I just love the things my son comes up with.

Right now he is counting all the pennies - just the pennies - from his money bank. He tells me he's going to use the money to take Daphne out for supper. For the confused reader, Daphne is a stick pony that he's had since before his first birthday. He tells me they are going to eat somewhere "with a lot of grass."

Bizarre dreams...

I had forgotten about the bizarre dreams that accompany pregnancy, usually about the delivery or care of the growing babe inside. With kiddo #1, I remember dreaming that I took him to work, stuck him in a mail slot, and left him there all day, slippery and bloody like he'd just been born.

Last night was the first dream I'd had of delivering this one, and I got a two-fer. Could've done without both. The first, I dreamt that I was in labor and knew it, but stayed home as long as I possibly could, which is more or less the plan this time around barring any health issues. I got to the hospital and my friend who works L&D there (and who has promised to labor me) got me in the room, where I am surrounded by nurses and doctors (such is the world of dreams!). I reached down and felt the baby crowning, and pushed her out (yes, a girl). What I didn't expect, however, was the second girl that followed right behind her. They were somehow attached, so at first I thought they were conjoined but I later realized it was the placenta and they were mo-mo twins. At first twin B was a bit blobby but then she took shape, and I wrapped them both up. They were both cute, but both were missing digits and B had some kind of facial deformity. Don't remember anything after that.

Dream #2: Same scenario, I went to the hospital knowing I was in labor but contractions not very strong. A few people I know from my current job were at the hospital. (In real life, I will not be delivering where I work unless I go into labor there, which I hope not to do.) At some point someone Leopolded me and told me this one was breech, which I was able to confirm by looking into my uterus (?!). I somehow reached in and grabbed the kid (again, a girl) and pulled her out. Her cord avulsed but didn't really bleed, but I held pressure on her umbilicus and since she wasn't breathing, I gave her breaths since there was no bag/mask. I think someone at some point yelled out my BP, which was 40s/20s. At that point, I woke up.

And I am quite glad both those dreams were only dreams!!!!!! Hopefully that is all the excitement that will happen this pregnancy!

Oh, and I checked my BP at the store today. 119/79...my kind of BP. :)

Rearranging deck chairs (warning! political post)

THANK GOD elections are over. For one, I was so tired of all the stupid flyers and phone calls that made their way to my house. Two, I am glad that whatever was going to happen happened and hopefully everyone will shut up about it now.

I neither identify myself as Republican nor Democrat, as there is plenty with which I find fault about both parties. The Democrats this session proved absolutely worthless and cowardly, as all that had to happen for them to back down on anything was the threat of a Republican filibuster. Not the actual thing happening....just the threat. I don't like their continued prosecution of the war in Afghanistan either. And I'm so over the Republican party's utter hypocrisy - "pro-life", yet we wholeheartedly support the wars, and we also support capital punishment. "Small government", yet we have no problem with things like the Patriot Act (yes, I am still cheesed off about that), Arizona SB 1070, nor spending a trillion dollars a year on defense. There is no way I'd align myself with either of these parties right now. (**Disclaimer** I have plenty of friends from both parties, and as individuals I know they are good people...I just can't stand what the parties represent!)

So I voted third party. I'm not a complete libertarian - I do believe in things like roads and ambulances that everyone should be able to use when needed - but I do believe that people the world over should be more or less left alone to live their lives without government interference, and neither Rs nor Ds are willing to do that. And I voted Libertarian for as many seats as I could. With one exception, if there was no third party, I just didn't choose. I felt no need to choose between (as the libertarians say) the left hand and the right hand of the One Big Government Party.

So congratulations, America! If rearranging the Titanic's deck furniture is your idea of 'change'...well, you got it!

A couple quickies from today....
1) I had to laugh today as I switched my calendar over to November. I noticed that tomorrow is Election Day in the US, and Day of the Dead in Mexico. Ah, irony! I posted this on facebook and one of my friends asked if I was for real; rest assured that I'm not nearly creative enough to associate the two on my own, so yes... it is for real!

2) My son is more perceptive than I give him credit for. We were playing a game today that was sorta-fun-sorta-educational. We were flipping a quarter onto a flat map of the world, and wherever it landed we talked about that country. (Except for the US, because as he put it, "We already know about the United States. That's boring.") Anyway, his class at school is going over basics of money as well. Since we were using a quarter for our game at home, he says to me, "So, Mom....this coin with a vulture on the back...it's a quarter, right?" I didn't correct him on the animal; I think he's more right than he knows.