So close. Almost
there. No, I'm not pining to get to Columbus as much
as I'm pining to finallllllllly unlock the last two
months. Holy shit. This has been KILLING me. Sunday is
the start of the 2nd trimester and, wonderfully, also
April Fools' Day. Gotta love that. :-)
Now most of our
friends and family know, that's not the issue. No, the
issue to me is that when an entry is locked? The
feelings are as well. It makes me a bit stir-crazy in
my noggin' to have soooooooooo many entries only to
myself. Sharing them makes me instantly feel
understood. Locking them means that anyone reading or
following ths story doesn't really know me. And these
past 2 months have been the most "Character Changing"
of my life. So having no one read that? After over 12
years of sharing? Whew. Let's just say I'm really
ready for it to be April.
And yeah, so is
Talya. This is Talya's visit to The Mall in DC. (sigh)
Whatever I'm feeling neurotically, Talya is feeling
physically. She's the worst case of 1st trimester
nausea I've heard of. My friend Chad asked if we had
taken classes yet, and I'm like: "She can't move
dude." It's a good thing she hasn't had to work. The
few times she has worked during this period? She
puked. All movement causes nausea and it's all day and
night... then goes away mysteriously for a bit in
which we try to accomplish a few things. But again,
there aren't enough benches in the world to help this
and considering? She's done quite well. Yesterday
however, was the worst in a long time. She wasn't
really happy with me or Karen... and we weren't really
happy with her. LOL. We were quite a trio.
I feel bad
because Karen and I are most certainly "I'm FINE"
people. In '03, Shizzle smashed my finger in the door,
nearly broke it, ripped off my nail, blood everywhere
and while Jess lost her shit I just kinda ran
around in circles in the backyard laughing saying
"it's kinda hot, need ice cubes" and giggling as
Shizzle ran with me. It's a sign of stupid guy-pride
for me to see just how much pain I can be in
without anyone knowing. Talya doesn't need to be that
stupid and to be honest? If I was nauseous for 2
months? I'd probably want to KILL someone. So the
whole thing just sucks because we have one day to DC
and it was today. As well, her mom hasn't spent the
24-7 I have with her and takes it kinda
personally when Talya is short. I on the other hand am
an old pro when it comes to this and I smile and
keep sipping my coffee. Oh yes, there's always coffee
nearby. HAHAHA. And because it's sooooooooooo out of
character for her? You just rub her tummy, say
"I love you" and agree with her that, yes,
I did do this to her. I like to add:
"And it was FUN!" They LOVE that.
:-)
Saw the sites, and
check out this badass shot:
It's funny, our
Instagram and Facebook feeds are all the identical
things taken from a different perspective. I won
the "Lincoln" picture contest between us. :-) And
there's a new attraction (weird thing to say about DC)
since I was here in '09:
Really cool.
I had no idea that he was a chunk out of the
little mountain like that. Ended the DC video
with that. Gotta love that new string update for
Garageband. :-)
I've been to DC so
many times so I kinda wanted to capture something
different than I have in the other entries.
I like static shots of random shit. I'm in a
weird mood. Maybe it's the beard. Oh and the cherry
blossoms were in bloom. They're pink.
Yup. Uhm. Can you
tell I really, really, really just want to get to
the next entry? Ha. So does Talya. Please let this
month of unending sickness pass . I've read that some
women have it until the middle of the
SECOND trimester. God I hope that doesn't
happen. Talya needs a break. Thankfully we're on our
way to Ohio now and it will be far less hectic. She'll
truly be able to lay in bed all day and it will make
no difference. Oh and one more pic before the big
announcement entry:
Who. Seriously.
Who? How do you rationalize the space on your sign? I
know I'm a bit of a techno-geek, but I can't even
imagine how expensive it would be to buy film and get
it developed now. Then what, scan it into your
computer to share with your friends? Huh? Film has
become so inconvenient for the common person and now
even professionals have little reason. What you can do
post-production wise looks so much like film,
I mean jesus - that picture above is from my
phone. That's incedible. I have to assume these
signs will be coming down within 2 years.
OK.
I DID IT! TALYA MADE IT! We're in
a Bob Evans! One more hour to go until Columbus. One
more sentence until the announcement! No, one more.
No, one more. No... one more!
