Yay! We're having a thunderstorm!! Do you know how long it's been since I've heard thunder? At least a year, maybe two years. Maybe even longer. Right at the moment we're enjoying a little thunder and lightning and a downpour of rain. We even had some hail earlier. Peter is very, very happy - he always talks about how much he misses thunderstorms. They do make it feel a little more like home.
Now I just miss lightning bugs... and real grass... ooooh - and Route 44 Cherry Limeades!! Why oh why is there no Sonic here?
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Saturday, May 17, 2008
School, Books, Names, and The Pregosaurus
Let's see, some updates:
1. I'm done with school!!!! Okay, just the spring semester, but it was a killer, people. AND I have only one more class to take before I'm finished with the program, have my degree, and never, ever have to be in school again (fingers crossed). I'm currently signed up to take a Web Design class starting in June. The last day of class is actually my due date, so it should be interesting. I've already been pre-approved by the instructor for an Incomplete if I need it, but I'm really hoping that by some miracle I get everything done before I deliver so that once the baby comes I won't have to think about work OR school. It's probably wishful thinking, but a girl can hope.
2. Peter is almost finished with his school year. This upcoming week is his last week - which I think means it's mostly finals. A good wife would know for sure, but the details seem to have slipped my mind at the moment. He has a year-long contract so there's no big break coming up for him officially, but he will soon have A LOT more flexibility and free time in his work day which will be nice, and he'll be able to spend more time on the things he enjoys doing but always has to put off for other more urgent tasks. So we're looking forward to that.
3. I'm apparently at the irrationally-angry stage of pregnancy. Although perhaps this isn't actually a new stage and my friends and family have just been graciously putting up with a lot of abuse. I hope that's not the case. Anyway, the last week or two I've found myself becoming basically enraged by situations/circumstances/people that I might normally find frustrating but wouldn't consider homicide over. Yesterday at the library a patron I'd just finished helping grabbed a hold of my arm with both hands because she had just thought of another question to ask me and she wanted to quickly get my attention before I walked away. For me, it was kind of like a scene in a movie where you're looking out through a character's eyes, all the other noises in the room go silent, and you just hear the character's heartbeat and everything looks red - or something like that anyway. Fortunately, in the few seconds it took for me to get a grip and remind myself that I could NOT kill this woman (at least in the library with all the witnesses), she let go of my arm, and I was able to carry on like nothing had happened. As Andy from The Office once said, "That was an overreaction." I've been having a lot of overreactions lately, although I think I've successfully kept most of them hidden. As Baby Center informs me, I am now a "pregosaurus" - which is apparently the equivalent of bridezilla. I apologize in advance.
4. I finished The Host. If you don't know what I'm talking about see the below post on why it pays to be a librarian. Overall, I liked the book. The author is a good storyteller which is definitely what makes her Twilight series so popular. The Host took a little while to get going for me, and I lost my patience with the main character a few times (this could just have been pregosaurus warning signs), but I was definitely sucked in after awhile. I also cried at the end, which is often the sign of a good book just like it can be the sign of a good movie. It is a bit on the long side - or longer than it needs to be - but it seems to me that good storytellers often have trouble with being concise and self-editing in their writing - like J.K. Rowling, for example. But because they're good storytellers, we don't care. If anyone out there would like a more detailed review than this, just let me know and I'll send you an e-mail with all my thoughts, cautions, recommendations, etc. (without giving away the ending, of course). In more Stephenie Meyer news, the next book in the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn, is coming out in August. I just signed up on the library's wait list yesterday - I'm number 29. And I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm pretty excited. (By the way, Twilight the movie is coming out in December. This must be quite the year for the author.)
5. Thanks to everyone who voted on potential name spellings for the baby! (We had an ultrasound yesterday by the way, and she's looking great and apparently around 3 pounds now.) I'm debating the wisdom of setting up a poll so that everyone can actually vote for which of the 3 names they like the best, but I haven't decided if that's a good idea or not. We'll see...
Okay, well I hope that gives you a good summary of life in the Hough House at the moment! We hope you all are doing well!
1. I'm done with school!!!! Okay, just the spring semester, but it was a killer, people. AND I have only one more class to take before I'm finished with the program, have my degree, and never, ever have to be in school again (fingers crossed). I'm currently signed up to take a Web Design class starting in June. The last day of class is actually my due date, so it should be interesting. I've already been pre-approved by the instructor for an Incomplete if I need it, but I'm really hoping that by some miracle I get everything done before I deliver so that once the baby comes I won't have to think about work OR school. It's probably wishful thinking, but a girl can hope.
2. Peter is almost finished with his school year. This upcoming week is his last week - which I think means it's mostly finals. A good wife would know for sure, but the details seem to have slipped my mind at the moment. He has a year-long contract so there's no big break coming up for him officially, but he will soon have A LOT more flexibility and free time in his work day which will be nice, and he'll be able to spend more time on the things he enjoys doing but always has to put off for other more urgent tasks. So we're looking forward to that.
3. I'm apparently at the irrationally-angry stage of pregnancy. Although perhaps this isn't actually a new stage and my friends and family have just been graciously putting up with a lot of abuse. I hope that's not the case. Anyway, the last week or two I've found myself becoming basically enraged by situations/circumstances/people that I might normally find frustrating but wouldn't consider homicide over. Yesterday at the library a patron I'd just finished helping grabbed a hold of my arm with both hands because she had just thought of another question to ask me and she wanted to quickly get my attention before I walked away. For me, it was kind of like a scene in a movie where you're looking out through a character's eyes, all the other noises in the room go silent, and you just hear the character's heartbeat and everything looks red - or something like that anyway. Fortunately, in the few seconds it took for me to get a grip and remind myself that I could NOT kill this woman (at least in the library with all the witnesses), she let go of my arm, and I was able to carry on like nothing had happened. As Andy from The Office once said, "That was an overreaction." I've been having a lot of overreactions lately, although I think I've successfully kept most of them hidden. As Baby Center informs me, I am now a "pregosaurus" - which is apparently the equivalent of bridezilla. I apologize in advance.
4. I finished The Host. If you don't know what I'm talking about see the below post on why it pays to be a librarian. Overall, I liked the book. The author is a good storyteller which is definitely what makes her Twilight series so popular. The Host took a little while to get going for me, and I lost my patience with the main character a few times (this could just have been pregosaurus warning signs), but I was definitely sucked in after awhile. I also cried at the end, which is often the sign of a good book just like it can be the sign of a good movie. It is a bit on the long side - or longer than it needs to be - but it seems to me that good storytellers often have trouble with being concise and self-editing in their writing - like J.K. Rowling, for example. But because they're good storytellers, we don't care. If anyone out there would like a more detailed review than this, just let me know and I'll send you an e-mail with all my thoughts, cautions, recommendations, etc. (without giving away the ending, of course). In more Stephenie Meyer news, the next book in the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn, is coming out in August. I just signed up on the library's wait list yesterday - I'm number 29. And I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm pretty excited. (By the way, Twilight the movie is coming out in December. This must be quite the year for the author.)
5. Thanks to everyone who voted on potential name spellings for the baby! (We had an ultrasound yesterday by the way, and she's looking great and apparently around 3 pounds now.) I'm debating the wisdom of setting up a poll so that everyone can actually vote for which of the 3 names they like the best, but I haven't decided if that's a good idea or not. We'll see...
Okay, well I hope that gives you a good summary of life in the Hough House at the moment! We hope you all are doing well!
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