i am learning

while dennis is away on another one of his field school trips (last ever!), i thought i had this whole being alone for weeks at a time thing down pat, but it turns out i don't. so over these past few days i have had time to discover a few things about myself that i didn't realize before, like...

... i am not good at cooking for just one person

... i have developed a bad habit of not looking at the gas gage, and filling up when it gets too low (dennis just always takes care of that). i was introduced to our gas light yesterday after work, oh ya, that was a fun ride, considering i had no idea how long it had been on for.

... it is not a good idea to ONLY eat a bowl of cucumbers and vinegar on an empty and overly sensitive stomach (this doesn't really have to do with den being gone, but still a good learning experience).

... i can't sleep more then two hours at a time without waking up wondering why i just face planted into the side table (there isn't another body there to stop me from moving over that far).

... everything i need around the house is always out of my arms reach (why do we put everything up high?)

... i suck at getting out of bed on my own, even though i really should have seen that one coming, because he has to hover over me almost every morning and tell me that i need to get up, now.

and lastly

... i'm not quite as independent as i used to be. because with him gone i feel like he took the part of me that i need to be a normal functioning human being.

here's to only one more week of walking around in a lonely daze.

oh and wish me luck with doing everyday normal things that keep me alive, like filling up the car with gas...

a few fun things...

this morning i was late for work because i was pulled over in a parking lot, with my body hanging out the side of the car prepping for the contents of my stomach to make a second appearance. good news, it didn't, just tormented me instead.

i can only eat mashed potatoes

and hamburger soup (thanks mom!)

i have to pee at exactly 2:45 every morning

i smell meat cooking, when everyone else smells something burning

i was weighed at the dr last week and i haven't gained any weight, which is amazing because i can't button up the majority of my pants anymore, and i have been eating like a cow.

grow baby grow!

oh and...

nyc in 21 days!

today i looked in my rearview mirror and swore i saw prince william behind me

but then i saw that the chick in the passenger seat was a blonde, and last time i checked, katey m wasn't a blonde. so it obviously wasn't him.

also

i am technically able to park in the "expecting mothers" spot in parking lots now, which, i think is pretty nifty. but today i chose to leave it for someone who, you know, actually looks pregnant, and i parked three stalls down. i go into the store, grabbed a few groceries (oh perogies!) and as i'm walking out, who parks in said stall! some grey haired old bitty in a car older then me!

there are multiple reasons why this is wrong

1. i'm pretty sure she is waaaaaaaaaay past her expiration date, if you know what i mean. nothing expecting there, other then one giant car crash, you should have seen the way she flew into that spot!

2. SHE WAS RIGHT BESIDE THE HANDICAP PARKING STALL!!!! why are those things even there if these people won't park in them.

because i suck at keeping secrets

This little guy is going to turn me into a mama come march next year. 

we are so thrilled, and couldn't be more excited for these next few months, and years to come. 

so far no morning sickness! 

(knock on wood)

and we were able to hear the heart beat!

truly the most precious little sound i have ever heard. 

you know. you know?

i know i trashed on jef a little bit last week, and so it seems only fair that arie gets to take a ride on "chelsea's train of judgement".

i mean it's only fair right?

let's dive right in shall we?

it really bugs me that he always seems to have acne just below his jaw line. yes, it is a really petty, and completely unimportant detail to get so hung up on. but really? can't someone get the guy some face wash, or even a few dabs of h2o2? no? well I know there has to be some makeup crew just off camera to make sure emily's lipstick stays intact after all the makin' those two do. soooo maybe lets cover them up? just a thought.

it also seems that each of the men on this season have some form of verbal diarrhea with a certain word or phrase.

arie's choice? "you know". after everything that he says he kind of nods his head a bit, and then pulls out the super intelligent "you know?"

really? that's all that you can come up with?

and emily always just seems to follow right along. is it just me, or does she seem to take on the traits of each guy that she is with. no wonder it seems like she is going to have such a rough time picking someone at the end of all of this.

oh boy, what a train wreck.

hmm... trains seem to be a popular theme with me lately.

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there are a few things that i need to clear up here

first:

my guilty pleasure is the bachelor/bachelorette series

yes, yes i know. go ahead and judge me. because i kind of do, a little bit. oh heck, i hate myself for it somedays.

second:

the title? all those strikes are the amount of times that the word "like" was used in a 1 minute conversation between jef (yes with only one "f") and emily.

i'm just not a fan of that man. boy? school boy? man-child? i dunno. definitely not someone that i think she should be with.

i mean can you imagine if they ended up together? any conversation they would have would just take forever! even just watching the conversations that take place between them now, i even leave them thinking "...what just happened... *blank stare*".

can't you just imagine their arguments?

oh heaven help us

i just wouldn't see it going any farther than this:

- you just like...
- why do you like...
- ugh it's just like..
- i just hate that like...
- when you like...

i think you get what i'm saying

and his hair?

well, all that i am going to say is... actually all i'm going to do is do a big ole eye squint and head tilt.

some people bite their tongue, i squint and tilt.

mostly because my tongue is too sore from all the biting.