I've come to the point in my pregnancy where I have to make the decision as to whether or not I will be going back to my job and if so how long after the baby is born. I must say I am really conflicted on what I should do. I may not qualify for actual maternity leave (as defined by the Family and Medical Leave Act) which would mean that I would have to take a disability leave. How long of a leave would then be decided by how long I've worked for the company and how that ranks on some chart that… Continue

Another day of amazing fun! Today wasn't nearly as upsetting as yesterday, there were no tears but damn was it frustrating. Work seemed to go on forever and I made the horrible mistake of attempting to get a new cell phone. My previous phone was dropped one too many times so I've been using my 4 year old phone with a crappy number 3 till could use the 2 year contract to get the good discount. I got the discount, but ended up having to order the phone from TMobile directly over the phone as oppos… Continue

Today I finally got a call back to set up for my childbirthing classes through the birthcenter. So far I'm stuck with a 'express' class that goes from 8:30-5 on a Saturday.
8:30 AM on a Saturday that I am not working.
Fucking weak.
That was the good news of the day. I called my insurance company to find out if the classes would be covered, and the answer was off course no they will not be. So we either go without or fork over $120 bucks out of our pocket. I have been having a long an… Continue

Without further ado, a triptych my wonderful kittys!
Our oldest but most recent adoption, the Naku Haha-Sama (crying mama, which she is!) all curled up in one of my comic book box lids.

My gorgeous large angry Miroku in the same comic box lid about 15 minutes later. Notice how he just barely fits .

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Only my second day of NaBloPoMo and already I've technically missed a day. I had to babysit for my nephew tonight an I expected to have internet access. Unfortunately my brother-in-law took his laptop to work so I had to write this post out in a notebook and post it after I got home a this lovely hour of what feels like 3:00 AM. Way past when I'm normally sleeping.
I haven't talked too much about my pregnancy on this blog, mainly because it hasn't really been all that eventful. So far so goo… Continue