I have been away. I have been far away in the land of the black cats and the sickies and the slightly melodramatic. :)

On my way home from work on Tuesday, I noticed that the collection of stray cats that lives next to my apartment had a new member. A small sleek black one. I saw it running into the bushes on my way to the door of the aparmtent. Oh frell, I thought. "I am not superstitious. I AM NOT," I whispered.

Then it all began. By dinner time, I knew I would be throwing up soon. By 1am, I was awake, throwing up blackberries. And this wasn't "morning sickness." This was the stomach virus that I didn't think i would get from my grandmother's nursing home. We had visited there on Sunday and couldn't see her because her entire ward was sick with a stomach virus. But I got it anyway. So I stayed home sick and talked to my OB nurse who assured me that the virus could not get to the babies and that I needed to drink as much water as possible. At around 10:30, my Jeff came home from work to take care of me. Less than an hour later, he stubbed his toe on a suitcase that I had left in the living room and then couldn't walk. So there we are, me with a stomach virus, him with at the very least a sprained toe (possibly even broken!).

I could see him from my perch in the bedroom, sitting on the couch not wanting to look at the poor toe. We laughed and laughed at our silly circumstances. I thought about how I loved him and how we are so ready to be parents. I thought about how I love that he wears his t-shirts small in a world wear most men wear them too big. I thought about how great it is that we can laugh the way we do.

He made his way into the bedroom, where Archie was very happy to have both of us hanging out in bed all day. Since Jeff couldn't walk and I didn't want to see him hopping about, I told him I would make him lunch. When taking it out of the oven, I promptly burned my arm. I now have a lovely quarter moon burn where my watch should be.

Hopefully today, I am back in the land of the lucky. I am drinking my water, worried that I will become dehydrated.

And it is crazy snowing outside and that makes me mad because I don't want to wear a hat.