my protector + national delurking week

I really should have titled this post, “Confessions of a Crazy Cat Lady,” but I don’t like to be too obvious. Cleo This lovely feline goddess is Cleo. She is nine-years-old, and she is my protector. She and I have always been close. In fact, I knew I wanted her before we ever got her. I told [...]

changes in attitude

My poor wife. I have never been a great partner when PMS comes around. I have mentioned here before that I become a PMS monster with moods nearly impossible to understand or predict. Well, it seems that early pregnancy has turned me into a new kind of monster. I seem to cry at nearly everything. [...]

learning to trust my body

I suppose it’s going to take me some time to figure out how to talk about all of this, but I want to, and yet I don’t want to be insensitive, so anytime I talk about p-word stuff, I’ll try to provide ample warning for those having a really crap day/week/year with all of this. [...]

pregnant. period.

Early this morning, I had a dream that I was taking this digital pregnancy test, and the “not” kept flashing on and off. Eventually, it leveled out and stayed off, and I left the bathroom to tell J. At that point I awoke, and I was so utterly bummed. This seems to happen nearly every [...]

pregnant? period?

Come January 1st, I will either be starting my period or a pregnancy. The way things are going, my guess is it will be the period. Regardless of my feelings on the matter, I should not have started the morning by blaming my weepiness and bitchiness on probable PMS. My poor wife didn’t need that. We [...]