* Our spring weather is gone and it was 38 this morning. The forecast is rain and cold all weekend so we are considering a second at-home potty training boot camp. Wish us luck!
* I wrote a post yesterday on HDYDI about my pregnancy super power - the ability to sleep a ridiculous number of hours in a single bound. Again, the comments are a riot. I did not mention my second pregnancy super power - no stretch marks. Maybe I got two super powers since I carried two babies?
* Tomorrow I will post my instructions on how to create a book from your blog. I promise. I've already written it; I just need to publish it.
* For my giveaway, I put everyone's name in a hat..... and the winner is LONDON! (Today is a lazy day or else I would have posted pictures.) Thanks everyone for listening. I still encourage everyone to check out the Planet Money podcasts as they continue to explain everything that is happening during this financial crisis. Recent topics include what would happen if we let AIG fail and what the unemployment numbers really mean.
* Today is the 9 year anniversary of the day Jon and I met. We talked a lot about this last night. Within the first few months, he became the best friend I have ever had and vice versa. From the beginning, we've always understood each other in a way no one else has. And from the beginning, I've never been able to imagine a life without him in it. (It just took me a long time to figure out your best friend should be your husband.)
We talked a lot about the things that have happened over these nine years, what changed, and how much we've grown: a surgery for a cyst on my hip, his back problems and surgery, September 11 evacuation of downtown Chicago, double unemployment, my El train crash, marriage, my hearing loss and surgery, moving to Raleigh, twins, and creating a home and family together.
We agreed we would like the next nine years to be much calmer and to contain fewer surgeries.
We met on a Monday morning at work and that Friday was St. Patrick's Day. Our entire work team (30+ people) left at noon to drink at a bar and watch March Madness. We were at the bar for 14 hours, drinking beer, hanging out, yelling at a tv, making ridiculous bets, and talking.
To me, this sums up how much our life has changed in these nine years. If someone gave me fourteen hours on a Friday completely to myself (no work, no kids), the VERY LAST PLACE ON EARTH you would find me would be drinking green beer in a bar for all fourteen hours.
9 comments:
Love the post. The 14 hrs part is hilarious.
I have the podcast and just haven't listened to it, but I will!! And then we can discuss.
Happy non-anniversary, anniversary to an amazing couple!
Isn't it funny how we celebrate days that have no real significance other than to us outside of the normal birthday and such.
I think you should toast each other with a little green beer for old times sake.
Wow, I can't believe I won, thanks!
Isn't that the truth? Priorities change and you can hardly remember what your reality was before.
14 hours of no work and no kid? Green beer - no, Red wine -highly likely.
I can't comment on your other blog from work, so pardon me for bringing it over here. Zack and Miri was great, loved it! Have you seen Pineapple Express Yet? It's good too.
We listened to the podcast on our road trip and really enjoyed it. It sparked a lot of discussion between us, and we both appreciated the simplified explanation of the banking crisis since we do not have finance degrees. Since I've been traveling and on vacation I did not get a chance to comment, but I did want to thank you for posting the podcast link. That was very interesting.
Happy nine years!
Happy anniversary, good luck with the potty training (I'll keep my fingers crossed for you), and I'll tune back in for tomorrow's post!
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