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When you least expect it

by on July 31, 2008

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I have mentioned before that I am a genuine Ace when it comes to preparing for bad and shitty news. As much as I try to dwell in a hopeful place (& I genuinely do for other people), usually I am often having an internal battle with my resident pessimist that lives in my head [...]

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What really sucks is that I am so good at preparing for the worst. SO good. I am like a four star general of waiting for the shoe to drop. And even now, as I try to sit firmly in a happy place, I am feeling the fog lift up around me. It is trying [...]

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Being covert and clever has its pros and cons. I mean I should TOTALLY get points for adding my home fax number to the blood order this morning, right? Because then I would get the results the same time as Northeast Clinic and could just sit pretty until the call back nurses got to calling [...]

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The problem with happiness

by on July 23, 2008

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So far I have found only one caveat with being this jubilant and thrilled: getting to and staying asleep is tough as hell. My face is also a bit sore from grinning. There is also this faint headache from unicorn horns poking me in my brain. This morning I woke up and totally farted a [...]

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Pendulum Out

by on July 22, 2008

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You know that pendulum I was talking about? How it swings out or swings in? Right now it is out in happy land. I hope like hell its stays there for a good long while. There is a positive pregnancy test in my house. From MY pee. At 11 days past ovulation (8 days past [...]

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I can’t remember when I first realized that my family was not like other families. There might have been a moment of confusion upon meeting someone’s father or carpooling with someone’s sibling. I would view the extra addition to a friend’s family as “just one of those things”. The differences didn’t bother me as I [...]

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