Walking Backwards

Amazingly, two of my friends have discovered they are pregnant this week. One had been trying for about a year and just as she gave up, she got pregnant. Yay for her! The other, however, has her husband's vasectomy scheduled for the middle of next month. I don't even know if her husband has been notified of the situation yet. I really feel for her, but I know it will all work out in the end. To be honest, I don't think she was sold on not having any more kids anyway. It just makes me realize that no matter how hard we plan, mother nature will have things her way in the end. Very few of my friends have had children or conceived children or raised children in exact concordance with their wishes. I just don't think it's possible. I think it is the way the world has of telling you that these little beings have minds of their own.

I'm still sick, but I no longer think it is just allergies. Most allergies are not accompanied by gastro-intestinal problems. I think I might have gotten sick from some of the kids at Nicholas' school. They all came down with some stomach flu about a week ago. Nicholas is, of course, not sick, because he doesn't associate with the kids in his class. He leaves that to me. Darn insidious toddler germs. I just hope I don't get baby H sick when he is here today, because that is just no fun. Sick children are more difficult to deal with than being sick yourself.