i didn't write yesterday, and i have lots of stuff to do this weekend, so i figured i better write tonight or soon enough another week will have disappeared. i should really be in bed already. poohead is going to the vet tomorrow morning to have his teeth cleaned, so i have to be up early. i took him in last weekend, and the vet seems to think that his bad teeth are the reason he hasn't been eating as much and therefore losing weight. i hope that's all it is.

i think i'll write a proper entry tomorrow. i just spent a good while catching up on my diary reading, and i also had a ton of these bookmarked and needed to clean 'em out:

my bathroom floor is clean now. some s.o.s. pads and 409 did the trick. oh, and also a paint scraper. i was afraid the pads (and the scraper) would screw up the ceramic tile in there, but it worked out ok. in other house news, though, it got flooded again. well, one corner of the front bedroom did. i guess i shouldn't say that it flooded because it wasn't under water, but apparently water seeped in somehow and made the carpet damp. argh. that problem needs to be fixed quickly. a couple of months back i thought the carpet was damp in there. my mother didn't agree, though, so i figured i was just going crazy. perhaps i shouldn't doubt myself so easily.

i should be sleeping, but you know how that goes. yesterday i went over to my house and decided to work on some of that cleaning. that bathroom floor is being way too difficult. the stuff that rob & i had bought a while back to try on the floor didn't get it clean, either. i don't know how i'm going to get all that black crap up. i don't even know what it is - it sort of looks like scuff marks from shoes. all i know is that nothing i've tried so far works and it's really starting to piss me off.

rob & i hung out for a while last night. he wanted coffee, so to the coffee shop we went. i ended up with a sprite. he asked if i was hungry and i told him he shouldn't have asked, because lately i'm pretty much hungry all the time. i'm pretty sure that i've now gained 15 pounds. argh. it's all belly, too, it seems. i believe the midwife told us that 25-30 lbs. is about average, but i've still got 4 months to go. also, it seems like everything makes me burp lately. while it hasn't so far been really uncomfortable or anything, it is annoying and sometimes embarrassing. i guess i've got heartburn to look forward to.

i watched hannibal earlier. it was alright. i didn't read the book, so i can't make any comparisons. i didn't know gary oldman was in it, and i had no idea that was him until the credits were rolling. i guess i wasn't paying attention at the beginning. were there even credits in the beginning? i'm sure there were. i guess i just missed them somehow.

i didn't sleep well last night. i had a hard time falling asleep, and then once i finally did, i hard difficultly staying asleep. then, around 11am, i was awakened by my mother & sara (carpenter guy's daughter - i've been spelling her name wrong). i think they have nearly finished everything up, but i'm really not sure. apparently my mother had asked them to do a couple of extra things that i didn't even know about, and that's why they keep ending up back over here. i got closet doors today, but only one is working correctly on the track, so at some point, they'll be back yet again to take care of that.

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yesterday i met a bunch of old co-workers for lunch. sebastien's going to be laid off and omar quit, so both of them are out of there on friday. we needed one more wonderful wednesday. this restaurant used to be called "wonderful vegetarian restaurant". yes, that was the proper name. we normally ate there at least once a week, and after a while, the middle of every week became wonderful wednesday. the restaurant has since changed names, but the food and the ritual have remained the same.

i've been feeling baby move around today for the first time. i guess i've been feeling her on & off for a good part of the day, but i wasn't really sure it was her until tonight. it's an odd feeling, but it's also exciting.

what is this nonsense all about? why did this woman have to go to court to be 'allowed' to do something that she supposedly already has the right to do? i don't know her. i don't know him. i don't know their situation. all i know is that it's her body and it should be her decision. i can only hope that it stays that way. our president and his buddies would i'm sure like to see things change.

i need to go to bed.

random movie quote:

"please. i have a wife and kids. please don't."
"you do? well, you're lucky. you be sweet to 'em - especially your wife. my husband wasn't sweet to me and look how i turned out."

carpenter guy came back friday & saturday to finish stuff up. all is done at my house other than i still have no closet doors in my bedroom. i think they finished up everything they were working on here at my parents'. on friday, carpenter guy's two daughters came along. the oldest (sarah) is eight and the younger one (katie) is four. what a handful. we went to wendy's for lunch and then to see lilo & stitch. that was enough to wear me out for the day. despite the whole getting worn out thing, though, i had fun hanging out with them. so very cute. i still can't believe i'm going to have a girl. i think one will be more than enough for me.

i do have other things to talk about, but i forgot to mention this yesterday and yet i keep thinking about it. on our videotape there are several views similar to this one. every time they show up, i can't help thinking of this.

i'm pretty sure i dreamt about it last night.

they mostly come at night ... mostly.