Tucked!!!

I have lost 10 lbs.  This is all a part of my "Fabulous by Forty" plan.  I'd like to lose 3 more before 40 so I can be at my pre-pregnancy weight.  But I am excited about the 10.  It feels good.  I feel good.  I feel sex-ay.

And, holy mother of God, but for the first time since Sam was born I actually wore a shirt tucked in today.  It was covered by the silhouette of an open cardigan sweater.  But still.  Girlfriend tucked in her shirt.  Never thought I'd see the day again.

Shame

I am very, very sad about the CA Supreme Court's decision today upholding Prop 8, which says that marriage only exists between a man and a woman.  Part of me feels angry, but mostly I just feel sad and disappointed.  

When Prop 8 first passed, I was baffled, absolutely baffled, that the majority of people in CA could vote for a law that was so hateful.  But someone explained to me that it wasn't about hate.  It's not that people who voted for 8 are against gay people, per se, it's just that they believe marriage should only be for men and women.  

I remember learning about this argument in history before Brown v Board of Education.  It wasn't that white people were against black people, per se, it's just that they believed their schools, restaurants, water fountains, clubs, etc should only be for white people.  

How sad that we think we've come so far and yet, here we are.  Again.

Life With Boys

Left the boys home with Dad and went to gardening store.  This is what my photo wall looked like when I got home. 

I am thinking of publishing a coffee table book called "Life with Boys."  This would be one of the photos.  

You cannot make this stuff up.

If anyone needs a good laugh today, head on over to my beloved pal J's blog and read "Mothering a Naked Two Year Old."  

Parenting.  You cannot make this stuff up.

Conversation between Jack and Aaron

At Baskin Robbins, this afternoon.  It was a totally serious conversation.  Jack was not kidding.

Jack:  Dad, for your birthday I'm going to get you a toy vagina.

Aaron:  Where the heck did you hear that?

Jack:  At "coolinary" school.

I am as baffled as you.

Good news

They were calling to tell me the lump is "consistent with benign findings."  For Christ's sake, people, if you are a dr's office calling with good news, say so in the message you leave.  

Time to get back to breathing.  

3 hours later

I just called the OB's office again.  The person that called me is gone for the day.  The Medical Assistant that answered the phone had no idea why the doctor called.  She said she would track down the doctor and call me back.  JFC, you can't call someone, tell them to call you back and then not be there.  

I am starting to think that maybe this is nothing, just some silly medical office mistake.  Oy vey.