i might be an awful person, but i’m SO entertained by the recent development in bijou’s personality: being frightened by things. up until recently, the only things that made her cry other than the fundamental needs were not being near us when she wanted to be or actually being in pain. but now she’s apparently seeing the world differently – here are her two new greatest fears (other than me leaving her):
1. The song “I had a Rooster” (which i find to be quite fun, but when the mouse goes SQUEAK she bursts into tears!)
2. Bubbles. yes, i though all children found them magical and fascinating too, but not bijou. she looks at them in quiet wonder for a minute, then bursts into tears.
cute.
i innocently approach the clinique counter in SC and inquire, “do you carry the derma-white line?” to the african-american sales-lady. she replies with only a questioning expression.
“i don’t know if it’s called that here, but it’s a whitening line – do you have one?”
“that wouldn’t go over well here.” she responds, straightening her posture and looking me dead in the eye.
then it hit me – IDIOT! “oh, you know it’s just a line that helps reduce sun spots, and stuff…” i stammer.
“we have a BRIGHTENING line” she lets me off the hook and moves to present the product line.
yep. i’ve been away a long time.
I think it’s useless to really participate in Christmas at home because it doesn’t really matter – my husband is at work anyway and we don’t really own many decorations (plus i’d have to find somewhere to put them if we did) – but then i feel all nostalgic (is that the word i want?) and end up listening to Christmas CDs all day long…
Ahhhhhh…Christmas. Also the time to recap the year and etch it firmly in my memory while catching up with all of those loved ones who I only seem to converse with a couple times a year. This year saw a lot of action – weddings, babies, travel, big family news, etc. – read on to get the full scoop and see a silly video! (expires 1/15/09 so watch while you can!) (more…)
happy thanksgiving to ya!
nevermind the moutwatering cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie for breakfast tomorrow – i love this holiday cause it gives me another great reason to remember how f-in lucky i am. hate to brag and all but, well, that’s pretty darn lucky. eat your hearts out:
- i have an amazing baby (who’s pretty darn cute to boot) who i get to watch grow every day
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i know i’m an FBC employee but i have to sing the praises of what i discovered at Price Club yesterday:
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i nonchalantly referred to myself as “mommy” in a conversation with isseki yesterday.
someone kill me now.
yesterday was a big day!
we went to the clinic for my post-release 1 week check-up and other than my belly button healing a bit strangely, all looks good! i’ve grown to 2,500 grams in 2 weeks! that’s 200 grams in 1 week (i was 2,306g when released from the hospital) on breastmilk only! you can imagine how tired and sore my mommy is… (more…)
who would have thought the first day home could be so exciting!?!
we left the clinic in the morning but by late afternoon my scar was really painful – burning and stinging and it seemed red and swollen in just one spot. nervous, i called the clinic and they told me to head back in for a check. we got everything together to go out with our new baby but when we got to the car, we couldn’t get the car seat to fasten over her diaper without a lot of pressing and couldn’t figure out how to loosen it.
the dr. was waiting for me so we decided it wouldn’t take long so i would just run up and isseki would stay with the baby. no problem.
it doesn’t take too long and i head back nervous bjiou has been hungry and crying the whole time. the door is locked. eh!?! he took her out?
ok. no problem. i open the door… (more…)
i’m glad i had bijou in japan…don’t get me wrong, i am sure there are wonderful clinics and birthing centers all over the US but i wonder if they would be covered by insurance, etc. yes, it wasn’t cheap here either, but the 7 night stay (including the night of the birth – arrived 11pm) after a cesarean trumps what i hear the is usually only 2-3 night in the US and the food was amazing!
what could i possibly be doing all that time?
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Just got back from the clinic – at an estimated 2,948g or 6.5 lbs she’s bigger than most Japanese babies are at birth! gulp…
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FINALLY – i am rewarded for trying to follow the rules and be an honest, upstanding citizen! most of my adult life has been spent with various friends wondering why i bother to try and follow the rules, etc. when there are lots of ways around them that could save me hassle & money. what on earth could possess me to be honest on various applications just to pay more in the end, etc? sometimes, they were probably right but most of the time i liked to think i was fighting the good fight – if no one took advantage then everyone would end up paying less in the long run, etc. (more…)
for a long time i said it’s a waste of money as we could practically bungee jump to the train station….but, isseki couldn’t bungee jump with his music equipment. so, when he finally said that his company would compensate for everything except parking (which, mind you, isn’t cheap), how could i argue? (more…)
1st day of medication – pop it in your…#$@%! drop it under the fridge. fish it out, rinse it off and in the mouth it goes….ah ah….choo! you sneeze it across the room.
a sign?
If you have been busy, sick, away or any combination of the 3 – do not try to recontact your friends who you haven’t seen much of lately and tell them “you miss them”. You’re asking for trouble. Why? Read on…
This weekend I became aware that the characteristics I thought made up the kind of person I did want to be were actually those of the person I didn’t want to be! D’oh! (more…)
nightly action. highlights: (more…)
partially inspired by betsy’s new fab blog and partly just because it was so bloody fantastic – i’m gonna tell you about my day:
firstly i should inform you that turning 33 for me marks the near end of my yakudoshi. this is the japanese tradition of bad luck years. being how age 32 turned out to be a bust i was quite relieved to realize that the 33 yakudoshi for women actually meant the 33rd year of life (age 32!). of course there are lesser bad luck years preceding and following but the worst of it should be over. thank you very much.
so just how fantastic was the start of this year of lesser evil? (more…)
we all know and love it “do unto others as you would have them do unto you” but a friend and i were discussing it and wondering if it works both ways – what’s your opinion? (more…)
monday night – chilling at home – working away in my room, waiting for my face mask to dry, my husband practicing as background music. suddenly something he was singing/playing caught my attention. (more…)
I dreamt that I had a pain or a fall that affected my right shin. Somehow I went to the doctor and without even x-raying they amputated my leg below the knee and implanted a prosthetic leg. I remember it hurting really bad and being very difficult to stand crying and crying in the dream screaming – “why did I let them do that!?!”
The pain was still palpable when i opened my eyes.
i feel loved again – sorry for my lapse of that recognition. i am human etc. etc.
thanks for the email replies since i seemed to have disabled comments for those not registered at some point. still didn’t stop the spam from coming in though. (more…)
