Stories
Follow along for some unhinged ranting about writing, life-ing, and things that I am reading or hyper focusing on at the moment. Could be a book series or Orcas, your guess is as good as mine.
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Weird Things People Say to Pregnant Women
Ever since I announced my pregnancy, I’ve noticed the same comments come up over and over again. Some of them good-natured and fun and others that seem super weird. Pregnancy and children are a thing that people get really opinionated about really fast so it’s been interesting, fun, weird, and sometimes weirdly offensive. “WHAT ARE…
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22 Weeks Pregnant: Feels Like Forever
I’m about 22 weeks pregnant and because I found out so early (two weeks), it feels like I’ve been pregnant for exactly 22 years. It doesn’t help that I’ve literally had almost every possible pregnancy symptom ever documented: Sore hips, restless legs, all day indigestion, all day nausea, insomnia, anxiety, RAGE, and my boobs are…
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I Was Blind But Now I Can See
I feel like I’m losing my mind. This time it’s not in an “I’m having a nervous breakdown, please rush me to my therapist,” kind of way, it’s more like my brain has been removed and all that’s left in my skull is a party of lunatics. I’d like to blame it on the fact…
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My Husband Doesn’t Understand Robots
As of today, I’m 19 weeks pregnant and my husband is nesting by drinking like a frat boy and buying things that will “make cleaning easier once the baby arrives.” He bought a steam mop, which I thought was dumb because it’s basically like a Swiffer which we already have. But, I have to admit…
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On Being Knocked Up
So, let’s start off by announcing that I’m pregnant (and terrified! Have you seen the birthing videos?!). How did this happen? Mostly sex. Was it on purpose? It wasn’t not on purpose but was still a surprise. A few months ago, I was sitting in a restaurant in Brooklyn with my longtime best friend talking…
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