well.

Here's where the blog takes a huge left turn.

Obviously, I haven't been writing lately. In fact, I haven't been doing much of anything lately - skipping hockey and soccer and napping to try and get over this flu that I've had for the past couple of weeks. Or at least, I thought it was a flu. As it turns out, my congestion, my fatigue, my dizziness, my (almost constant) nausea are all thanks to the tiny baby that I will give birth to in October. Yep, I'm pregnant. Now, this really shouldn't have come as a surprise to me. I mean, this is planned. It's just that, if all goes well, there's no getting out of it now.

Maybe a blog isn't the best venue to announce my impending motherhood to the world. Maybe I'm being selfish by posting this news and then turning my phone off so that no one can reach me to ask questions or, god forbid, "talk". Honestly, I'm so wrecked right now that I can't even give anything to anyone right now.

stupid reality, i never liked you anyway

I have no desire to write. Every ounce of creative and intelligent energy has been sucked out of me after 15 days of doing whatever I want, whenever I want and drinking moderate amounts of alcohol (marrrrrrgarrrrrrrita!). Believe me, I want to want to write – it’s just that I can’t fathom how to begin writing about a 15-day vacation that began in Vernon in 20 feet of snow and ended in Mazatlan - with a hockey game and some Ativan induced blackouts to break it all up. In short, it was wonderful. It was a thousand times better than I ever imagined. I feel slighted by having to come back and go to work. So much so, that I called in sick yesterday for the first time in 5 years. I just didn’t want the vacation to end. Here’s a couple of pics from Silver Star – photos from Mexico to follow as soon as I get the batteries charged enough to be able to turn the camera on again. Will write more too, once my brain becomes less pickled.