brand new day
good news: my fever broke during the night, and i feel like a new person today! it's amazing what a couple of ginger ales, a couple of tylenol capsules, and 10 hours of sleep will do for a person.
tonight, i'm having dinner with the girlfriend who co-hosted hans's shower. i am so excited to tell her about the tadpole! she sounded down when she called (she had a setback in her ice-skating career and officially retired monday, plus she just had to take a huge pay cut at her day job), so i hope the tadpole will cheer her. and she is the kind of person who is very generous in her joy for other people, which is probably why i maintain a friendship with her even though we don't work together any more and don't have that much in common; a generous spirit is a rare and beautiful thing, and i want to surround myself with as many of them as possible.
after dinner, i will pick justin up from work, and we will drop in on his grandmother and give her the tadpole news. i can't wait to see her reaction. i have come to love her like my own grandmother, so telling her is important to me, as important to me as to justin. her birthday is in april - wouldn't it be cool if the tadpole was born on its great-grandmother's 75th birthday?
i woke up to justin signing against my belly to the tadpole. i'm starting to recognize "hi", but i can't interpret the rest. still, it's lovely to be a part of their little chats.
our tadpole is already spreading joy everywhere it goes. :)
tonight, i'm having dinner with the girlfriend who co-hosted hans's shower. i am so excited to tell her about the tadpole! she sounded down when she called (she had a setback in her ice-skating career and officially retired monday, plus she just had to take a huge pay cut at her day job), so i hope the tadpole will cheer her. and she is the kind of person who is very generous in her joy for other people, which is probably why i maintain a friendship with her even though we don't work together any more and don't have that much in common; a generous spirit is a rare and beautiful thing, and i want to surround myself with as many of them as possible.
after dinner, i will pick justin up from work, and we will drop in on his grandmother and give her the tadpole news. i can't wait to see her reaction. i have come to love her like my own grandmother, so telling her is important to me, as important to me as to justin. her birthday is in april - wouldn't it be cool if the tadpole was born on its great-grandmother's 75th birthday?
i woke up to justin signing against my belly to the tadpole. i'm starting to recognize "hi", but i can't interpret the rest. still, it's lovely to be a part of their little chats.
our tadpole is already spreading joy everywhere it goes. :)
posted by laura at 8:34 AM
5 Comments:
Ohhhhhh... definitely keep him!
I hate not having internet access at home...I just caught up with your posts this morning. So glad you survived the ultrasound. I won't even pretend I have an inkling of what you're thinking or feeling with all of this...and chances are I won't comment on many of your posts because of that. Just know that I'm thinking good thoughts and reading every day about your journey.
glad you're feeling better. enjoy your dinner, and the visit with grandma.
darlin' you are a more than generous spirit in and of yourself, that's why you have them in your life.
can i e-mail the tadpole?
well, um, the tadpole doesn't have its own e-mail yet, but you could e-mail something to me, and i'll be happy to pass it along.
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