Is it naptime yet? No, no, MY naptime...
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altarflameI hate nausea. I hate feeling debilitated. I hate running to the bathroom for nothing.
Today is not so bad, I had food ideas ready when I went to bed and started making something to eat the second I was out of bed. It's real sketchy, the first couple of bites, but then things steadily improve. I'm just "mildy ill" feeling right now...yesterday the whole first half of the day was crap, before I forced myself into action.
Aaaaanyway. I have my first class tonight. 5:40-8:10, Intro to Philosophy. Sixteen Wednesdays, and then maybe next semester I'll switch to a morning class to avoid upsetting the dinner routine so much. And then undoubtedly take the summer off since I'll have A BABY, and then maybe do something independant study come fall, if I can.
I made spaghetti with meatballs last night - I've never made meatballs before. They came out awesome, I thought. I used a little over a pound of ground turkey, added an egg, a whole lot of this seasoning salt I love, a TON of parmesean cheese, a little mozarella, a dab of A-1 steaksauce, couple of cloves of minced garlic, and a splash of breadcrumbs. Then fried in olive oil until browned. Ananda liked it because it was so easy for her to have meat-free spaghetti, this way.
Yesterday for school we worked on the science journals. Ananda had to pick someone to compare herself to, and make a list of similarities and a list of differences. She picked Grant, and for similarities listed that they both have organs inside, bones and joints, and need air, food, water and excercise. For differences she wrote looks, and he climbs better. Then she was supposed to write a poem about what makes her special. She retreated into a corner, concentrating fiercely, for awhile, and then came out asking for spelling help with the following;
The world would be less beautiful
If I wasn't here
That's why I'm special
So far and near.
Aaron was just starting his, so first he had to come up with his own definition of science. He said, "Science is when you figure out things and study things." I wrote that out in dots, and he traced it. Then he had to list things that come into his mind, when he thinks of "science". He said, "study a lot of things, why does glass break, experiments". So I wrote those things out in dots, and he traced them. I have to say, he was QUICK and METICULOUS about it, you almost can't see the dots at all and he was done with all the tracing in under 5 minutes. For him a few months ago, that would have been an impossibly intimidating lot of handwriting. Then he had to draw a scientist. He drew a fat man with spikey hair holding a snake and said it was a zoologist.
Right now the two of them are watching some old, low budget version of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe that we got from Blockbuster Online. All of the animals are people in costume.
This pregnancy has symptoms directly mirroring my pregnancy with Ananda, which makes me wonder if it is a girl and I react to a girl this way. I've been breaking out a lot, I'm very nauseus without much actual puking and only in the morning, and I'm having major sinus attacks - particularly when I lay down. Also I am tiiiiiiiiiiiiired. It's weird, you know, I'm not really thinking of miscarriage at all...when I was pregnant with Isaac I was like terrified of miscarriage because prior to him was that horrendous second trimester nightmare I went through. With Jake it had eased up a lot, but I still thought about it here and there. This time, it doesn't even play into my list of possibilities. I was thinking, all had better be well, because if I am going along with this level of confidence and then something goes wrong, I'll never have peace of mind again.
Jake is so freaking cute, walking around with his little fat butt.
Question for the net-savvy I have some adorable video of Jake from about a week ago, that we would love to upload. How can I get streaming video that plays quickly for people, and is still good quality? That YouTube video I posted of the wedding reception was SO grainy and crappy compared to the dvd version, it doesn't even compare. But I don't want to just put it on liqwid.org and make people sit 10 minutes while the site loads.
Today is not so bad, I had food ideas ready when I went to bed and started making something to eat the second I was out of bed. It's real sketchy, the first couple of bites, but then things steadily improve. I'm just "mildy ill" feeling right now...yesterday the whole first half of the day was crap, before I forced myself into action.
Aaaaanyway. I have my first class tonight. 5:40-8:10, Intro to Philosophy. Sixteen Wednesdays, and then maybe next semester I'll switch to a morning class to avoid upsetting the dinner routine so much. And then undoubtedly take the summer off since I'll have A BABY, and then maybe do something independant study come fall, if I can.
I made spaghetti with meatballs last night - I've never made meatballs before. They came out awesome, I thought. I used a little over a pound of ground turkey, added an egg, a whole lot of this seasoning salt I love, a TON of parmesean cheese, a little mozarella, a dab of A-1 steaksauce, couple of cloves of minced garlic, and a splash of breadcrumbs. Then fried in olive oil until browned. Ananda liked it because it was so easy for her to have meat-free spaghetti, this way.
Yesterday for school we worked on the science journals. Ananda had to pick someone to compare herself to, and make a list of similarities and a list of differences. She picked Grant, and for similarities listed that they both have organs inside, bones and joints, and need air, food, water and excercise. For differences she wrote looks, and he climbs better. Then she was supposed to write a poem about what makes her special. She retreated into a corner, concentrating fiercely, for awhile, and then came out asking for spelling help with the following;
The world would be less beautiful
If I wasn't here
That's why I'm special
So far and near.
Aaron was just starting his, so first he had to come up with his own definition of science. He said, "Science is when you figure out things and study things." I wrote that out in dots, and he traced it. Then he had to list things that come into his mind, when he thinks of "science". He said, "study a lot of things, why does glass break, experiments". So I wrote those things out in dots, and he traced them. I have to say, he was QUICK and METICULOUS about it, you almost can't see the dots at all and he was done with all the tracing in under 5 minutes. For him a few months ago, that would have been an impossibly intimidating lot of handwriting. Then he had to draw a scientist. He drew a fat man with spikey hair holding a snake and said it was a zoologist.
Right now the two of them are watching some old, low budget version of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe that we got from Blockbuster Online. All of the animals are people in costume.
This pregnancy has symptoms directly mirroring my pregnancy with Ananda, which makes me wonder if it is a girl and I react to a girl this way. I've been breaking out a lot, I'm very nauseus without much actual puking and only in the morning, and I'm having major sinus attacks - particularly when I lay down. Also I am tiiiiiiiiiiiiired. It's weird, you know, I'm not really thinking of miscarriage at all...when I was pregnant with Isaac I was like terrified of miscarriage because prior to him was that horrendous second trimester nightmare I went through. With Jake it had eased up a lot, but I still thought about it here and there. This time, it doesn't even play into my list of possibilities. I was thinking, all had better be well, because if I am going along with this level of confidence and then something goes wrong, I'll never have peace of mind again.
Jake is so freaking cute, walking around with his little fat butt.
Question for the net-savvy I have some adorable video of Jake from about a week ago, that we would love to upload. How can I get streaming video that plays quickly for people, and is still good quality? That YouTube video I posted of the wedding reception was SO grainy and crappy compared to the dvd version, it doesn't even compare. But I don't want to just put it on liqwid.org and make people sit 10 minutes while the site loads.
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Date: 2006-08-23 08:14 pm (UTC)