1. Vapor. As in, I keep forgetting what was on my mind. Like the time we cleaned up after dinner and found the vegetable I’d meant to serve still in the microwave.
2. Baby stuff. Should I start shopping now so I don’t have to think about it when I’m at the 8 month whale stage? I’ve dithered way too much about this and finally concluded the smart thing to do is start doing a little each month so by the end of term we’re ready. Also, hey, everything is on sale now and through January.
3. Baby names. I have no clue. It’s hard enough to come up with character names. But I’m really going to have to do better than “Mystery Pumpkin #3” by the time the kid shows up.
4. Drug testing and the contents of everything I eat. You may laugh, but it is now standard procedure to randomly drug-test pregnant women and there’s already been a custody issue over a drug test and a poppy seed bagel. I eat bread with seeds, crackers with seeds, there’s even grape seed extract and god knows what else in my vitamins. Should I stop eating seeds? Why would seeds cause a positive test result anyway? Can’t they tell the difference between good nutrition and crack smoking?
5. Writing. Will I be able to get enough done? How much is enough, anyway?
So you can see why I haven’t been blogging much. Too much on my mind. Or I forget what was on my mind five minutes ago.
So, no lemon poppyseed muffins. Argh.
Random drug testing? Seriously? Yikes. But I love “Mystery Pumpkin.”
I think you should simply re-read your previous post, the one about making plans and being realistic about progress. And I have every confidence you will write exactly the right amount.
Enjoy!
Whoops, didn’t mean to be anonymous. Brain vapors are not limited to pregnant women.
MJ, good to know I’m not alone. : D And yeah, the random drug testing was a big surprise to me. That wasn’t the case with last child, but then, it’ll be six years between ’em, so things change. I do re-read my own advice. Half the reason I write it is to remind myself!
Poppy seed gives a “false positive” for drugs… Do NOT ask how I know this. As far as I know, it’s only poppy seeds which come from the poppy plant which also produces…? Yeah, there you go.