Visit with my brother

Most of you know that my whole family lives in Romania and it's a great treat when I get to see them. For the past few years, my brother has been coming once a year for some training somewhere in the US and then comes over to visit us. It's fun, but so exhausting in the same time. You might wonder why? Well, not because he is hight maintenance, or demanding, but because the time he visits us is the only time he goes shopping for anything (back home, my sister in law does all the shopping in the house...)
So, I have spend the last 5 days between Target, Old Navy, TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Burlington Coat Factory, Walmart, the mall, Payless, The Shoe Depot, Borders, Game Stop, and then back to Target, Old Navy, the mall... you get the idea!
It was fun, but even for me it was all too much.

The very interesting thing was that while I though some of the things he was interested in were expensive (a pair of sneakers for $90 seams like a lot of money in my opinion), he was very excited at the prospect of not having to pay 5 times the price! Yup, surprizing as this sounds, you can actually find anything and everything in Romania, but 5 times more expensive than here. So no wonder I had to give my brother one of our bags to bring all his purchases home. As much as I hated going back and forth between the stores mentioned above, it was fun to pick up things for my niece and nephew and know that they will be excited about it. My niece is 4 and she all about pink and dolls, and my nephew is almost 9 and loves his Game Boy!

But al the end of the day, I am glad this is all over. Yes, I will miss having him around the house (I will not miss the snoring noises though), and having the chance to speak Romanian (yup, Alan still doesn't know much of it), but I am glad life is getting back to normal. As sad as this sounds, I am almost glad to be back at work to get some peace!

Cheers!

What phone service does she have? Cause I really want it too!

Yesterday I had one of those experiences when you do not know if you should just laugh or cry. Let me explain.

I take the commuter rail everyday. To and from work. I normally get a sit so I don't mind it. I get to read, bead and do a bunch of other things.
Yesterday I got on at my regular station, Back Bay. I did not get a chance to read one line of my new novel. Why? Well, this woman who was sitting about half a car behind me was having the loudest cell phone conversation I have ever heard. I don't think there is anyone that was in that car yesterday that does not know about Jason who is 20 lbs lighter than her, about Laura who is making out ok, but hates her job, about Jen who had her baby, a boy, Caleb... and the list could go on and on. I could see the people around me looking at each other, half surprised and half aggravated! None of us had a chance to say anything to her because she did not stop talking the whole way from Ruggles to Attleboro when I got out!

It never ceases to amaze me how oblivious some people can be. I have no problem with people talking on their cell phone. After all we are all free to do whatever we would like to. But I never understood why one has to be so loud that people around have no other choice but to listen. Trust me, she was so loud that you could not tune her out!

My conclusion to the day? Well, I wish I knew what phone service provider she had, because she had coverage the whole way. And if you had ever taken the commuter rail to Providence, it is widely known that 99% of people have no phone coverage from Sharon and well past Mansfield!

Later!

I have a window

For the past 1 1/2 years I had been working the same job. I love it, I would not trade it for anything. I love my co-workers and my boss, again I would not trade it for anything (except motherhood). But my desk sat between the back door of the office and 2 huge walls. I never knew if it was sun or raining outside. I would not see the light until the end of the day. Today we moved to a new building, 4 blocks down the street from where we used to be. And as silly as I feel about it, I am so excited to have a cubicle right next to the window. Now I get to be amused by traffic on Mass Ave (you should see it sometimes), and watch people trying to dart across the traffic! I have not had so much fun at work in a long time. And most importantly I have a window! Luckily no one really expected us to work today since I spent most of the day marveling at the fact that I can see outside.

Later!

Baby's heart!

Yesterday I heard the baby's heart. It was the strangest thing that has ever happened to me! I guess when you are sort of still looking like you had too many cookies for the holidays and not really pregnant, any confirmation that you are indeed pregnant help. Well, hearing another little heart beating helps!
Today is one the pregnancy milestones: I am finally 12 weeks along. I sort of started to feel more and more that this is real and that I can relax a little bit. But most days I am still scared out of my little mind.

Cheers!

New Year, new adventures!

Happy New Year! I am still hyperventilating over the fact that it's January again and I have no idea where another year went!

I am sure that the whole world knows by now, but just in case : I AM PREGNANT! After 3 years of treatments and shots and misery, it's finally happening. I am scared out of my mind most days (I alternate between freaking out that I will screw up somehow and my child will be all messed up, and freaking out that there is something wrong with the child and I am not sure how I am going to deal with it). When I am not scared out of my mind, I am mostly sick. But compared to the hell I have been thru with the treatments, being sick on a regular bases became a walk in the park (I know, kind of sad, but so true!)

My in laws were so excited over the news (we told them for Christmas)! So excited that we never got the chance to tell another person in the family. Everybody came over for Christmas day, and between my father in law and my mother in law, everybody found out about my condition! From them! Yup! We never really told anyone else in the family, cause we never got the chance for it! I was not sure if I should be laughing hysterically about it, or just cry!

So this year is a big year for us. By the time Christmas comes again (sooner than what you might think) there will be a little baby Tux around!

Cheers!