Well, my Week of Zen has become my week of Me against the Machine - Civ 4 at Noble level is just brutal. Actually, the focus that I use playing turn-based strategy games is very similar to that I get working out a quilting quandry - intense, immersive, and completely internal and relevant only to me. So - not SO bad really, but it doesn't sound as cool as saying that I spend my week in meditation and journalling. Oh well. "To thine own self be true." This week my Self seems to be wanting to crush Catherine the Great into a little ball of AI misery. I'm not the violent sort, but I DO take umbrage when folks start wars with me for no good reason other than that I am better than they are. >:)
2005 - my last year as a person responsible for only myself. The enormity of my impending parenthood is starting to weigh on me almost more than the girls themselves. I am really looking forward to their being here, but I DO enjoy my leisure, and two babies at one time just sounds like a lot of WORK. I know it will be great just as it is exhausting, but I am storing up as many long afternoons of snuggling up in bed reading for hours on end as I can, since I can, right now.
The 2+ maternity clothing idea has taken even better form lately - most moms of multiples are at least home from work by 28 weeks, and HUGE, if not just plain hospitalised by then or soon thereafter. So - the most needed, and undoubtedly appreciated item in the mom of multiples wardrobe? A bathrobe. The shiny one my Kevin got me for Christmas overlaps by about two inches at present, and I can't imagine that it will fit for long. Adding Xs to the size one buys won't help either, as then they are huge all over and just too wide in the back and shoulders to work comfortably. What is needed is for the back to be NORMAL, and the front to be HUGE - lots of room for overlap, without needing to pull it so far around that the armholes become nursing access! A small mailorder company off the web would work GREAT for this, and would make a fortune. Machine washable, easy to clean fabrics only please. Idea open to all and any takers, so run with it!
BTW - there isn't much in the world more lovely than morning sun on snow.
As for 2006 - if you are looking for adventure, or just to put your feet up, I hope you find what you are looking for, and never be bored along the way. Happy New Year!
Susan, Glad to hear the pregnancy is going well, clothing woes aside. As a short term solution, can you buy some XXs and alter them? I don't know if I could, I'm not really much of a garment maker. It might be easier to make something yourself from scratch.
ReplyDeleteHope the coming year brings you joy with your new babies. Jen
Lots to think about...I know where you're coming from. But you will surprise yourself with your ability to do it.
ReplyDeleteSusan, I am wishing you health and happiness with your babies in this fine new year! My daughter (now 13, brilliant and healthy-- and obnoxious) was a single baby, but somehow I ended up with pre-term labor and spent about 5 months on bed rest, so I can relate to the high risk aspects of a multiple pregnancy. My best friend just had a baby after 14 years of "not preventing" and I don't know how many years of actually trying. So all of a sudden, she is pregnant NATURALLY at age 43! (Proof that God has a sense of humor, in my opinion.) Anyway, her baby was just born a few days before Christmas, a boy, all healthy and perfect and beautiful! He is the topic or inspiration of my January Journal Quilt.
ReplyDeleteHang in there, mom-to-be! You can do it!
Beth a.k.a Paige Turner
I haven't played a PC game in a while. Can't say I didn't find Civ 4 interesting. I was also thinking about The Movies. I'm a PS2 gal myself though, LOL.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you're creating again. Steal your moments while you can!