Thank you all for your wishes for a relaxing and distracting weekend. I think your wishes worked. We had a wonderful time in Boston, and sort of dreaded coming back to work.
Tomorrow is the day: we are going for a blood test in the morning and then we hear in the afternoon. Sadly H. will be in a meeting from 2 to 4. So I guess I will send her a text message one way or the other? I think we will have to discuss this tonight, what she wants me to do. In terms of symptoms I have fuller then normal breasts that H. says are harder then normal too, nipps that feel like they have needles in them (this is not a constant thing – thank the good lord), cramps, headaches that are short and sweet, and heartburn. On the teeter totter of hope (or sea saw for my British friends) I have been mostly high in the sky with hope, but every now and then my butt is bruised by despair as I bounce onto the ground.
Today I was at the pizza shop across the street getting lunch and diamonds on the soles of her shoes by Paul Simon was playing. I could not help but to sing along a bit. Graceland was an album in heavy rotation in my house when I was young. I think it was one of the few tapes in the car, also there was a Police tape, and my sisters, my mother and I would all sing so loud in the car. My heart leaped when the song started today, I knew every next word and beat. Graceland will be a staple in our house too, I can’t wait to have our little kids singing every word, and making every percussion beat with their mouths. What music do you look forward to sharing with your children or future children?
xo
L.
7 responses so far ↓
Olive // June 17, 2008 at 5:03 pm |
I’m on the edge of my seat! I hope you get the best news of your life tomorrow.
I look forward to sharing the Les Mis soundtrack and assigning our kids, me and Fern parts that we can dramatically reenact.
yup, another sara // June 17, 2008 at 7:40 pm |
After my parents divorce, my mom listened to a lot of Laura Brannigan and Hall & Oates. My siblings and I still have a strange relationship to Hall & Oates music to this day. I am looking forward to sharing all sorts of music with our kids– I can’t wait to expose them to all the stuff we love and I can’t wait to learn about what they will expose us to–
Travelher // June 17, 2008 at 8:23 pm |
I so hope you have the best news ever tomorrow!
My mom played Neil Diamond which I’ll want to share and the Carpenters which I’ll not because the music is so sad and depressing.
The kids and I will be bouncing around to alternative 80’s, Madonna and Depeche Mode!
Lizzie // June 17, 2008 at 10:54 pm |
Fingers crossed for your blood test tomorrow!! The cross-generational music in my house growing up was folk music, and Johnny Cash.
oneofhismoms // June 18, 2008 at 8:18 am |
Ooo! Tomorrow is today already.!
So???
Sharing music with my son has been oneof the best parts of parenting. I used to sing “I Will Survive” as a lullaby. Mostly because it made me laugh. My folks listened to a lot of Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel. My kids will listen to everything! Playing Bow Wow Wow in a room full of toddlers is always a trip…
nutella // June 18, 2008 at 9:12 am |
Hope the news is good!
I’m looking forward to sharing the original cast recordings of the entire Rodgers and Hammerstein and Stephen Sondheim library. Also, Simon and Garfunkel, Beatles, and Peter Paul and Mary.
tbean // June 18, 2008 at 11:59 am |
Your symptoms do sound promising. Fingers crossed.
Music to share…I think we could rock out a little U2 and Sting from time to time. And of course, the Indigo Girls, because, well, that’s required in a 2-mom household, isn’t it?