Musings of a Marfan Mom

November 9, 2008
by marfmom
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Long Day

I really really need to be working on my slides for my group’s BPA presentation. Instead, I’m going to blog for a minute about my day. :-p

This morning I woke up to a toilet that didn’t work. Now, to be fair, I went to bed with a toilet that didn’t work. But, I had high hopes that in the morning the toilet would be magically fixed because if you’ve ever been pregnant you’re realize that a 7 month old fetus dancing on your bladder is no laughing matter. Unfortunately, the toilet flooded all over the bathroom floor, and when I say all over I do mean from corner to corner.

Also, yesterday on my way home from campus I tripped while choking on hot chocolate and fell into the mud. This meant I couldn’t really wear my jeans to craft day today. And, since I only have one pair of maternity jeans, I needed to wear my new pink pajama pants. To anyone from the Relief Society craft day reading this: please realize that I do not normally dress like this. I am not trying to be one of those pregnant women who lets what little fashion sense she had pre-pregnancy fly out the window. But, it was either wear pajama pants to go paint or my dress pants, and I would cry if I got paint on my one pair of nice pants.

Later this afternoon the plumber finally came. Thankfully he got the toilet fixed and I’ve been trying to clean out the bathroom since that point. However, later tonight our house manager came by about a leak in a first floor apartment. Turns out our water heater is leaking! Whoo-hoo! I guess that explains why we’ve been running out of hot water in the shower. No word yet on when that will be fixed.

But tonight, after laundry, grocery shopping, bathroom cleaning, dish washing, and bill sorting through, I can finally relax on the couch with Oliver and some ice cream. Just in time for homework. :-/

Oh how long ago a year is!  Oliver was little and I was skinny, haha

November 4, 2008
by marfmom
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Perfect Day

Recipe for a Perfect Day:

1) Wake up early to sunshine, early enough that you have time to lie in bed for a moment and contemplate life

2) Take a warm shower and eat a good breakfast

3) Enjoy the warm autumn weather while admiring the golden leaves everywhere

4) Get a FREE TANK OF GAS by redeeming your fuel perks

5) Dance in your car like nobody’s watching

6) Grab that grande Starbucks hot chocolate you’ve been craving and a glazed donut (calories don’t count on a Perfect Day)

7) Help educate people about their voter rights and then encourage them to GO VOTE

8) Enjoy the yummy smells of High Street as you get some exercise

9) Have a colleague of your former boss offer to help get you a job at STANFORD

10) Pass your Environmental Health Sciences test with at least a B (here’s hoping!)

11) Spend the evening with your friends keeping track of the electoral college totals

12) Sleeeeeeep (preferably with a cat at your feet, because who doesn’t like cats cuddling with them?)

November 1, 2008
by marfmom
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Suggestions?

I decided to throw a little election night party on Tuesday with some friends from school but I’m drawing a blank as for things to do in between each state getting called. Anyone have election party game ideas? Or election themed food?