I’m a little bit sad today. I finally put away Sabrina’s exesaucer. She admittedly hasn’t used it for several months but it has been a part of our living room since we came home. I guess I would be more sad if I was putting it away without any idea of when or if we might need it again – I’m happy knowing that in a little more than a year I will be able to get it out again. So now we have this big empty space in the corner of our living room…I’m sure she has some other toys that can fill it – no worries.

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My sister is gleefully waiting for me to get as big as a house. (I think she is also secretly disappointed that I haven’t tossed my cookies.) I might have poked a little bit of fun at her during her last month or 2 of pregnancy but it was 14 years ago – who remembers? She was begging me to post a full length photo of myself when I said that I didn’t have a pregnant belly yet but that I swear I am getting wider. When I refused, she then said I could just send it to her. I reminded her that it has only been a month since she has seen me, I am still wearing the same clothes I did then, and the difference is probably only really noticeable to me at this point. She agreed to drop the subject for now…but I know I will be hearing the request again.

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Someone emailed me and asked if I was having any weird food cravings. I get on weird kicks with food any old time so it is hard to tell what is pregnancy related and what is just a normal obsession craving. But for the past 5 or 6 weeks I have been obsessed with ethnic food – mostly Mediterranean. About once a week, I call Steve and ask him to meet us at a place near his office for falafel and gyros. (The best falafels ever! They put them on some hummus and top them with some tabbouleh. Yum!) When I can’t get my hands on decent falafel (because some places make awful falafel), I’m also quite happy with Mexican and Chinese. And Publix deli makes this organic Moroccan chickpea and lentil soup that I ate for lunch 3 days in a row last week. Heavenly! I found a recipe on the web for something similar so I will share if it turns out well.

And my non-ethnic food obsession at the moment is fresh ground honey roasted peanut butter on seeded spelt crackers – both from Whole Foods.

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I got a call this morning from my senior year college roommate! I love hearing from old friends. We haven’t talked much in recent years (mostly cards and email here and there) – she has 2 kids, I’ve been doing my thing – life gets in the way sometimes. But I’m so glad to have reconnected – we both promised to make the effort to try and stay in closer contact.

Speaking of college, another old friend who I met in my first class on my first day checks in from time to time (when her children and job give her a minute) – Hi Jen!