I had my other shower this weekend, and it was so much fun!  Anna, Ashley and Erin really outdid themselves, they even had presents for me in the decorations.  Everyone seemed to have a really good time, and because a lot of people couldn’t make it, it turned out to be a nice number and not overcrowded like I’d feared.  Tim and I just have a lot of friends and we felt bad leaving people out, although we still did, I’m sure.  Our friends have excellent taste, we got so many adorable little outfits that Eunice Tallulah can actually wear since they are summery and comfortable, really designed for babies rather than being the sort of thing you just make them put on long enough to take a picture (although they’re definitely photogenic as well!).  Ian made us the cutest little LGT t-shirts, I cannot wait to show them off!  Perhaps Eunice can make her debut in them during the run of “The Empty Bowl”, assuming that happens.

Sunday we went to the Hell on Earth that is Babies R Us.  It was pretty deserted because of the SuperBowl, and we got there an hour and 10 minutes before they closed, but they started announcing that they were closing soon almost immediately after we got there!  They just wanted to leave and go watch the game.  They are pushy bastards.  BUT, we got a glider and ottoman and a playyard to fence the little girl in.  I love the glider.  I’ve been sitting in it the last couple of nights while Tim reads to the Monkey.  It’s very nice.  Something I discovered while at Babies R Us was:  adorable dresses!  I have not really been sucked in by the temptation to buy cute little clothes for the baby, or to dress her up, but these dresses were so cute, they just were frilly and flowery and beautiful, definitely the perfect Easter dress.  I suddenly wanted one of each of them!  Unfortunately, since Easter is on April 16th, I do not think the monkey will be old enough to go to church by then (too many germs!), but maybe I can just dress her up at the house and take pictures:)

Speaking of church, we FINALLY found one this weekend!  I was starting to get quite depressed over the whole thing.  Both the churches we’d been to didn’t have anybody under the age of 60 and seemed SO dead.  Plus, when we came in, they started coming towards us with this look like “brains, we need fresh brains!”  This church, Hyde Park United Methodist, is small, but has lots of young people, including several babies who will be around the Monkey’s age, and while they immediately greeted us, (and everyone knew we were new and introduced themselves), they were not creepy about it.  There are even “hip” people there, and in fact, Kelly Willis, who is a very famous local singer, goes there.  Tim and I felt very comfortable there and are definitely going back.  Yay, our child will not burn in the hellfires of damnation!  Just kidding!

I went to the doctor today and Eunice is head down, in the correct position.  I had a dream last night she was breech, so I’m glad to hear she isn’t.  Sometimes I’m scared that we’re getting so close and sometimes I can’t wait to meet her, it seems like 6 weeks is forever away.  But I know it will be here before we know it!  I just hope she doesn’t arrive early, because my doctor is going on vacation the week before she is born.  That would be sad for her not to deliver her b/c I really love my doctor.  I love that they always have the right answers to everything I ask, they are definitely women-centric and I’m so glad I decided to stay there even though it’s across town.

I totally was not going to do this, I was REALLY going to work today, really, but then I read Kelli’s blog and she had done it, and I felt guilty for not doing my duty since Katie put me on her list.  So, here I go.

Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot, like so. 

for those of you who are on here, don’t feel any pressure to do it, do it only if you feel like it.  YOu’re only getting picked because you have blogs.  and I’m curious about you.

1. Kirk
2. Shelly
3. Zydeco Fish
4. KTS
5. Julie

Then you get to select five people to pass the love on to so they can do this meme, like so:
1. Tim
2. Travis
3. Ian
4. Erin (like she’ll ever check her blog)
5. Bill (well, he has a blog on LGT, but he never checks it either.)

What were you doing 10 years ago?
Hmm.  February of my freshman year of college.  I was living in Kinsolving dorm at UT, and I was probably in my 10am Biology class- assuming it was a wednesday, monday or friday, (or I’d arranged with my friend down the hall to go and I was asleep).  I was bemoaning my single existence and I think my friend Travis (NOT the one above), had decided he no longer wanted to be friends with me, so I was trying to figure out why he was avoiding me.  He was a bit of a drama queen and tended to make life a lot like high school.  Ooh, and if I was in my 10am Biology class, afterwards I would have walked to my 11am Acting class with Stephen “James Earl Jones’ brother” Gerald and I would have had a cigarette.  God, I miss cigarettes.  But I digress.

What were you doing 1 year ago?
Probably sitting at this same damn desk.  I was producing “I Am Alpha” at the time, so I was probably using my work time doing stuff for that.  I was also probably drinking coffee.  Damn, I miss coffee.

Five snacks you enjoy (I’m not really a snacker, but here’s some things I’ve eaten as snacks and enjoyed):

1. Graham crackers with peanut butter and bananas

2. Combos (not that I’ve had them in years)

3. Green Apples

4. Cadbury chocolate bars (my lifesaver in England)

5. Yogurt covered pretzels

Five songs to which you know all the lyrics:
It would be easier to name 5 songs to which I DON’T know all the lyrics, but I’ll Just do the first 5 that come to mind:

1. The Digital Underground “The Humpty Dance” I’m very proud of that one

2. Spoon “The way we get by”

3. The Cure “Last Dance”

4. The Pixies “Where is My Mind”

5. Almost all of the Beastie Boys’ “Paul’s Boutique” Album, which is pretty impressive because it’s very fast.
   Damn, now I really want to hear these songs!

Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:

1. Tim and I would quit our dayjobs.

2. Buy my own theatre

3. Pay off my house

4. Travel to Barcelona Spain, Paris France, back to England and NYC to see lots of theatre, Scotland

5. Take several of my closest friends on a cruise or something cool like that.

Five things you like doing:

1. Seeing live music

2. Seeing Theatre

3. Watching movies

4. Reading

5. Playing games

Five things you would never wear again:

1. My dad’s old jeans, several sizes too large for me, cut off and rolled up to just below my knee, with a belt to keep them on that makes the fabric all bunch up around my hips.

2. knee-high striped socks or any knee-high hose for that matter

3. Cure T-shirts or any other band t-shirts

4. Bangs sprayed up so that they are 8 inches off my head

5. Jelly bracelets

Five favorite toys:

1. IPOD
2. Special stereo in my car that I can hook my IPOD into and it displays the names. AND it changes color.  It’s so cool!
3. DVR (cheap version of TIVO)
4. Netflix (I say this counts as a toy)
5. Digital Camera

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kelli

2006-02-01T20:35:08.000Z

I like the way you blame not working on ME.  :)  Katie was the one who tagged you, ya know.

1)  Wear pants that do not fall down.  I have this thing called a Bella Band, but if I wear that, my internal organs get squeezed after a while and I get a backache, so I stop wearing it.  In fact, this afternoon, I took it off while at my desk and IT PULLED MY PANTS DOWN!  Thank God no one was out in the hallway!

2)  Drink a nice cold pint of beer.  I don’t even care what at this point, but front-runners would definitely be a Snake Bite (Cider and Harp), a Stella Artois, or a Boddingtons.

3)  Drink a margarita. Ahhh…

4)  Walk without Waddling.  I’m gonna’ strut! 

5)  Eat an italian sandwich with lots of greasy meats.  See, I have to have all lunch meat heated to prevent listeria, so I can never just go to the sandwich shop and order a sandwich.

6)  Drink a glass of Smoking Loon Syrah. 

7)  Find the smallest clearance between clothes racks at the store and walk between them.  Sideways. 

8)  Lie on my back.  A lot!

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ashlita

2006-01-31T23:06:34.000Z

I had a few of their hot sandwiches while I was pregnant…they get them pretty steaming so it seemed alright.

kelli

2006-02-01T20:29:31.000Z

I am very torn about the whole lunchmeat thing.  I ate it when I was pregnant with Gilly sometimes and my doctor this last time said it was fine to eat it, and that he’d never had a patient in twenty years get sick from listeria.  Of course, given current events, part of me thinks IT WAS THE TURKEY!!  Anything to blame myself, right?  :)

Anyway, only a few more weeks till you can do all those fun things, except a lot of drinking if you plan to nurse.  But there’s always the pump ‘n’ dump.  Very helpful.

So I’m very excited; the nursery is actually starting to look like a nursery!  1 week and 3 days ago it was a red repository for extra furniture/guest room.  Now it’s a light mint green shade that looks really bright and inviting, and when we got back from Houston yesterday, Tim kicked into assembly mode.  So now we have a crib with a cute Longhorn mobile on it (commence indoctrination), a chest of drawers that will double as the changing table, an end table, and a swing.  We also bought a bookshelf, but that hasn’t been put together yet.  Tim was hoping this would make my nesting instinct kick in and I think it worked.  I really want to get back in there and get stuff in place.  While he was assembling, I sorted out all the stuff from the shower.  My God, this child is going to have enough clothes to wear something different nearly every day for at least the first 6 months!  And she’s going to be much more stylish than me.  Oh, and she’ll have enough bibs to wear a different one every day for a month.  For some reason, we just got oodles and oodles of bibs.  I counted last night and we got 25 bibs.  TWENTY-FIVE!  I assume people are trying to tell us she will be very messy.  The shower was a lot of fun and we got lots of very nice stuff.  I just hope we have a very mild March and April because she got some adorable sleepers that are fleece and I worry it will be way too warm for her to wear:(

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kelli

2006-01-30T20:02:17.000Z

You can probably get away with the fleece sleepers for a long time since they’re not supposed to have blankets on them in bed.  Gilly was born in July and wore fleece at night until the following spring when she was crawling and it was warm.

Put up pictures!!  I want to see all your cool stuff.  :)

God, this week has been soooo long.  I think this is partially due to the fact that this has been my first 5-day week since last year.  Of course, I am in for 5 day weeks all the way until March 10th, which will be the last day of my last 5-day week.  Yes, only 6 weeks, 3 days, 5 hours and 16 minutes until maternity leave.  Whoo-hoo!  But I am not letting work get me down.  I am in a very good mood for some reason this morning, and I’ve even been WORKING this morning, rather than goofing off like yesterday.  Of course, once I start checking out the blogs and blogging myself, that work is probably all over, but we’ll see.  There’s  still a couple more things I really should get done.  Part of the problem is that all I have left to do now is “non-urgent” work.  Long projects like writing up a job description for the temp who will be taking over for me while I’m on maternity leave, writing instructions for them, etc.  Not exactly urgent stuff.  Although I shouldn’t put it off too long.  They’re supposed to start exactly 1 month from today. 

The other problem keeping me from working is that I am super-excited about this weekend!  We’re going to Houston, and for some reason, I always get excited when I’m leaving town, and tomorrow is my baby shower.  I’m a big dork who loves showers.  I love the games (I usually win at least one), I love the present-opening, but most of all, I love the cake.  Cake good!  I haven’t eaten any dessert all week, so tomorrow’s dessert will be my “one dessert of the week” I allow myself.  I can’t wait!  I also am Southern, so we are ingrained to love showers.  I went to a shower once and it was all wrong, they didn’t know how to run the games, how to give out prizes, how to properly greet people and get them to put on name tags, etc.  The food wasn’t even all out by the time people started arriving!  They really should have studied up a bit and I wound up kind of “taking over” despite my best intentions.  I think it’s because the shower was run by Northerners.  You can’t trust a Northerner to run a proper shower.  I realize many of the Grand Old Southern Shower Traditions are dying, but there are certain things you should always observe.  I’m trying to change with the times, both of our showers are even co-ed, which to me is so strange, why would men want to ooh and ahh over baby stuff?  But this is the norm now, I don’t even know that I’ve EVER been to an all female baby shower. 

The other reason I’m excited is that we’re going to Ikea this weekend.  Yum, Ikea!

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Tim

2006-01-27T20:10:10.000Z

is that in exchange for having a coed shower you get a husband who actually cooks, cleans and changes diapers. I’ve found most southern traditions are based upon something that seems nice until you start looking into the background. Then you realize that the men didn’t come to the showers because they had no intention to change diapers, clean the house, or cook.

Julie

2006-01-27T22:01:10.000Z

I hadn’t thought of that.  Trust me, I don’t take you for granted and I’m so glad that you’re excited enough to come to a baby shower!

Not really.  But I had an even better dream:  I dreamt I was a cast member of Saturday Night Live!  Unfortunately, I didn’t have a dream about actually being on the show, I had a dream I was at a New Year’s Eve party with the cast and we were discussing how the season was going.  Although I did get to see a clip of myself on the show.  I had longer hair and it was quite red.  I think my brain used a picture that I have up in my dining room from an AWD party.  I remember that the chick from Mad TV who plays Stuart’s mom was in the cast, but other than that I can’t remember anyone else, but it was a hodge podge of folks, most of whom you would never imagine would be on SNL.  It was a cool dream, because the party was at Hugh Hefner’s House (not the Playboy Mansion, apparently he kept two houses and this was the other one, although it did have a door marked “Playboy Bunnies”.  I guess that’s where he stored them).  The house was amazing and in the dream I kept thinking, “I can’t believe I’m at Hugh Hefner’s House and I’m on SNL!”  Sadly I woke up to the world where I am neither at Hugh Hefner’s House nor on SNL and where I had to go to work despite my lack of sleep:(

Oh, and for those of you following my jean saga (I know you all are), my jeans and pants arrived from Penney’s and they were horrendously tight.  So I returned them to the store and bought a pair at Penney’s in a size larger that are not as long as I would like, and a little straight in the leg, but wearable.  I know you’re all relieved to hear that.

So my husband said I was “deviant” last night after reading yesterday’s post.  Please!  So I just re-read my answers and I still don’t see what is deviant about them.  Although, I have to admit, I really like someone calling me deviant.  I’ve always liked people thinking of me as deviant (other than authority figures, I want their approval), which is perhaps why I I was able to answer yes to so many of the things on the list.  I want to see Tim’s answers now, I’m sure he’s only done like 2 things.  That’s because he is scared to death of getting caught.  I very rarely got caught when I was growing up, but when I did, it was never really that bad.  I got a tattoo despite the fact my dad said, “he wouldn’t pay for my college education if I got one.”  When he found out, did he stop paying for my college education?  Of course not!  I think he was just amused by it.  And if I got caught, it was usually for my own good.  I got caught shoplifting by my mom and it scared me straight, never even thought about doing it ever again.  And some of the stuff I did was for really good reasons.  One of the (very few) times I skipped class was to not see the Power Team, some stupid group of weightlifters that tore phone books in half and talked about how “awesome” God was.  I have no clue how that fit into a Public School Curriculum.  We all got Slurpees instead and went over and woke up our friend Philip who had graduated the year before and bugged him.  I remember being so scared someone would see my pink tongue and know I’d skipped.  The horror! 

I’m prattling on.  It’s Wednesday, and I really don’t want to work even more than usual.  But now I have been summoned to order sammiches.  Let’s just hope the creepy guy at Jimmy John’s can keep himself from fawning all over me.  He makes me feel dirty!

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Tarv

2006-01-25T20:18:07.000Z

They brought the friggin Power Team into a public school, and required students to go?  That’s fucked.  Good for you for skipping.  ‘Roid rage for Jesus in public schools sounds pretty questionable to me.

ashley

2006-01-25T20:26:01.000Z

So Im reading julies blog and I see that suddenly a comment has appeared and its from Travis.  We were reading at the same time.

Isn’t that cute!!!

hhaha just kidding

I had my dad threaten not letting me come visit them if I got any MORE tattoos.  The first one I got when I was 17 just produced some head shaking and sighing and “you’ll regret it”.  Funny thing is, I did regret it…but only because the tattoo was silly and done poorly.  I have since been re-tattooed to cover it up.

a twisted cross with flames.  what was I thinking.

The only thing my weird high school did was require us to take the ASFAB or whatever test.  It was for the military.  I guess they thought we had no other hope.  It was YEARS before the recruiters stopped calling me.

mmm slurpeees.  I was thinking about slurpees a few days ago and how I hadn’t had one in years. mmm forbidden sugar rush.

kelli

2006-01-25T21:03:55.000Z

What exactly did he think was deviant about it?  I think that’s funny.  What I got out of yours is that you’re remarkably healthy and haven’t traveled to that many far places.  Is it the stealing something from your job?  Because I tell you what, you work at a chicken place through college, you steal yourself a 2-piece and biscuit every shift.  :)  And at least you didn’t say you’ve kissed strangers.  Apparently I went to way too many bars in college and drank way too much.  Actually, seems like all the deviant things I did were in college.  And all our parents say we should go there.  HHmmmmm…

i got this from my sister-in-law, katie.  you just bold the things in the list that are true about you.  It’s fun!

APPEARANCE

I am shorter than 5’4.

I am taller than 5’11”.

I have many scars.

I tan easily.

I don’t shave my legs.(regularly)

I wish my hair was a different color.

I have a tattoo, or more.

I am self-conscious about my appearance.

I have/had braces.

I wear glasses just to read.

I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.

I’ve been told I’m attractive by a complete stranger.

I have/had more than 2 piercings.

I have/had piercings in places besides my ears.

I have freckles.

FAMILY/HOME LIFE

I’ve sworn at my parents.

I’ve run away from home.

I’ve been kicked out of the house.

My biological parents are together.

I have a sibling less than one year old.

I want to have kids someday.

I have children.

I’ve lost a child.

SCHOOL/WORK

I’m in school.

I have a job.

I’ve fallen asleep at work/school.

I almost always do my homework.

I’ve missed a week or more of school.

I’ve been on the Honor Roll within the last 2 years (of school)

I failed more than 1 class last year.

I’ve stolen something from my job.

I’ve been fired.

I’ve skipped school.

EMBARRASSMENT

I’ve slipped out a “lol” in a spoken conversation.

Disney movies still make me cry.

I’ve peed from laughing.

I’ve snorted while laughing.

I’ve laughed so hard I’ve cried.

I’ve glued my hand to something.

I’ve laughed till some kind of beverage came out of my nose.

I’ve had my pants rip in public.

HEALTH

I was born with a disease/impairment.

I’ve gotten stitches.

I’ve broken a bone.

I’ve had my tonsils removed.

I’ve sat in a doctor’s office with a friend.

I’ve had my wisdom teeth removed.

I’ve had serious surgery.

I’ve had chicken pox.

My vision is better than 20/20.

TRAVELING

I’ve driven over 200 miles in one day.

I’ve been on a plane.

I’ve been to Canada.

I’ve been to Mexico.

I’ve been to Niagara Falls.

I’ve been to Japan

I’ve been down under.

I’ve Celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

I’ve been to Europe.

I’ve been to Africa.

I’ve been to Hell.

EXPERIENCES

I’ve gotten lost in my city.

I’ve seen a shooting star.

I’ve wished on a shooting star.

I’ve seen a meteor shower.

I’ve gone out in public in my pajamas.

I’ve pushed all the buttons on an elevator.

I’ve kicked a guy where it hurts.

I’ve been to a casino.

I’ve been skydiving.

I’ve gone skinny dipping.

I’ve played spin the bottle.

I’ve drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour.

I’ve crashed a car.

I’ve been skiing.

I’ve been in a play.

I’ve met someone in person from the internet.

I’ve caught a snowflake on my tongue.

I’ve seen the Northern Lights.

I’ve sat on a roof top at night.

I’ve played chicken.

I’ve played a prank on someone.

I’ve ridden in a taxi.

I’ve seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

I’ve eaten Sushi.

I’ve been snowboarding.

SEXUALITY

I’ve had a crush on more than one person.

I’ve had a crush on someone of the same sex.

I’ve kissed someone of the same sex.

I’ve had a crush on a teacher.

I am a cuddler.

I love to flirt.

I’ve been kissed in the rain.

I’ve hugged a stranger.

I’ve kissed a stranger.

HONESTY/CRIME

I am a terrible liar.

I’ve done something I promised someone else I wouldn’t.

I’ve done something I promised myself I wouldn’t.

I’ve snuck out of my house.

I have lied to my parents about where I am.

I am keeping a secret from the world.

I’ve cheated while playing a game.

I’ve cheated on a test.

I’ve run a red light.

I’ve been suspended from school.

I’ve been in a fist fight

I’ve witnessed a crime

I’ve been arrested

I’ve shoplifted

DEATH & DYING

I’m afraid of dying.

I’ve fantasized about my own death.

I hate funerals.

I’ve seen someone dying.

Someone close to me has attempted suicide.

Someone close to me has commited suicide.

I’ve planned my own suicide.—In the past—Don’t worry, I’m not suicidal now.

I’ve written a eulogy for myself.

MATERIALISM

I own over 5 rap CDs.

I own an iPod or MP3 player.

I have an unhealthy obsession with anime/manga.

I own multiple designer purses, costing over $100 a piece.

I own something from Hot Topic.

I own something from Pac Sun.

I collect comic books.

I own something from The Gap.

I own something I got on e-bay.

I own something from Abercrombie.

POLITICAL/SOCIAL ATTITUDES

In general, I don’t like people.

I’m a feminist.

I’m very outgoing.

I listen to political music

I’m Democratic

I’m Republican.

I’m liberal.

I don’t like Bush because he is dumb.

I don’t like Bush with my own reasons to back it up.

I am for Bush.

I’m religious.

I dress fairly modestly. (but I wouldn’t if I had a better body image)My attitude is, “If you’ve got it, flaunt it.”

RANDOM

I can sing well.

I’ve stolen a tray from a fast food restaurant.

I open up to others easily.

I watch the news.

I don’t kill bugs.

I hate hearing songs that sacrifice meaning for the sake of being able to rhyme.

I curse regularly.

I sing in the shower.

I am a morning person.

I paid for my cell phone ring tone.

I’m a snob about grammar.

I am a sports fanatic.

I twirl my hair.

I have “x”s in my screen name.

I love being neat.

I’ve had Spam.

I’ve copied more than 30 CDs in a day.

I bake well.

My favorite color is blue.

I would wear pajamas to school.

I like Martha Stewart.

I know how to shoot a gun.

I am in love with love.

I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS.

I laugh at my own jokes.

I eat fast food weekly.

I am online 24/7, even as an away message.

I’ve not turned anything in and still got an A in a certain class.

I can’t sleep if there is a spider in the room.

I am really ticklish.

I love white chocolate.

I bite my nails.

I play video games.

I’m good at remembering faces.

I’m good at remembering names.

I’m good at remembering dates.

I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.

My answers are totally honest.

So I REALLY did not want to come to work today.  I was having a bad case of the Monday blahs.  But I figured out on the way in that I only have 7.5 weeks of work to go!  To be exact: 37 days, 6 hours and 50 minutes.  Yay!  I have the hardest time concentrating.  Between baby kicks and shuffles that have me staring at my stomach, and just being entirely preoccupied with BABY, not to mention being paranoid that every back ache and tummy pain is premature labor, I really don’t have brain power left for work!  Speaking of, I’m almost 99% sure I felt two Braxton Hicks Contractions this morning.  (For those not in the know, don’t worry, those are basically “practice contractions” that your uterus does to get you ready for labor.  Pregnancy is weird, huh?)  Anyway, my day is basically distraction interrupted periodically by people asking me to do work.  How dare they!  But, as I pointed out, I only have 37 days, 6 hours and (now) 45 minutes left. 

On another note, I just want to point out that, despite my bitching, I really thank God that I have been fortunate enough to have such a healthy pregnancy and hopefully will give birth to a healthy child.  Sometimes I take it for granted.  I was reminded this weekend that not everyone is so lucky and my heart and prayers to go out this sweet Mommy and her family who is going through a lot of pain and sadness and loss right now.

So last night I ran into a friend I hadn’t seen in a long time, since I was only about 10 weeks pregnant or so.  Well she saw me and said, “Wow, are you having twins?!”  I couldn’t believe it!  This girl must never have seen a pregnant lady, because I’m actually much smaller than most women are at my point due to my height.  I just said, “No, I’m having a baby in 8 and a half weeks!”  I wish I’d said what I really was thinking, which was, “Yeah, it’s been a while since I’ve seen you too and you look like you’ve put on some weight.  You aren’t pregnant, are you?  No, then what’s YOUR excuse?”  But I didn’t.  I was nice.  Thankfully I’ve only gotten the “you’re huge” comment from my father and my husband.  So I’m pretty lucky.  Although a coworker said that I would BE huge by the time I quit working.  Thanks for the helpful comment, dude, like I don’t already feel like I can’t make it through doorways sideways. 

Speaking of, this was kind of funny, but Anna and Sean and I rode together to FronteraFest last night and I usually sit behind Anna because she’s shorter than Sean, but we realized we both couldn’t get by to get in on the same side of the car.  Ha!