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Claire, Personal, Pregnancy, Relationships

Healing, and Thank Yous

Jul 29. 2011

This week has been one of the longest of my life. I know that an appendectomy — a laparoscopic appendectomy, no less — is considered a fairly common and simple procedure in modern medicine. But with the pregnancy having slowed my healing time in addition to lowering my threshold for pain (both very common pregnancy symptoms), I am still in quite a bit of discomfort. Perhaps the biggest complication that the pregnancy brought to the procedure was that due to my enlarged uterus, the incisions had to be made a lot further away from each other. So for the first few days after surgery, I could feel — by way of pain — the path where the laparoscope (the camera) had made its...

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Aerin, Personal, Pregnancy

Surgery

Jul 24. 2011

I am currently writing this on my phone while lying in bed at the hospital. Early yesterday morning I woke up to excruciating abdominal pain, similar to the severe round ligament pain I had experienced during my pregnancy with Claire. With this pregnancy being so similar to the last, I had believed myself to have been lucky to have been spared such dramatic afflictions, but I was wrong. When the pain level reached that of labor pains, J called his brother to come watch Claire so that we could head to the hospital. Being 25 weeks pregnant, I was admitted to Labor & Delivery right away. The pain continued to grow worse, but BebeDeux seemed to be in good condition. Soon, the pain...

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Entertainment, Movies, Personal

Anticipation & Expectations (Movie of the Year?)

Jul 22. 2011

I've been battling a slight cold the past couple of days. Like my sister said to me over an email, "Only YOU would get a cold in the middle of this heat wave."  :roll: Seeing as I'm still not feeling 100%, and that it is a Friday — in addition to being perhaps the hottest and most humid day of the year here in the northeast — let's forgo the deep topics and stick to lighthearted subjects instead. Like movies. Last Sunday, my mother insisted on getting some time with Claire so J and I were able to catch the last Harry Potter film on opening weekend.  :-)  I had been looking forward to this movie for over a year, and had been hearing...

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Claire, Motherhood, Parenting, Personal

Earmuffs!

Jul 21. 2011

I have never been the type of person who proclaims "Genius!" whenever a child learns or picks up new skills. While I would smile warmly at the parents who had just bragged about how their kid is already reading at the age of 3, I would think inside my head, "Pssh. Lots of people know how to read." I have found myself holding Claire to similar standards as well. Yes, I am happy whenever she reaches new milestones, and praise her greatly for them. But unless I see her doing something so extraordinary — something I know only a very few other kids can do — I will continue in thinking that she is a perfectly normal and ordinary baby. A...

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Geek, Information, Video Games

Cloud Strife’s Sword

Jul 21. 2011

Final Fantasy 7 has always been, and probably will remain, my favorite of all the FF video games. I still remember being awed by Sephiroth (I even had a small crush on him  ;-)), crying when Aerith died, and becoming utterly consumed by the mystery surrounding Jenova. There have always been an abundance of fan-made art, fanfics, tributes, and so forth with all Final Fantasy titles. Cloud Strife's legendary 6-piece sword has always been a favorite among weapons and props, but I have never seen a diagram as comprehensive as the one below, which visually describes the mechanism and assembly of the sword as referenced in FFVII: Advent Children: I couldn't help but feel some geek pride to see that the labels are written in Korean. ...

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