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Yearly Introspection.
Dec. 31st, 2006 11:54 pmParty animals that we are, we have spent this, our hopefully last childless New Year's Eve, sorting and resizing pictures for a little offline photo project we're working on. I went completely crazy and poured myself a Pepsi even though I have already ingested my daily caffeine. M is living it up with the classical music and veggie chips. I suppose I could pretend that he is playing it to our unborn baby but really, I think he's just trying to drive me batty. What is the point of music without words? I'm sure a few of you just visibly cringed at that statement, so I guess I could clarify that I like it in theory, but I just don't enjoy listening to it. I have actually never been to a real New Years party of the get-drunk and do-something-stupid type. I honestly don't feel much like I'm missing anything, either. It's just so not my thing.
2006 was an intermittently great year chez Yayer. First, we bought a house in January, and then I got knocked up this fall. Those are kind of the big things that we will always remember about 2006--they're the things that we bought ornaments for the Christmas tree for. (Here's the baby ornament--I can't find the new home one.) We had some nice holidays, and a few social events (including a trip to meet up with fun people in West Virginia.) Neither of us had any significant health problems, and the finances have been mostly okay, considering that we bought a house and coaxed my ovaries into stepping up to the plate (no insurance coverage for trifles like infertility, as apparently overcoming it is a lifestyle choice--I could say more on this but I won't right now.) There were some not-so-great things about the year, though. The whole infertility thing was very hard. Certain aspects of the career front could have improved more than than did for the tall one. Compared to the good things that we got out of the year (Ducky!) those things feel manageable and small. If not for Ducky, there would have been a somewhat different weight given to the not-so-good parts of the year, but it feels like we're in a good place right now.
As for 2007... I have high hopes for a pretty good year. It's kind of a big one for us, so I feel a little more pressure about writing about what I'm hoping for than usual. This year, I have a mixture of resolutions, hopes, wishes and goals instead of straight up resolutions. I never stick with them anyway, so I might as well write about what I want for next year instead of what I actually intend to do. I have very few plans for life in the second part of 2007, anyway, because I have no idea what it will be like to live with a newborn. Except sleepy. I get that part of it.
Resolutions/Wishes/Goals
Okay, here's the big one: I would like to give birth to a healthy baby in May. Or June, since I'm due at the end of May. I am not actively worrying about going into labor prematurely, but I'm aware that there's always a chance, and my chance may or may not be slightly greater--I don't know. My major goal is to still be pregnant on my birthday, which is May 4. That would put me no more than three weeks early. I know, I don't ask for much, huh? While I'm at it, I'd really like to live through childbirth, and I'd prefer not to have a cesarean, although I am afraid that isn't to be. (No particular reason other than cynicism.) And also, could I please skip any post-partum depression episodes? Thanks. Oh, and breastfeeding! I want to be able to do this. (I would also like to work in something about an easy labor, but I guess that's pushing it. No pun intended.)
On the house front, we need a pretty nursery completed in the next few months. This requires fixing the painted-over paneling in some manner, painting and buying furniture. The nursery also has a small bathroom attached, and it also needs some work. Ideally, we will remodel the large bathroom as well, and preferably before I get so big I won't fit in the tiny shower in the other room. ;) Honestly, I'm not so sure that the last one will get done, though, because it's not practical to do it first, and I suspect that motivation will wane by about April. I can't really do much work anyway because of chemicals and lifting heavy things, so this one is much more at M's discretion than usual.
M and I have decided to try very hard to dedicate an hour or two per weekend to cleaning the house. We tend to be pretty lax, but we will want to be less so in the coming months, and besides.. it's really not bad when you do it all at once, and we love having a clean house. On this note, I want to be better about putting things away as I go. The more I do, the more M tends to do, and the more we both do.. the nicer our house is, and the quicker it becomes a habit.
This one is tricky. We have a lot of expenses coming up, and I really need to buckle down again and remember to be thrifty again. We were doing really well with this in the fall, but we are now pretty lax because we can be at the moment. We eat out far too much, and it's mostly my fault. The tricky part is balancing this with the upcoming need to buy a car seat and countless other baby-related items, as well as the planned home improvements.
And finally.. assuming we get into the summer with a Real Live Take-Home Baby.. I hope that both of us adjust well to our new roles as parents, and that we manage to take care of said baby without major incident, and that it will be worth all we went through. I hope that we continue to be us.
Mainly, I hope that we are happy.
Also, I would like a baby that sleeps. Can I just get one of those?
2006 was an intermittently great year chez Yayer. First, we bought a house in January, and then I got knocked up this fall. Those are kind of the big things that we will always remember about 2006--they're the things that we bought ornaments for the Christmas tree for. (Here's the baby ornament--I can't find the new home one.) We had some nice holidays, and a few social events (including a trip to meet up with fun people in West Virginia.) Neither of us had any significant health problems, and the finances have been mostly okay, considering that we bought a house and coaxed my ovaries into stepping up to the plate (no insurance coverage for trifles like infertility, as apparently overcoming it is a lifestyle choice--I could say more on this but I won't right now.) There were some not-so-great things about the year, though. The whole infertility thing was very hard. Certain aspects of the career front could have improved more than than did for the tall one. Compared to the good things that we got out of the year (Ducky!) those things feel manageable and small. If not for Ducky, there would have been a somewhat different weight given to the not-so-good parts of the year, but it feels like we're in a good place right now.
As for 2007... I have high hopes for a pretty good year. It's kind of a big one for us, so I feel a little more pressure about writing about what I'm hoping for than usual. This year, I have a mixture of resolutions, hopes, wishes and goals instead of straight up resolutions. I never stick with them anyway, so I might as well write about what I want for next year instead of what I actually intend to do. I have very few plans for life in the second part of 2007, anyway, because I have no idea what it will be like to live with a newborn. Except sleepy. I get that part of it.
Resolutions/Wishes/Goals
Okay, here's the big one: I would like to give birth to a healthy baby in May. Or June, since I'm due at the end of May. I am not actively worrying about going into labor prematurely, but I'm aware that there's always a chance, and my chance may or may not be slightly greater--I don't know. My major goal is to still be pregnant on my birthday, which is May 4. That would put me no more than three weeks early. I know, I don't ask for much, huh? While I'm at it, I'd really like to live through childbirth, and I'd prefer not to have a cesarean, although I am afraid that isn't to be. (No particular reason other than cynicism.) And also, could I please skip any post-partum depression episodes? Thanks. Oh, and breastfeeding! I want to be able to do this. (I would also like to work in something about an easy labor, but I guess that's pushing it. No pun intended.)
On the house front, we need a pretty nursery completed in the next few months. This requires fixing the painted-over paneling in some manner, painting and buying furniture. The nursery also has a small bathroom attached, and it also needs some work. Ideally, we will remodel the large bathroom as well, and preferably before I get so big I won't fit in the tiny shower in the other room. ;) Honestly, I'm not so sure that the last one will get done, though, because it's not practical to do it first, and I suspect that motivation will wane by about April. I can't really do much work anyway because of chemicals and lifting heavy things, so this one is much more at M's discretion than usual.
M and I have decided to try very hard to dedicate an hour or two per weekend to cleaning the house. We tend to be pretty lax, but we will want to be less so in the coming months, and besides.. it's really not bad when you do it all at once, and we love having a clean house. On this note, I want to be better about putting things away as I go. The more I do, the more M tends to do, and the more we both do.. the nicer our house is, and the quicker it becomes a habit.
This one is tricky. We have a lot of expenses coming up, and I really need to buckle down again and remember to be thrifty again. We were doing really well with this in the fall, but we are now pretty lax because we can be at the moment. We eat out far too much, and it's mostly my fault. The tricky part is balancing this with the upcoming need to buy a car seat and countless other baby-related items, as well as the planned home improvements.
And finally.. assuming we get into the summer with a Real Live Take-Home Baby.. I hope that both of us adjust well to our new roles as parents, and that we manage to take care of said baby without major incident, and that it will be worth all we went through. I hope that we continue to be us.
Mainly, I hope that we are happy.
Also, I would like a baby that sleeps. Can I just get one of those?
