my beloved is the size of a house.  no.  seriously.  hear me out.  i have collected up photos from the run of this pregnancy (starting with her in a dress that makes her look HELLA HAWT) and running through, well, this weekend.  it's quite an impressive change.  (linkage later if i get unlazy).  she's miserable, bulky and hates hearing "you're almost there!"  there is not a damned thing i can do to ease her suffering or improve her mood.  my job is to be sure she has food and water.  beyond that, i'm pretty fucking useless.  and i feel it.  but i washed clothes and blankets for him.  i've put things together as best i know how.  i hope he'll be happy with us.

heat:

it's hot.  really hot.  this time last year was when i really started to get "home sick."  it's happening again.  i reserved the right to bitch and whine about the weather from june through august when i moved down here and i am exercising that right as loudly and frequently as i can.  my flavorice intake is through the roof.  my stepmother is having the same issues as this is her first summer south of dayton, ohio.  nordic folk like yours truly don't fare well in this shit.  the dog and i are both pretty sick of it and we're waiting for the temperature to drop by about 10 degrees so we can at least breathe again.

family:

1.  i met one of stacky's okie cousins this weekend, so i have to admit that they do exist and her dad isn't a one-off government experiment.  he's a good guy, very funny.  i should be meeting his sister this evening as she said she wanted to visit the great one before the arrival of the dude.  we'll see how that goes.  it'll be nice to have someone around to keep my beloved company during the long, boring hours on the couch.

2.  my dad and stepmother stopped by this weekend.  we had a good visit for an hour or two and then they were on their way.  it's been nice to have them drop in.  they aren't intrusive and are fun to have around.  it's a foreign feeling, but a good one.

3.  my grandmother turned 84 last week and she's still going strong.  she's talking about getting on a plane for the first time in her life to come visit the lil dude.  it's likely the only thing that could get her on a plane.  this woman is tougher than nails and i love her for it.  she had 7 kids and buried 5 of them.  her husband died when she was 49 and she got up, got her driver's license and took a factory job to put her sons through college.  she still gets out and cleans up her yard every day.  i'll write about her someday.  she's an incredible old bird, that one.

music:

there's some on the way.  i've been noodling and that's about it.  not much time at my disposal and when i do have time, i lack focus.  but i guess the point is that i'm doing something which is better than the alternative of doing nothing.

misc:

i need a vacation that i'm not going to get.  i'd like to have my wife back ASAP.  that's pretty much it.