Third Culture Kid(s)

Because M. just walked in with my keys in hand - the fifth time I’ve left them in the locked door since I became pregnant.  Seriously.

So, we survived MM’s very first kiddie party unscathed. She had The Best Time Ever, and I was just happy to know that I could get through it without going to pieces.
It was an interesting crowd; turns out I was the only “whitey” (to steal a Johnnyism), but the real difference was that a […]

(anyone get the reference?  Anyone??)
Thanks for the good wishes and calming thoughts.  I actually posted that and then immediately went and woke my husband up to insist that he talk me down from my tree.  Sadist that I am, the act of waking him up made me feel a little better.
And then I […]

I’m feeling inexplicably panicky today.  Is 2.0 moving too much?  Am I going to develop some complication that will hurt him/me?  Will he be born alive?  Will he survive that first year?  Or the subsequent ones?
Went online a bit.  Didn’t help (predictably).  Getting offline now.  Still hate being pregnant.  Hate every last little thing about […]

that don’t impress my husband.
“I can’t reach down to get my shoes on.”
“It hurts to walk across the room.”
“My body hates me.”
“I’m getting so f***ing tired of not being able to move freely.”
We’ve been in a pissing match lately over who has it harder; of course, his trump card is the fact that, presuming childbirth […]

Rachel has a really thoughtful and insightful post up on her blog today about identity and the people - not of that identity - who profess to ‘get’ it, and it’s really gotten me thinking.
For those of you who haven’t ventured over to my profound “About” page, this weblog is called “Third Culture Kid(s)” because […]

It’s been an unusually nice day so far.  To wit:
BP: 169/74.  It’s very happy.  2.0 still bobbing around.
Diss: (yeah, well, we won’t go there)
I just got back from picking the car - our only, still unpaid-for (we pay off in June!!) car - up from it’s 60,000 mile checkup, and the grand total, complete with […]

Actually, I’m not “down” (I’m also not the only one who knows who The Carpenters were, right? Right??) - I like rainy days, particularly when I don’t have to be out in the stuff. Although, strictly speaking, we need to get to Toys ‘R Us and get a birthday present for a friend’s […]

What I wasn’t able to find was the EXTREMELY RARE - HTF wheelchair/scooter/cane accessory for “Asian Dad.”  Verisimilitude apparently has its limits.

I’ve missed two days here…I think I’m out.
But, in the interest of keeping people up to date:
BP/Preg: BP’s been behaving, although I wonder if that has anything to do with the fact that I’ve been taking it between nap #1 and official bedtime.  But, heck, if it can even get that low, we’re ahead of […]