Apols and Oranges

So, apologies to all the friends and family members to whom I have not called, written or otherwise contacted in the last several weeks/months. I could use the "life is so busy" excuse, or the "pregnancy and being alone is leaving me so overwhelmed" excuse, both of which would be true. However, I'll just say that even the idea of picking up the phone to speak to anyone other than Adam, my mother or sister these days has just been too exhausting. Any of my very lovely friends that I need to catch up with would require at least a good two hour conversation to do all of the appropriate catching-up, and I just don't feel it in my bones these days. Sorry.

Oranges are the sweet news for this week, which is that I was offered a promotion at my job! Yeay! My coworker is leaving in a month's time to start a position elsewhere, so my boss needs me to pick up a bit where she is leaving off. This also means, of course, that I will not be leaving Michigan as planned. Adam and I realized that it would be more stressful than necessary for me to try to follow him as the military moves him from Virginia to Georgia over the next few months; besides, once he's in Georgia, he'll be doing field exercises that might keep him away for days at a time, so I might not see him much anyway. Add to that, all the doctors I'd have to transition through and not having any friends...So, I will stay in our nice little house for the duration, surrounded by Mrs. Gonzales ("I'm going to measure your belly every week, girl!") and the motley crew of other wonderful friends we have here in the mitten.

In other news, my sister called me yesterday to ask if I'd be opposed to my baby wearing blue if it turned out to be a girl...does my sister not know me at all?? I then informed her that all the baby clothes that I've received so far are from my friends who have twin boys; therefore, if Ads and I have a girl, she's going to be wearing loads of blue, even if the onesies says "Mommy's Little Boy". Free is free, after all. My sister says I'm going to give the kid a complex. Oh well.

Right, then. I guess that's all for now. Oh, yeah, well, just to brag (like George Castanza did about his parking mojo), I scored really big at Kroger yesterday. I went in to get a bag salad for dinner. I came out over an hour later, loaded down with crazy deals on yogurt, yogurt and more yogurt. Literally, I paid 10 cents for a yogurt cup yesterday. I hope it's not moldy inside.