it may end up under the heading too much information! but here it is. or rather, here she is. now only 4 1/2 months left. LORD! that's still a lot of bloody time. in some ways this feels like it has flown by & in many ways it's taking too bloody long! oh impatient chad.
the 2nd trimester has been good i.e. more energy (or less sleeping bouts) & i continue to be lucky enough to feel great most of the time. there has been some movement which is very strange & offputting. especially at first i wasn't sure if it was heartburn, gas or what? it did suspiciously keep occuring in the lower dan tien. i had to have my doc confirm it. now it's happening quite a bit & there is this heavy feeling that wasn't there before. probably because i am heavy. yeah all tummy over here. it's very strange. i am also more susceptible to straining (thanks mac & ten for that vigorous, excitable lunging daily) & my coordination isn't at it's best. but i could complain on & on about the oddities. i am very grateful to have it so good. i know there are a host of other issues & inconveniences i could be suffering.
on another note: we are all settled into our new abode in fort greene. the boyos & i are exploring the surrounds slowly but surely. it's supercute & the houses are mostly brownstones with sprawling houses or verandah'd houses interspersed throughout. the park is a godsend & the boyos are having great times off leash (some may say too much good times with teno taking off after a streetsweeper yesterday & giving me a bloody heart attack & skyrocketing blood pressure but he returned in tact thanks to my really loud voice that carries the expanse of the park, hee4) every day & the commute into the city is lickety split & although the walk through the park is tiring for preggers here, there is a handy albeit shaky bus down murder i can take. heng ji & i diggin' it quite a bit & it is of course made all the better by superclose proximity to shaolin friends & some w'burg dogowners that were transplanted before us. you can imagine how thrilling it is to run into friends when you least expect it. that & the boyos easily make friends with man & beast alike. we are superhappy at the new haunt.
we were local for the holidays, the first time ever & i suspect the last time with baby gurl on the way. heng ji made me a wonderful xmas dinner & we hung out watching movies & at midnight called our folks with the news about the baby gurl. i didn't originally want to know the sex but now that i do, it's great. it is more real now, she is a person & i had a good, cathartic cry about it. everyone is very happy! still so much to do, plan & figure out, of course in the next months. it was a treat to also spend xmas with my boyos who the last couple of years have not been joining us in beantown. they are still awaiting their much needed new years bath!
so much going on & simultaneously things are winding down from the holidays. work continues to be funny & busy & there is a fear lurking about regarding what will happen to them when i go on leave. it would be a good thing for them to suffer through without me & really realize how critical i am to the daily grind & success of our enterprise. also i am also getting a laptop for home while away so i can work a bit. this is also my fear i will be bored out of my gore & it should help in case there are problems along the way that cannot be solved without my 2 cents.
until next time when i unload yet another bunch of stuff!
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