I know I'm certainly not any busier than any of you, so I really have no excuse as to why I have neglected my poor little blog. But I'll blame it on the one thing I can blame it on: pregnancy. I mean, that's what I'm suppose to do, right, blame all the craziness on the kiddo growing inside me?
Well, I really have missed all my little readers. I even had a friend write an e-mail and ask if I was OK. My problems is commitment, really. I am fully committed to the people and animals in my life but not so much to my blog, apparently. But this is it! I am fed up with myself! I am making a commitment right now to stay true to the blogosphere and write something... anything on here at least three times a week. Maybe I'll begin to make a nice little habit of it and increase that number, but I'm starting with a realistic amount for now. To start things off and catch you up, here's yet another recap of life thus far (well, since mid-June):
The Baby Thing
It seems that the pregnancy gods are shining down on me lately. About two, maybe three, weeks ago, the "I could vomit any minute now" feeling subsided. How did this make me feel? Let's just say if you all lived close by, I would have thrown a MASSIVE party. There would have been drinking, which I would not have participated in. But would I still have been on the table acting drunk? Heck yeah! To be able to do simple tasks like brush my teeth and walk into a bathroom without losing a meal is fanfrickintastic! And to boot, I'm finally starting to show. But this only means I hear, "Oh, you're actually looking pregnant now." My mom even did the touch-my-belly thing you always see. I didn't mind so much with her, but there's going to come a time when I have to tell some stranger to remain outside of my bubble or a fist may come flying. I'm so mean! But it is MY body! I also saw my shadow profile yesterday during a walk with the dogs and was pretty weirded out. Just wait ladies, it may happen to you some day and you'll be weirded out, too.
Workaholic
For a while there, things were pretty slow around the ol' working post. I was checking out your blogs several times a day. But for the past month, I've been in high gear. We hosted a conference, for which I was in charge of all publication materials and even some of the planning. Plus, our admissions department is getting all new material to coincide with a new branding effort just set in place. So, I'm doing good to get out of here at 5 p.m. some days, which is nothing like the previous job. So I'm OK with it. It's been fun, but in one week I went from having four jobs (that's what we call each assignment) to having 12. I really like it this way, though. I'd rather feel like I am getting lots of work done. It makes the time go by faster, and I like feeling like a multitasker (a.k.a. I'm a dork).
Homemaker
Even though I'm one of those women who loves her job and loves doing the desk work, I am glad to be feeling better and getting back to my other life of doing house work. I think I actually cooked dinner every night for a whole week. I've done laundry and dishes and really lived up to the barefoot and pregnant lady standing at the sink (can we say 1962?). I could still do more, and I've taken a few naps here and there. But let me put on my pearls and whip you up some manicotti! (Just kidding on the pearls...)
News in the M- home
I'm not using our last name. Julie was cool enough to remind me of that last time I wrote something. So what's new at our place? Chris finished the porch project Mickey and Courtney were so lucky to have witnessed. We just had two dead trees cut down in our yard... which are now in pieces on the side of the road if anyone needs firewood for the winter. We picked up the paint we'll be using for the kid's room. I caught my first fish in over 15 years. Chris told me I looked like a dancer from "In Living Color" when I walked out in my first pair of maternity pants the other day (talk about high waste!). Chris and his boss made a reporter he works with cry (he'll have to tell you the story). I'm helping plan my five-year reunion for college, because I don't have enough to do.
That's pretty much it in a nut shell. I WILL write on here more this week!
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I'm so glad to see an update! And I'm really glad you are feeling better!! I can't wait to see you in a couple of weeks. And so I guess this means you are going to the reunion. I've been trying to decide.
Hi Meaghan!
I'm glad this is the turn it took - at first i thought you were going to say you were signing off the blogosphere. Phew. :)
I wouldn't call you mean for punching a stranger or mere aquaintance who touched your stomach without permission. I'm sure you know my stance on being touched by people I'm not having sex with or are the product of my sex having. I may call you a fan of excessive violence or capital punishment, though. I'd probably just get really uncomfortable and break conversation and leave.
yay for a new update and glad you are feeling better! Are you guys going to find out the sex of the baby?
Glad you're back! I was beginning to worry. And I would totally punch any stranger who touched my stomach, pregnant or not.
Three times per week from now on, huh? I'll believe it when I see it. Uh, I mean, what an ambitious goal!
That is an ambitious goal. I find I tend to post less when one of my regular commenters is out of town (or working too hard!) because the more comments you get, the better, right? But I'm glad you're back in the blogosphere!
Yes, I checked your blog, I thought, in vain...and low and behold, there was a new post. I almost Xed out of your page by mere habit and then the beauty of the new words caught my eye and I almost felt a tear...a new post! Really? A new post? What have I done to deserve this 5 minute escape from boredom? What a great Lord we all have; one who saves us from boredom with a POST right when we need it!
HAHA! Glad to see that you are on here again these days. And I know that there are doubts in the minds of your readers as to your commitment to us, but as a 17 year friend, I can attest to your loyalty. If you say you are going to do it, you most certainly will.
I did, however, notice that you mentioned nothing of the "content" or "quality" of these said blog posts. So, maybe you should commit to us a minimum sentence number per post. No cheating with tiny posts like "It's a girl--the end!" And I think Chris is wrong! HAHA!
I just said to Courtney "I wonder what happened to Chris and Meaghan?" She said "What do you mean? Meaghan posted twice yesterday." I was going to send an email to make sure everything is okay. I'm glad it is.
Now what am I going to write about?
Oh, that's right. I wasn't going to. We'll just call it a summer blog vacation. I've got no good excuses.
I'm glad you're still enjoying your job. And that pregnancy has gotten easier for you. And that you're enjoying nesting.
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