The other night we watched the first episode of "The Amazing Race 5." Of all the reality shows out there The Amazing Race is by far the best. We've watched every single episode of the first four races. I always wonder what I would do in those situations. Probably loose my cool, have a meltdown in front of 5 million viewers and regret it the rest of my life. Which is why I didn't apply for the race. I'm sure they would have signed my right up if I had. . .
My mom and sister are in Russia getting my sister's two adopted sons. Yesterday they went through the court process and now the boys are legally hers. I'm so glad. I had spent most of Wednesday morning trying to get in touch with them and was told repeatedly by the clerk at their hotel that they were "in the res-ta-ront." After two hours of that I was told they had "left with some people." It was 10:45pm there! I was highly suspicious because I had my doubts that they would be cruising the downtown of that somewhat small Russian town. So I sat there thinking about all the things they could be doing until I became genuinely worried. Luckily, my sister called my dad and told him they were fine and had been in their room the whole time. Hmmmmm
Tomorrow I have my appointment with my OB. I'm hoping he'll proclaim me "ready to give birth" right then with a short easy labor. And I'll go to the hospital and get an epidural and sail through the contractions without a hint of pain. Theyn I'll push three or four times until little Anjali is born and found to be completely healthy. If only it worked that way. . .
Women always ask me if I'm going to have my baby "naturally." What exactly do they mean by that? How do you have a baby "unnaturally?" I always want to say "No, I thought I'd pop her out my ear. . . " And if I reply "yes, this will be a natural birth" (complete lie) they say "good for you!" Like I would endure that kind of pain for their approval. Geeezzz.