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Life and musings of an old mom-to-be

by Joutsensydän

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November 11, 2016

It's been ages!

I never have time to write anymore. I thought babies were a handful, but nope… toddlers are the real deal! They’re so full of energy and you gotta be chasing them around everywhere, making sure t...


September 11, 2016

So much stuff!!!

So much stuff has happened since I last wrote. Let’s see… Well, Daniel had his first birthday. We were in Santiago with his grandparents and had the best time. He got lots of hugs and presents. T...


August 01, 2016

Mommy of the Year Award

… Is what I deserve. Last Friday I went out to lunch with a friend whose birthday is July 20th (mine is the 22nd) and had gasp! the FIRST ALCOHOLIC DRINK I’ve had in nearly two years. It was a pi...


July 25, 2016

All over the place

Daniel’s day care was on vacation for a week so his grandparents came to stay with him. It was fun, though I gotta admit 3 adults and 1 baby made the apartment feel small. Now they’re gone :(. I ...


July 04, 2016

Crossover dream

I just had the coolest crossover dream between Shameless and The Walking Dead. Weird, considering I haven’t watched either in over a month (maybe I’m missing them?). Anyway, it was the family fro...


June 20, 2016

Shameless

… is my latest addiction. What an awesome show. Honestly. I discovered it late one night while I was breastfeeding my babe and was instantly hooked. Too bad there’s no way to catch up on old eps ...


June 12, 2016

Wow...

Not sure how long it’s been since I was here, but I had 94 bookmarks!! I’ll NEVER catch up :o. I’m sorry, faves. Stuff has happened. Daniel was sick for like 3 weeks with a bad cough and fever an...


May 09, 2016

At work!! Mother's day

I’m at work, getting a few stolen minutes to write… hope they don’t catch me. So yesterday was my first mother’s day. Saturday was sweet. Daniel’s day care put on a “show”… the babies “danced” to...


May 02, 2016

Stuff and stuff

We were getting ready to go out walking today and it started to rain. I thought it would be just a shower and waited for it to stop, but it never did. It’s STILL raining. Such a shame. Now… the G...


April 09, 2016

Must. Stop. Binging.

I can’t stop. Can’t stop. Can’t stop. I’m eating all day long–dumb stuff too, like cookies, cake, frosted flakes (what am I–8???) Sure I enjoy it. But it’s too much. Makes me feel toxic afterward...


April 05, 2016

So nice

A few nights ago I was wildly extravagant and stayed up until 3 am watching a movie. “The House Bunny”, no less. How’s that for intelectual? I just really needed some mind-numbing fun and that mo...


Cos whenever I have any spare time, all I wanna do is sleep! These 3 hr nights are really kicking my bootay. Last wednesday I was so tired, I felt I zonked out every time I hit a red light–which ...


March 28, 2016

She passed

My grandmother finally died last thursday. It was long overdue, poor thing. She survived about six weeks without eating (or hardly eating), getting only fluids through her IV. It was devastating ...


March 23, 2016

I think

It’s been two weeks since I last wrote. I knew it would be hard once I started working, but it’s been harder than I’d thought. Not LIFE… life hasn’t been hard. Work’s been fun, raising baby after...


March 04, 2016

I believe

… Windows 10 and I will NOT be a good mix. Daniel fell asleep an hour ago, and during that whole hour I’ve been fighting Windows 10, trying to get it to recognize my printer. It hasn’t happened y...


March 03, 2016

I feel

.... SLEEPY!!!! Sometimes I think I’d kill for a full night’s sleep. Or at least more than 2 hours at a time. Getting up at 6 for work after having a crappy night is no easy task! Otherwise, goin...


It’s been a while since I last wrote. On Thursday Feb 18th I drove back to Concepción, with a car full of bags and a heart full of woe, because the last thing I wanted was to leave my little guy ...


February 17, 2016

Vaccine Hell

My boy got vaccinated and it’s been hell. Hell Hath No Fury like an injected baby. He screamed two hours straight last night for no reason at all, the slept like a rock but whimpered the entire t...


February 15, 2016

Hanging in there!

Against all odds, my 96-year-old grandmother is still alive. What’s more–she’s doing better. She seems to have remembered how to swallow a bit, at least she managed some soup today. She’s such a...


February 12, 2016

I didn't get to say goodbye

My grandmother is dying. She’s been slowly slipping away for years now, since 2008 to be exact. Dementia. These past two years she’s been mostly bed-ridden, no longer able to smile or recognize a...


February 10, 2016

Thank you, FENNA!

My dear friend Fenna, from OD and beyond (we actually “knew” each other from way before that, but have never met in “real” life) actually fixed my picture problem. THANK YOU, FENNA! So now I can ...


February 09, 2016

The Walking Dead and The Knick

Just started watching that series on Netflix. It’s not bad! I’d never been a fan on zombie movies/books/whatever… but I like the way the first season is developing, at least. It’s basically survi...


My knee hurts :(. It’s been hurting for months now, but lately it’s gotten so that I can’t kneel or even bend my knee without feeling it. It’s infrapatellar bursitis. I can pinpoint it with one f...


February 01, 2016

Baptism

Daniel was baptized today. It was a beautiful ceremony, though a little sloppy… probably woulda come out better if we had rehearsed it first. No wonder people do wedding rehearsals. My sister did...


January 27, 2016

X files

I grew up with the X-files. My Little sister used to watch them in the early 90s, when she was only eleven or twelve years old, so she used to ask me to sit with her, since they scared the crap o...


Book Description

I’m the opposite of a teenage mom. But things are just as new, just as exciting, and sometimes scary.

I won’t be writing just about pregnancy and baby stuff. I’ll talk a lot about life, work, friends, traveling… just like everyone else. I’ll do my best to find my old OD buddies. Miss them so much!