1. A commercial for Pradaxa
2. News stories about the recent tornado damage (this actually makes some sense, it's terrible)
3. The Dixie Chicks' "Wide Open Spaces"
4. The USA Gymnastics American Cup television coverage
5. Finding out that a friend is 10 weeks pregnant
I know the last one should actually have made me happy - if everything goes according to plan, our babies will be born within a few weeks of each other, which is really cool. And yes, it would have hurt even more if we didn't have our own bun in the oven. But... argh. It's really tough to hear that she just felt weird one day and took a pregnancy test and, what do you know, it was positive. As opposed to "injected herself with drugs and cried herself to sleep for months and has horrible painful memories of her child's conception." And, of course, they felt comfortable sharing the news before the end of the first trimester - it must be nice to be so confident.
So, self-pity, party of one? Hopefully, in time, this will become a happy coincidence and we'll be able to look back at all of this and laugh. (Ha. Ha. Ha. Look, I'm already doing it.) And for the record, they have absolutely no idea that we are also expecting - a testament to our acting skills if I've ever heard one. I'm thinking of announcing our news around when the baby crowns, what do you think? If wizard capes become fashionable, I just might have a shot.
Make that self-pity party of 2! I have those thoughts all the time. ALL. THE. TIME. I think we're allowed, don't you think? After all the shit we've been through, we've earned the right to the pity party!
ReplyDeleteParty of 3! I want a beer...you guys can drive.
ReplyDeleteDixie Chicks "Wide Open Spaces" makes me cry too!
ReplyDeleteI totally cried when I found out my best friend was pregnant too... I so badly wanted to be pregnant with her the first time but her baby is now 1.5 and I finally got pregnant and now she's 11 weeks behind me. Its not that I'm not excited to be pregnant with her, just that I hate how hard it was to get here...
ReplyDeleteI also watched an episode of a baby story the other day where they adopted from Korea and no joke BAWLED the entire episode. It made no sense for me to even cry, we had nothing in common really... but man did I sob. Damn hormones!