The Queen's Rambles

I found something to do. I just got a big box of baby girl clothes in the mail, so off to the wash they went. They are so cute! I am so happy! My old college friend and I reconnected on FB and are both having babies in April. Her due date is April 13, the day I want to have Elsa. We’re trading clothes since we both expect this to be the last baby.

Do you know how bad it would suck to give away all the baby things and have an unexpected pregnancy? I guess there are worse things in life, but it would be pretty brutal. I am still trying to decide what to do about BC after the baby comes. I want to get my tubes tied eventually, but that just feels so. . . permanent. Not sure I want to do it until Elsa is around for a few years. I guess that sounds kind of morbid, but you never know what will happen.

Hormones are out.

IUD? I don’t know. It kind of scares me, but maybe that would be the best option.

Natural family planning? It is easy, for the most part, but also a pain in the butt. I get tired of checking temps every day and feeling up my hoo-haw. This will probably be the method I lean towards anyway.

Condoms. Ugh.

So much for the sexual revolution! I’m really glad I have options and am educated on all of them. I just want better options.

I was thinking about the things left to buy, other than clothes, diapers, wipes, creams and so forth. I think I need:

1) A snap and go stroller. No way am I doing a freakin’ travel system again. Hated that bastard.

2) A swing that goes sideways and back and forth. They plug in these days instead of running solely on batteries. Awesome!

3) A baby book. I have sorta-kinda kept up with Erik’s. I need to find it and do some updating. I am sure he will appreciate it, but I think a little girl will appreciate it even more. I do have Birthday Books for both the kids, which are way more awesome than Baby Books, but I want both.

I am always amazed when I read the stupid babycenter.com posts where people are whiny that no one bought them their stroller/car seat/swing/big fancy item off their registry. What kind of friends do they have that they expect them to spend that much on their baby?! That is just not the way my world works. Some of those women are so entitled and whiny. “I don’t have the money to buy all this stuff myself! Isn’t that what my shower is for?” Uh. NO! If you didn’t have the money, why’d you get pregnant? Scour craigslist and consignment shops. That’s my plan even though I am not in dire financial straits. Your shower is for cute little outfits and some of the smaller baby items, unless your work or a group of friends all chip in for a big ticket item. Maybe I am just a bad, ungenerous friend.

You know what? I am starving. Who wants to go to Taco Bell and get me my daily burrito. Prior to this pregnancy I had never been to the Germantown Taco Bell. A few minutes ago Erik said something about “we haven’t been to Taco Bell in daaaaaaays. I just want a steak soft taco!” Maybe we’ve been a little excessive with the Taco Bell.

Can you believe when I was his age my Granddad would sit in his truck, give me a dollar and send me in to the Bell to place my own order. I suppose Erik could handle doing that, but it would never occur to me to let him. I don’t think it would have occurred to my mom, either. Granddads are different creatures. When I was a little girl I didn’t know that dads and granddads were allowed to go into stores or restaurants, except the pizza parlor. I’m sure I saw other men in the stores, but I think I was a teenager before I realized my dad sometimes went into the store in the gas station to buy things. I was also a teenager when I realized that all boys don’t drive trucks and all girls don’t drive cars. Yes, I lived in Hilly Billy Junction.