The wolphin knows...

Confound this insomnia

One of the joys of late pregnancy, I guess -- you don't sleep. You may doze and feel generally nuts and sleep deprived, but real sleep ain't on the agenda.

It goes something like this - about 9 p.m., I fall asleep sitting up (usually watching TV, feet up, willing the blood pressure to behave itself). TBO awakens me from my pre-bedtime nap, we read in bed a bit, then off to lala land....or so I hope.

Then the hourly trips to the bathroom begin. At about 2 or 3 a.m., the racing thoughts begin -- work, baby, labor, delivery, tomorrow's to-do list, it really doesn't matter. And let us not forget I have a stomach that protrudes about a foot away from my body, making a comfortable position a laughable concept.

Oh well - we're getting close. Stop your complaining, right?

That Seventies Show, Redux

So last night, the Brilliant One and I were discussing our memories of growing up in the seventies. Granted, we were in the junior set for most of that decade, but here's what we came up with:

*Ski masks -- people wore them all the time, without drawing suspicion or fear from their fellow commuters.
*Rayon was in everything! The Brilliant One, who claims to have spent nine years wearing nothing but rayon, holds a life long aversion to the fabric. It's sometimes fun to torture him with this knowledge.
*Farrah Fawcett hair -- long, feathered sides that defy gravity as they swoop back.
*Only children seemed to get haircuts -- always bowl-shaped, of course. Everyone else was "going with the flow."
*Mustaches -- everyone was sportin' 'em. Rather -- every MAN was sporting them (and perhaps a few women, inadvertantly).
*Shorts were short and tight. Eeewww.
*Astroturf hadn't invaded the football fields. As such, the playing field looked just a little unkempt. Like something you could trust.
*Eyeglasses were THICK and usually pentagon-shaped.
*Owls were the "animal" of the decade. They were featured in all sorts of dubious "artwork."
*As were mushrooms. Think of the giant red mushroom with white polka dots and a rainbow in the background -- what the hell was that all about?
*Those weird, wicker-like suspended chairs -- they kinda looked like half-open birdcages. Did anyone actually sit in those things?
*And the Mork 'n' Mindy-style space orb chair. That one was cool.

Ah, memories....