just a few more days…

By christa 16 August, 2005 ry pics

Ryland turns one in just three more days! THREE MORE DAYS! Then I will have a one-year-old son. It feels pretty crazy and I am very happy and very scared and not sure what to think. In the grand scheme of things, it really isn’t a big deal. It’s just exciting to think that last year at this time, I was getting ready to squeeze a human being out of my vagina.

Here are some pictures to tide you over until Friday.
Some from July and how about a few from August.

I went to the doctor today and found out that I am the unhealthiest person in North America. I got a plaque and everything.

fancy pants lotion

By christa 9 August, 2005 random

I wish I could afford a jar of creme de la mer. I really do. It would probably save my life and make me gorgeous, turn my wardrobe into a collection of enviable artwork and inspire me to write the great american novel, for which I would win numerous literary awards and fame. At the very least, it would cause thom yorke and/or matt damon, vince vaughn, zach braff and owen wilson to marry me.

But I cannot afford it. I can’t afford one stupid tiny little jar of miracle moisturizer, so I’m left to suffer through a miserable, pathetic life, sans fame, literary glory, thom/matt/vince/zach/owen, nice clothes and all-around prettiness.

I guess I’ll just go put on my stupid oil of olay that I bought at stupid WALMART for a lousy 8 dollars, my stupid oil of olay that I had a stupid COUPON for, to save me a frigging dollar. You can’t even type the word coupon in the same sentence as la mer. Well, you can, but that’s the closest those two will ever be.

The rumors are true.

By christa 6 August, 2005 random

Due to familial and personal obligations, and after much discussion, we’re packing up and heading back east. Monday I shall give my notice at work. Tuesday I shall give notice to my family. Wednesday I shall give notice to my mailman. Thursday, I shall give notice to the sanitation workers who take care of my recycling and trash. Friday I shall give notice to my doctor.

I am a bit sad to leave, because my friends here are a worthy bunch, I like my job, I like my apartment, a few other things. But mostly, it’s the best thing for me and it gives Ryland a chance to get closer to the other side of the family, before it’s too late. Plus, I miss Boston. And personally, I get along so much better with my family when I’m in Boston and they are in Tucson, it’s just the way it works. Lots of good reasons to stay, more good reasons to leave.

We don’t have an official date of departure, as we’re driving back, but I hope to leave on or around August 25th.

So east coasters beware, cause here we come!

d.cook

By christa 1 August, 2005 random

the very funny comedian dane cook has a new CD out and I highly urge you all to buy it, because it is very funny and because you get two CDs plus a DVD, for the low low price of $12.00. Well, I did anyway. Your local retailers may charge you more or less.

Also: soft rock is slowly killing me, eating up a small piece of my soul every single day.

and: ex-boyfriends/lovers should not be allowed to have web sites nor should they be allowed to have web sites expressing how joyfully terrifically magically delicious their lives are now.