So, yes, it's true. Another of those life lessons in "Never say never." And yes, it was on purpose. In late May or early June, we will be unleashing yet another little rugrat on an unwary world. I never really thought much about having children. We really thought it wasn't of interest. But one day last fall, my biological clock struck 11:00, and the rest is history... I can't say I'm enjoying pregnancy. Yes, the three-month hangover that is the First Trimester has officially ended and I am finally in the blessed Second Trimester, where the sun comes out from behind the clouds, and the birds begin to chirp, and the bunnies come out, and... oh, wait, that was a Disney movie. Well, I am feeling better, but now that the morning sickness has ended, the hip pain and struggle to tie the shoes has begun. I guess I always took bending over for granted. Sigh.

The most frustrating thing has been my severely shortened day. Thank goodness I finally got my website up, because all my creative energy has been drained. I sure hope the placenta figures out how to use Adobe Illustrator... What few good hours I have during the day are spent foraging for food and preparing more food for tomorrow. At 9:30 pm I hit "the wall" and a fatigue the likes of which I have never felt before (except for maybe having mono in the 11th grade), my eyes clamp shut and I am *done* until the sun comes up again. Oh, except for the 1-2 middle-of-the-night pee breaks I have now.

The upside is that my mantra is now "it's temporary." A mantra that should serve me well through midnight feedings, teething, tantrums, and teenager hood. I still can't believe this is my life.

Congratulations again! Parenting is a blast.

When that placenta is done learning Illustrator, send it over to IU. I'd like to teach it a little song and dance. I'm thinking "Jesus Christ Superstar" meets "Rent". Go with me.

I can save it for you if you really want me to...

You know, velcro kangaroo shoes are coming back into style...

Velcro kangaroo shoes for the placenta? Now you're just getting silly.

Well, I wasn't exactly thinking of the placenta... but it does present a nice little image of the fetus in kangaroos! ;-)

Actually, I was thinking of you and your struggle to tie your shoes. I do realize that the *bending over* is really the problem, but you could bend over for significantly less time if all you had to do was strap on the velcro! ;-)