Waiting – Torrential Downpour

Well, birthing is only a few days away. Can’t wait to be honest. I’m so big, I feel like someone force-fed me 3 Thanksgiving dinners in a row. Good news is my little boy is moving quite a lot and seems in good shape. I absolutely cannot wait to meet him. We haven’t picked a name yet. I’ve been on leave for a week now. Aside from the awful sciatica, I’m resting a lot. I keep getting contractions but nothing.

That’s all I have to say about that.

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It’s been raining a lot. I like it because it’s not as hot outside. Yesterday, lightning hit my driveway, 3 feet from my house. That was weird. Poor Angus is so freaked out, I had to give him his allergy medication to calm him down. (He got stung by a bee and is now on Benadryl twice daily, he’s very calm and sleepy). He’s on the couch now, sleeping with a breeze coming in.

Preggers

 I haven’t posted in a while, pretty sloppy of me. But bottom line is yes, I’m officially announcing my pregnancy. I’m due in August. Hot, sweaty August.

It’s a little confusing, between the nausea and fatigue but overall um… it’s a new feeling I can’t describe.So far so good though. It’s tiny, healthy and it’s growing a brain. I should probably stop calling it “it”.

On the somber side, I do have a G.I. Flu (The Real American Sickness). Which, unbeknownst to me, I was completely dehydrated and needed two bags of IV drip. Not how I plan to spend a Friday. But I’m all better now. The flu is going away (thnks Jell-O).

Looking forward to this life-changing experience.

Photo, not my actual foetus. 

Is it College Yet? Wait… no.

In the true Fall Fashion, I feel the need to cuddle up in a blanket and watch endless amounts of TV, movies, play some Wii and XBox. I’m basically turing into a bear, yeah a big bear who eats a lot of meat… mmmm meat.

I cannot stop myself from ordering episodes of “The West Wing”. Aaron Sorkin is a freakin’ genius writer. It’s so good, I know that I couldn’t have apreciated the great work of it when it came out originally.

Yesterday was a real treat; I ordered 20 oz. of red, lean, rare, delicious beef tenderloin. Shawn and I split it. I also bought the entire series of “Undeclared” the follow up to “Freek & Geeks” and the preceding work of Judd Apatow!

I just finished the first disc….. It’s fucking great! I haven’t seen one actor that wasn’t in “40 y-o Virgin” or “the Office” or “Knocked Up”.

The script is great, the actors are funny. I really don’t regret buying it at all. I’m thinking we should have a marathon of it at my place sometime.

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I’m going to Montreal next weekend for a cluster of birthdays and missed social events. I’m also meeting with Father Wallot. Yes, it’s wedding pt.2.

It’s October 20th at 3p. I’m still loking for a fun, sophisticated but not very pricy restaurant in Montreal we can celebrate afterwards. The details are still getting worked out.

I’ll keep you posted.

I Love Toys

Not just a hilarious show on VH1 but why I’m so happy that I just got hired at Hasbro inc. I will be working for a Toy Company while living in Rhode Island… Like Family Guy. Anyhoo, I’m super excited to start; the team I will be working for looks really cool. I don’t have much to say except that I’m glad I’m done with school.

Also, Canada really puts the “cunt” in country. After waiting 12 weeks for my passport, they sent it back to me after my picture (taken at AAA) was deemed unacceptable due to a defining shadow behind my ears. I have to go over the same crap all over again. And don’t think you crazy capitalists can cut in line and paying a little more to get it faster…. there’s none of that in Canada!

I Love Toys

Not just a hilarious show on VH1 but why I’m so happy that I just got hired at Hasbro inc. I will be working for a Toy Company while living in Rhode Island… Like Family Guy. Anyhoo, I’m super excited to start; the team I will be working for looks really cool. I don’t have much to say except that I’m glad I’m done with school.

Also, Canada really puts the “cunt” in country. After waiting 12 weeks for my passport, they sent it back to me after my picture (taken at AAA) was deemed unacceptable due to a defining shadow behind my ears. I have to go over the same crap all over again. And don’t think you crazy capitalists can cut in line and paying a little more to get it faster…. there’s none of that in Canada!

My Psychic Drew the Death Card

I haven’t blogged in a while because I have no time. And the little time I do have, I’ve been watching DVR shows. Here is what happened in the past almost month.

-My mom and Johanne came down to visit for Mother’s Day.
-I walked the 2007 Emerson Commencement….
-The next Day, I had to put Charlie down (u can see pics of him next to my dog Angus in my album). It took me a couple of days to stop crying when I fed my other pets; Charlie loved to eat and talk!
-Shawn and I are selling the house. This means we have the put the little of sweat equity we have left into this place. (paint, landscape, the usual DIY)
-I have to wake up at 6:30 twice a week to commute to Boston for the next 4 weeks. The other 2 days I have o leave at 11:00 am. I still need those 12 credits.
-Next week is my anniversary and I’m fucked b/c I don’t what to get Shawn. If you see him, don’t tell him!

Those who know tarot know that the death card doesn’t necessarily mean death but important change. I think in the past three weeks, I went from uncertainty, to discouraged to really sad (I hadn’t cried like that since 2002) to hopeful to “trying to grab the world and put in my pocket so I don’t end up livin’ in a van by the river”.
The next 4 weeks are going to be interesting. Don’t be surprised if you get a call from me and I sound completely insane. But in a good way, you know.

With Honors… Almost

Well technically I will be walking with a GPA of 3.55 which qualifies me for Cum Laude… But I won’t get a mention because I’m walking before all my classes are done… Oh well! The good news is that if my average stays the same, I will get the mention on my diploma! Hooray!

That’s okay though… I’ll just stuff more cake in my face Monday night to compensate. I know food is not love but apparently it’s Honorable!

The Lady and the Tramps

So I’ve DVR’ed Flavor Of Love – Chram School and took about one hour of my time to scroll through it. To all my Canadian friends who don’t have VH1 and don’t know what I’m taking about; Flavor Flav, from Public Enemy, took 14 girls and tried to find the love of his life and the finalists who got booted off now have to go to “charm School”.

It’s so funny because lately, we hardly see any ladies on TV (aside from Tina Fey of course!) Lindsay and Brit’s coochy-cooch is out and about (FYI now Brit’s drapes match the curtains), Woonsocket mothers and daughters beatin’ the crap out of each other… I could come up with a milion other examples but I know I don’t have to to make a point.

How can you turn trashy women (from ghetto fabulous to white trash rednecks, there is no discrimination here) into well-adjusted gems? Apparently VH1 has the “answer” and to tell the truth, it’s pretty fucking funny. It’s like trying to turn plastic and acrylic into platinum!

How can I put it lightly, a lot of women think it’s great to act tough; like men are attracted to women who can’t keep their temper down once in a while.
“-Yeah I want to date a chick who’s gonna beat up every woman I know!”
This show is not about men however, it’s about women realizing that being feminine doesn’t mean being completely “domesticized”. Wake up chiquitas.
I actually will be following this show out of mysanthropic amusement. Sometimes it feels good to see vultures rip each other to pieces! Just watch it burn…

The Simple Things

I recently got back to the pleasures of baking. Especially cupcakes. I’ve trying new recipes and comparing batters with icing, etc.

For Easter, I’ve decided to go very, ahem… “festive” and come up with the most annoyingly cute cupcake I could think of!

I know… they’re like little eggs with chicks emmerging out…

Each month or so, I will post some of my new recipes.

What Most Guys Wouldn’t Handle…

So I got back from Montreal yesterday. The worst part is always going through Vermont and No. New Hampshire because the 89 is way too long. Regardless, I always enjoy the view. It was nice going to Montreal without Shawn because I don’t need to speak english (although, frightfully, I’m starting to loose my french vocabulary one word at a time); I also don’t have to entertain him. It’s pretty much a girl world when I’m up there. The men either gone, sick or at work during the day which leaves time to chat about anything amongst us girls. It actually KILLS Shawn on the inside because he obviously can’t follow the conversation. Also because I drag him to my Grandma’s (she speaks english though), my friends Marjorie and Amelie, my aunt Marie’s, Marj’s mom’s house and of course my mom. TOO DAMN MUCH for one guy to handle in four days!

There is always eating smoked meat, drinking beer downtown and looking for sports jackets but that’s about as much entertainment a married guy can have alone in Montreal. So to that end, Shawn wasn’t there.

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The things I used to do when I lived in Montreal that I did this week.

-Shopped in Chinatown for snacks and Harajuku Girl type of clothing (it’s sick)
-Drink coffee at any given time
-Drink beer and wine and any given time (yay for the Metro)
-Go the the Museum of Contemporary Arts (it was very stimulating)
-Buy clothes at Simons
-Eat Pizza (our kind with all the topping under 1/2 inch of cheese)

Funny thing is since I’m not there everyday, people feed me… a lot. My Grandma’s apple pudding, my aunt Marie’s new reciepe, my Mom’s graisse de roti, Marj’s Mom’s Baklavas…
People: I am now fat!

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Things that Quebec/Canada offers that would make the U.S. the ultimate best country in the world.

-Three [major] party elections (the third is not independant)
-1 year maternity leave. (defferable to Dad as well; and he has to come back to the same job with same salary: equality)
-The Pork (between our bacon and filet, it’s just the best meat I’ve had)
-Cheap Real Estate where things are affluent

To that end here are the things that SUCK about Quebec/Canada.

-waiting two MONTHS for a routine MRI (ask anyone… our healthcare is free but slow and the older you get the less you can afford to wait) it doesn’t include serious injuries though.
-TAXES; take 40% of your salary if you work full time and then 15% for ALL PURCHASES (food, clothes, beer…)
-The bureacracy: getting things going for any branch of the government is a pain in the ass.
-Our leaders are pretty much helpless; harmless but nonetheless helpless.
-The Tragically Hip (sorry Quinn…)

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Guys: It’s not all beer and good ol’ Ste-Catherine fun up there. It’s fun to visit but can you truly live there and not miss what you were raised here with? The grass is always greener I guess.