I've been actively avoiding the Internet recently since my homework is (apparently and unfortunately) not going to do itself. However, today I decided to check in and let y'all know what's going on.

• I changed my degree program to a less practical and far more academic program. This has, in general, led me to far less frequently wanting to shoot myself in the face. It does, however, mean that I am now doing some pretty strenuous thinking at a time when my brain is occupied mostly with telling my uterus how to grow a human being. That kinda sucks.
• Co-at-home-parenting rules. If you hate your spouse. I, on the other hand, quite enjoy his company and am missing him quite a lot lately. With an entire day of class and at least on more full day in the office, Andiclaus and I don't spend much time at home together. And while I'm sure that he mostly thinks that I'm bitching about having to do the childcare myself, that's not really it. I miss his company and am feeling the loneliness creep back into my life.
• In order to keep myself distracted (and to continue my life-long goal of procrastinating regarding homework), I've been testing out some recipes for Thanksgiving. Sarah and Josué will be visiting for the holiday again and I don't think it will be a good idea for me to be experimenting with food on a holiday while seven months pregnant. So far, I'm not overly impressed with anything we've tried. Ideas?
• I'm working on a totally awesome baby blanket for Memo, who is due this month. I love this blanket very much, but I'm starting to believe it will never be done. I'll definitely post pictures when it's done, but for now you will just have to know that there are lots of tiny teddy bear heads all over my living room.
• Salem, the cat, wants us to give him away. I am strongly considering taking him up on this.
• My new degree program introduces an awesome new stressor to my life. Thesis! Part of the reason I keep a blog is because I have a fairly extreme phobia about writing. (It's also the main reason I procrastinate so completely with homework.) I thought that forcing myself to write on the Internet would help allay my fear of my own lack of writing skill. So far? Not so much. So I've got to start ironing out a solid thesis idea (my current one is a little vague and weird, but I'm hoping I'll be able to cling to at least aspects of it) and finding an advisor. I'm sure that by the time I actually have to defend it (in two years), you'll all be so sick of this discussion topic that you'll be fondly remembering the days when I only complained about the other students in my practicals.

Okay, I guess that's about it. I'll try to check in again soon. I miss you!