September 29, 2008 by Avy.

I’m watching ER (which I like NEVER do) and it’s pandaemonium! Seriously! Blood everywhere. Kiddie Bloods and Crips trying to kill each other IN the hospital. Seriously. One kid was stabbing a kid in triage with a scalpel at least 30 times. I’m like “wtf?!” I’m sure this stuff is overblown for TV, but I can’t help but think this has happened somewhere. There’s also a doomsday cult’s mass suicide that was full of fail. There’s like 10 of those people in there. The ER is totally understaffed and there are also 2 near-death/drowning victims, a teen mom whose belly was sliced open and her baby was stolen, battered 20y/o girl who has obviously been “domestic violenced” (as I like to call it).

Yes! Xavier’s asleep. Time for me to get some noms.

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May 5, 2008 by Avy.

So yesterday Erik and I went to Babies R Us so he could see & we could feel the car-seat I picked out (Graco Snug Ride) for our registry. It was fun times. Neither of us could get it detached from the base, but the lady helped us with that part.

The car-seat also works with the Snug Ride stroller frame (and a swing frame). You just pop it right in. It’s only $60 and that’s great to us. I don’t see the point in spending $$$ on a big stroller when I hate them altogether. I’m into baby carrying for as long as possible and only using strollers when I’ll be walking for more than an hour. Erik says he’ll take turns carrying the SOB, so that’s a plus to me. He had fun playing with the stroller, too. It was nifty. Men are such adorable dorks when they get into daddy mode.

Oh, here’s what they look like:

In other news, I’m feeling very mushy these days. It’s so weird to know that I’m gonna be somebody’s mom. It’s weird! I said that already. But yeah. I’m just excited and heppy. I get all hurty in the cheeks when I think about the toddler years especially. I know I can “teach” the baby facial expressions pretty early, but newborns aren’t much fun. I’ll just be terrified in the beginning and move on to the comfort o carrying a 3month old. I’ll be honest. I don’t think I’ll be comfortable holding him until then. I think I’ll be able to do it just fine, but I’ll still be terrified of dropping/squishing. I’m very comfortable with babies 3mos and up.

Anyway. I can’t wait to make lunches and watch Nat Geo and go on adventures and play “Scare the Daddy” with the SOB.

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April 22, 2008 by Avy.

I need to rant/vent.

So they’re moving 4 IT people into my department. None of us are happy because it’s permanent. Gary is the DIRECTOR of IT and has a huge office and they’re moving him down here into Alice’s little old office. Larry is the Manager of programming and he’s being moved into a cube. Then there’s 2 other people.

All this is happening in the next few days. Gary will be in here Thursday.

What’s annoying is that we had no notice and our 2 departments have nothing to do with each other. Not to mention they’re the only IT people being moved down here. The rest of IT/LAN is staying upstairs.

I’m really, REALLY not happy. Neither are my other co-workers.
I can’t wait for maternity leave.

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March 12, 2008 by Avy.

And I think she’ll be a drummer. I had to take 2 u;ltrasounds today. The first was hilarious because she kept bouncing around, break-dancin in mah bellay. Unfortunately, she didn’t turn the right way so we had to wait like another hour and do it all over again. That hussy.  Heart rate = 168, no signs of down syndrome or anything.
I laughed so much it’s not even funny. The second time I didn’t laugh at all cuz I had to pee so badly. It took like 3.5 hours to get the ultrasounds and bloodwork done. Sheesh.
I’m never getting pregnant again!

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February 28, 2008 by Avy.

You know you’re in a funk. I find some things so effing hilarious I could spit. I probably shouldn’t be mad or even care, but considering the source, I’m offended. But such is life, ne?

In other news, I’ve been looking for new activities and study materials to keep me entertained. So far so bah. I’ve come across some characters that I doubt I’ll associate with past the first meeting. I try not to stay to myself as much as I want to, but it’s hard when so many people are just creepy. I think I’ll be needing to finish Season 5 of Buffy sometime soon to avoid socializing.

I’ve also  considered the possibility of staying indoors and just acquiring a gaggle of interweb aquaintances to IM when bored and in need of company. IMs take way less thought than phone calls and actually outings. I typically don’t feel like going anywhere. I’m either sick or tired… or both. With IMs, I can multitask and say “brb” when I need a break. God I used to love IMs.

Having that said, I should get back to work and ponder all this later.

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