A Sigh of Relief

Good news! I’m not pregnant. Yay!

Again, it’s not that I don’t want to have kids, or that I don’t think we could handle the situation right now, but lamotrigine doesn’t go over well in the first trimester. Actually, I did a little digging on that. Initial studies showed that there was no higher incidence of birth defects/malformations than in the general population, but more recent evidence has shown a higher risk of cleft palate when it’s taken during the first trimester.

I do want kids eventually. And eventually probably won’t be too long from now, really.  I think we may start trying in about a year. Alan only wants two kids, but I think I might want three. Both of us know that we want more than one, so I suppose we can have two and see how things go from there. Of course, I think we may end up with twins, because my grandmother was a twin, and Alan’s great-uncles are twins. At any rate, it’s a possibility that I’m considering, so at least we won’t be surprised if it does happen.  I’ve been thinking about names, too, and I think we should avoid family names, at least for first names. There are already a lot of doubled names floating around, and I’d rather my kids had unique identities. We can always use family names for middle names.  Anyway, no point worrying about it just yet.

I’ve been thinking about joining a gym. Well, specifically The Edge Fitness Club. I need to shape up, and I like that they offer classes, which was always what was missing at Planet Fitness. PF just moved into a new facility, but it’s not all that different from their previous facility, and I didn’t like the set-up.  The Edge in Milford is situated in a similar way to the Planet Fitness in Norwalk that I was so good about going to.  I think that if I start now and work it into my work day (once I’m working), it’ll be a lot easier to keep up with it.  I won’t even diet.  It’s easier to make one change at a time, after all.  I printed out a copy of the contract to ponder over before I make a decision.

I can’t believe it’s 9 o’clock already. I feel like such a bum when I’m not dressed by now. Then again, is there anything I really need to do today? Not so much. Andy changed Alan’s day off, so we can’t go get our Christmas tree until tomorrow, which I suppose is well enough, since it’s raining today anyway. I was thinking about going to Milford Photo and getting our photos printed up for our Christmas cards.  I was going to go to Target, but Milford Photo can print them on matte paper, which I think will look a lot better with the soft-tone sepia and vignetting I put on in PhotoShop. Care to take a look?

I’ve also managed to plan out Christmas dinner, which is my responsibility this year, even though I hate my parents’ oven. I hate electric stoves in general, but theirs sucks extra. I don’t know why they haven’t replaced it yet.  For me, that would’ve come right after the generator in my list of priorities, but they don’t cook the way I do either.  For Christmas I’m planning on turkey with cranberry cornmeal dressing, fresh green beans, honey-glazed carrots, sour cream mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, gravy, and crescent rolls. Dessert will be homemade pumpkin pie and black forest tart (cherries and chocolate), both of which I’ll make here the day before.  The stove has a particular hatred for baked goods, so I’m not going to risk it.  I’m also going to bring up pumpkin muffins and make a scrambled egg bread thing for breakfast/brunch.  My mom said that if I give her a list, she’ll make sure I have everything I need. I’m hoping I can also count on her to do a little bit of the prep work.  The chopping and such.  I’ll have Alan to help me too, but it doesn’t hurt to make it as relaxed a day as possible, given the company.

I’ve been a little nostalgic the last couple days, though it’s been coupled with a sense of gratitude as well.  The nostalgia comes of finding a friend of mine from high school on Facebook and seeing how many people she has as friends on there that I knew back then, even if it was only to say "hi" to in the halls.  She’s even dating a guy that was a couple years ahead of us in school, so she has just about all of his friends too.  Oddly enough, she has one of my former KiddieWorld coworkers, too.  So I’ve been remembering all those times and those people, and part of me is just really thankful that I’m not in that place, either physically (in Norwalk) or mentally.  I like where I am now, and who I am, for that matter.  Part of me just has this enormous distate for reading about those people. It’s almost like reading celebrity gossip, they’re just so far away from my life now.  Is it possible that I’m actually a grown-up?  LOL!

Okay, enough lazing about. Let’s get it started in here!

~Liz