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Thirteen Things I Think (watch out)

1. I think that if you do not get any emails in a 2 hours span at work that should be a sign that you can go home for the day.
2. I think that an English major should never be left alone with Java code…trust me it is dangerous..for that matter CSS code is a bad idea too.
3. I think that no matter what everyone should be able to get 8 hours of sleep a night
4. …and 3 full meals a day
5. I think that a mandatory day at the spa should be instituted for every woman twice a year once in the spring and once in the fall.
6. I think that tampons and birth control should be subsidized by the government.
7. I think that Bush should just stop being President now.
8. I think that everyone should get July or August off; and that it should switch yearly to be fair.
9. I think that it should cost A LOT less to adopt a child who is living in an orphanage already. Like it should be FREE except for the cost of travel.
10. I think everyone should be sent to their room for a nap at least once a day
11. I think that no one should have to deal with a serious illness or disease more than once in their life
12. I SERIOUSLY think that we should go to a 4 day work week
13. I think that if 10 people read this I will be lucky!

I think that if you do not get any emails in a 2 hours span at work that should be a sign that you can go home for the day.

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1. Why don't I have more time to read? I really want to finish the two books I am working on reading right now.
2. Now that I am caught up on episodes, should I watch LOST week to week or wait and watch a bunch of epidodes at one time?
3. Why on EARTH would Silda Spitzer choose to stand beside her husband betrayer in a public forum?
4. Why is there such a mis-distribution of wealth in this country and what can be done about it?
5. I really hope Obama wins.
6. Shoot, I keep forgetting to return my library book.
7. I really do live for the weekends.
8. I like my job more than I have liked any other job I have had before.
9. Portland Maine this summer is going to be fantastic.
10. My mom just suggested another mother - daughter weekend away in August - I will definitely take her up on that.
11. I hate weddings that are held over long weekend - we have one over Labor Day - the upside is it will be gorgeous in VT.
12. I can not believe that I am talking about summer, but it will be here before we know it (Yay!)
13. I have been in a better mood the past 2-3 weeks than I have been in a long time. Spring MUST be just around the corner.

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When Adam and I decided to start down the journey of trying to get pregnant, I vowed that I would not make every post about that. It might be interesting to us but I am sure it gets old fast with the other 7 people who read my blog. But I am excited so a post here and there will crop up and the rest of it I chronical ad nauseum in my off line journal.

So this week's Thursday's Thirteen is done with a bit of tongue and cheek humor because while it is accurate I have found that if I don't keep some laughter in there I will overthink myself to death!

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Thirteen Things I Get to Do to Try and Make A Baby*

1. Come off of diabetes meds and get on insulin pump
2. Be on insulin for a month
3. Come off of my depression meds and birth control (watch out world!)
4. Keep a calendar of my fertile days (thanks to “myfertilityfriend” (I know...how cornyand overly cutsey)
5. Have sex on fertile days
6. Pray
7. Monitor my blood sugars like crazy
8. Count every carb I put into my mouth
9. Get my period
10. Curse it and start again at #5
11. Remain calm and present at all times
12. Repeat until pregnant or for 12 months.

*As with most other things in my life I cannot just do this the two-step way of "haev sex", "get pregnant". For me (as for many women, it is a bit more complicated but I am certainly glad I could get it down to fit into a Thursday Thirteen and get an entire 13 steps!

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Before I post my Thursday Thirteen for the week I just want to say this. If someone could figure out the way to channel all of the energy that my brain uses going from one topic <zoom>over to another topic <zoom>on to a third topic that is totally irrelevant to my life now or in the near future but MIGHT be worth thinking about a year from now<zoom> back to a different random topic.......if this could happen - we would have no energy crisis.

Someday I am going to do a post about all of the random thoughts I have during the day. It's ridiculous really. Interesting at times, unnecessarily stressful at other times but MAN there is a lot that goes on up there in my head!

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Thirteen Random Things I Am Looking Forward to...or Not...You Decide

(I am being vague on purpose)

1. Going on insulin
2. My anniversary vacation this summer to Portland Maine
3. Taking a psychology class this summer, just for the fun of it
4. Owning a home of my own someday in the next whenever
5. Having to work Sat. 3/1 (I do believe I get a comp day).
6. Being authentically me without any meds for a certain amount of time
7. Painting our kitchen while Adam is in Sunny Florida
8. Getting a new bed sometime soon and really feeling justified because ours is now 8 years old
9. Seeing that the sun was still poking about as I left work today
10. My new landing space at this blog (I will give away that I really do like Squarespace)
11. Knowing that Friday is 2 short days away
12. Having a massage scheduled for Saturday morning
13. NOT having the FLU that is running rampant through my brother and sister-in-law's house - everyone including the baby is on round 2 of it.

 

 

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Thirteen Books I Would Love to Read

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

2. The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel by Amy Hempel

3. Second Glance : A Novel by Jodi Picoult

4. In His Steps by Charles M. Sheldon

5. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

6. Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen

7. Appetites: Why Women Want by Caroline Knapp

8. The Worst Years of Your Life: Stories for the Geeked-Out, Angst-Ridden, Lust-Addled, and Deeply Misunderstood Adolescent in All of Us by Mark Jude Poirier

9. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle

10. The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perotta

11. Into The Blue by Robert Goddard

12. The Collected Stories of Amie Hempel

13. Change of Heart by Jodi Piccoult

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