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January 2004



Super Bowl Sunday

Saturday, 31 January 2004 11:58 A GMT-08
  Tomorrow is THE BIG game: the Super Bowl! (That is THE biggest American football game of the year, in case you're across the pond and couldn't care less about American sports.) Jeremy's team will be playing, so needless

Testing, 1, 2, 3...

Friday, 30 January 2004 11:59 P GMT-08
Had another doctor's appointment this week and took my Glucose Screening Test (which tests for gestational diabetes).  This involves me chugging 10 fl. ounces of this orange, syrupy drink and then having the nurse draw b

Belly shots

Monday, 26 January 2004 5:23 P GMT-08
A blurry self-portrait taken in the bathroom mirror: 27 weeks down, 13 to go.  Amazing fact of the week:  if Baby was born now, s/he would have an 85% chance of living outside the womb.  This blows my mind -- that someth

One door closes, and another one opens....

Thursday, 22 January 2004 5:29 P GMT-08
So I'm fully enjoying my new state of unemployment right now.  : )  And, ironically enough, I already have another job prospect on the horizon that starts a couple of months after the baby is born (a job where I can be home every night).&nb

Our latest home improvement project

Wednesday, 21 January 2004 9:28 A GMT-08
I think it's a crime to live in Southern California without an orange tree in one's backyard.  And so, courtesy of our friends' housewarming gift, I present to you our latest home improvement project: Cute little thing, isn't it?? 

Blushing...

Wednesday, 21 January 2004 9:27 A GMT-08
I am SO embarrassed by my behavior in my previous post.  Perhaps it would've been wise to contact my supervisor BEFORE I embarked on my huge rant.  Now I fear that I have come across as a raving lunatic.  As it turns out, t

Kick me when I'm down, why don't ya?

Tuesday, 20 January 2004 3:56 P GMT-08
All I need is for someone to give me a few dozen paper cuts and pour lemon juice on them.....THEN my week will be complete.  Got my letter from York stating that my being awarded my MA degree is subject to corrections to my dissertation. 

Breaking up is hard to do...

Saturday, 17 January 2004 9:27 A GMT-08
I have definitely fallen into a blogging abyss.  The more I don't blog, the more I feel I should blog about, which results in me putting off blogging even more. Am I even making sense?