Thursday Confessions

Wow, you guys sure know how to make a girl feel loved!  Thank you so much for all your congratulations and well wishes on Baby B.  I was overwhelmed by all your sweet comments and it was fun to see some new names I had no idea were reading.

I'm having trouble stringing together coherent thoughts today, so bullet points it is. A few confessions on this Thursday morning:

*  I woke up at 6am this morning, which is earlier than I usually get up for work. Rather than get dressed and head into work early, I put on a West Wing dvd and snuggled up on the couch with a pillow and blanket. Now it's nearly 7:30am and I'm writing this post.  Work will wait. 

* I'm having a hard time getting excited about the Super Bowl. I love football, both professional and college, so the Super Bowl is usually something I look forward to. But this year, I just can't work up any enthusiasm. Steelers vs. Packers...yawn.  As a Niners fan, I grew up hating the Packers so it would be hard to root for them. And the Steelers' quarterback is a d-bag so I really don't want to cheer for them.  I think I shall refer to this as the "Not-So-Super Bowl."

*  You know what I am excited for?  Super Bowl food. Is there anything better than a meal made up entirely of appetizers? Not if you ask me. It's just going to be Brian and me watching from home this year, but I'm planning on making an embarrassingly large spread. Death by guacamole sounds like a good way to go.

*  I know it's terrible, but to those of you snowed in - I'm jealous. I want a snow day.  I want to stay in my jammies all day, light a fire in the fireplace and eat cereal for lunch. I want to watch more West Wing and read my book. Mostly, I don't want to go to the office. I know wishing for record snowfall and icy, treacherous roads in order to achieve this day off is terribly immature but there you have. I covet your snow day.

*  I had my first beignet last night. My thought - "meh."  I have to believe this was not a good beignet. I've heard quite a bit of fuss about the wonder that is beignets and this lived up to none of the hype. I was expecting something light and pillowy. This was dense, with a tough exterior. I'm assuming this is not a beignet as New Orleans intended. Not shocking I suppose that an Orlando restaurant serving 32oz Hurricanes in plastic cups didn't make award winning beignets. (For the record, I was the only one who did not partake in the giant Hurricanes. It was sad. However, I'm probably the only one without a Hurricane-induced hangover so it all works out in the end. Girls, how are you feeling this morning?)

*  I haven't taken any baby bump progress pictures. Isn't that something the newly pregnant are supposed to do?  Aren't first time moms-to-be usually excited and eager to document their growing bellies?  Well, I'm not. I just feel fat. To be fair, I felt fat before I got pregnant so this is NOT the baby's fault.  I suppose I should suck it up and take a picture. It's only going to get worse from here! I'm 13 weeks today so I'll try to remember to have Brian take a picture tonight.

*  I haven't read a single page of 100 Years of Solitude since I rediscovered it in my gym bag. I must force myself to get back into it because I was starting to enjoy it before it was...misplaced. I really need to put in the effort and finish.

Okay, it's 7:45. I should really start getting ready for work now. Happy Thursday! And to those of you staying home for another snow day - enjoy those PJs and have some hot chocolate for me.