Things I Have Learned Recently

1. Going to see the last Harry Potter movie, while a wonderful break from sitting in the house, is probably not the best idea when you're full of pregnancy hormones and have read the books so you know what's going to happen and end up crying through the last hour of the movie.

2. After 2 days of puking up everything you eat, a movie theater hot dog can taste like manna from the heavens.

3. The only way to eat cottage cheese is on cheddar & sour cream Ruffles. Nom.

4. If caffeinated diet soda tastes good and stays down, I'm damn well going to drink it. To hell with the sodium and caffeine. At least there's no sugar.

5. Saltines can leave a really disgusting sour aftertaste when your sense of taste is screwed up.

6. Even with the nasty aftertaste, sometimes there's no substitute for a couple of saltines and plain water.

7. Never, EVER think that your misery can't get worse. The universe will slap you down just to show you it can.  It's amazing how much more tolerable my general nausea is now that I had those 2 days of constant puking...

8. Not pregnancy related, but the music video for Lady Gaga's "You & I" is fantastic.

9. Husbands need naps almost as bad as pregnant wives do.

10. I am still going to occasionally flip out a little bit when I'm struck by momentary panic that something feels "wrong" and it might be an early sign of miscarriage, even when it's nothing. Even when I've puked less than an hour before and have no good reason to think that way.

And finally, we've recently learned that our elder cat, Shady, tends to dole out affection in ratio to the size of poop he's just left in the litter box.  The bigger the dump, the lovier the kitty. And as he's now in my lap purring and demanding to be petted, I'd say we've got a doozy in there. >.<