• Went to orientation in CT and realized I didn't pack my pajamas (duh!).  Had to sleep in my undies and turtleneck.  Before I went to bed, I jacked up the heat thinking I was going to freeze.  Bad idea.  Woke up an hour and a half later SWEATING my ass off.  Not a good feeling since I had a sore throat and was super parched. 
• Orientation was umm, interesting in some parts (don't forget, I was tired from lack of sleep).  Drank a lot of kool-aid, if you know what I mean.
• Later that week, Sophia was sick with an upper respiratory infection.  Of course that would only mean it would be in a matter of seconds before I would be infected (and the rest of us).  I was out of commission for over a week.
• After I recovered from the cold/cough, I woke up one morning with a really bad pinch nerve.  At first I thought I slept wrong, but I was in extreme pain for two days.  Plus I couldn't cancel my pilates class because it was under a 24-hour cancellation notice (duh, like I planned this pinch nerve?).
• Work has been keeping me busy.  Mostly dealing with schedules and stuff.  Nothing extremely challenging or insightful.  Sigh.  There are days when I feel like I haven't contributed to anything.
• There are days when I feel like I wasted my 20 years by serving the man and not pursuing what I've always wanted to do- to be in a creative atmosphere such as a music producer in a film or television (I've always been intrigued by the behind-the-scenes world).  Now that I think of it, I totally wasted my time and career by doing nothing about it.
• Then I think about the time before I had children, I should have visited all these places and countries yet never taken the time or initiative to go.  Some thoughts- parts of Asia, Vienna, Italy, Le Mont St. Michel & Normandy (France), Vancouver, Barcelona, Madrid, Morocco, Turkey...the list goes on and on.  Sigh!  I know, I know, I can take my children when they get older...

That was just a snippet.  Oh, a story to tell.  I come home from work and Olivia sees me.  She says aloud, "UH OH.  Mommy AH-AH (which means Mommy is going to hit!)" amd booked.  You ask why she said it?  Because she was wearing A DRESS (she chooses her dress and wears one everyday).  This kid is just beyond control!

Tomorrow is my sister's baby shower.  I seriously cannot wait for this kid to come out.  For a change, it's nice to return the kid to the parents and say BYE!!!  Thank God for technology and docs to tie my tubes.