My simulation is taking too long to run…

So I’ll write.

It’s been a mostly normal week, all told. Things are beginning to shift now that we can openly talk about being future-parents, but for the most part the big changes are still months away. We make little plans here and there, reading magazines about being new parents, things we can and shouldn’t do, but the whole thing still seems abstract and unreal for now. I’m sure that’ll change when I’ve got my own little one that I *can’t ever give away*.

The best thing for Jessie’s pregnancy pains, many and varied as they are, has actually turned out to be exercise. Whenever she feels down, if she goes out skating, or out to derby or hockey, she always feels far and away improved when she gets done. Of course, exercise is usually the last thing you want to do when you feel bad, but the results speak for themselves. The downside is that it’s summer here. Really summer. And that means that just going out and running for exercise is pretty much out of the question unless it’s so early in the morning that the sun has not successfully blistered the earth to unbearable temperatures, or so late at night that we risk having to run in the dark.

I’m working on music again, which is nice. I’ve lowered my standards of what is acceptable in my music, which is actually really useful, because it allows me to produce more stuff. It’s okay if it doesn’t rock me to my very core. If it sounds good, it’s good enough. And since I’m actually creating things, I’m getting better at the production. And with any luck, someday I’ll actually be good at it. Strange, I know.

Also, hoping to try another neighborhood get-together soon. This time I’ll hold it indoors and serve Ice cream or something else cold, as opposed to outside and grilling. It gets hot. I like meeting my neighbors, especially the ones with kids, and especially the ones with new babies. We can steal their clothes once their baby grows up, which I’m told happens pretty fast.
Hey, it’s done! Back to work.

Oh, but one other thing real quick. Remember that little frog from when we were de-swamping the area next to our house? The one we relocated to the front of the house near the garden? Yeah, we saw him again. Still there. Good for him.

-N