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The quarter is oooooooooover, the exam is printed… I’m finished!
As I mentioned in my last post, I finished writing up the final exam sometime early this morning before I went to bed (and I was entirely correct in thinking that because I’d outlined the last essay in English, it … Continue reading
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Tagged Denver, German, good things, Life, pregnancy, snow, weather
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And… done!
Wrote the last essay in English. It’s a little long, but I’m done. Tomorrow I’ll format, print, and take a quick trip to the university to deliver it. And then… naptime, I’m sure. Good night, Internets…
More progress…
But not with Small Monster (sorry nethm – things seem to have calmed down, so I think the 24-hour bet is off ) Two German essays down, one to go (which is mostly thought out and ready to go, but … Continue reading
Week 38: All kinds of progress
I didn’t start out intending this to be an official pregnancy post – it’s really more about other stuff – but since part of the progress I refer to has to do with Small Monster’s progress, I’ll put it in … Continue reading
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Tagged German, health, language, Life, NaNoWriMo, novels, pregnancy, writing
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Week 32: Ok, so guess what… I’m pregnant…
31 weeks, 4 days. I did something I almost never do this morning – missed class. Given how tired I was yesterday just doing small things and how yucky I felt when I woke up in the middle of the … Continue reading
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Tagged belly shots, evil husband, German, hormones, Life, pregnancy
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Miscellaneous and sundry
As I said in my previous post, I’ve been more tired this week than I’ve ever been in my life. That may be an exaggeration – I was so tired I hallucinated in class when I was in grad school … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, evil husband, German, good things, Life, Musings, pregnancy, religion
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Muahaha… total awesomeness!
Today is a day of total awesomeness: The professor for the advanced German seminar I really wanted to take is going to let me in and says there’s no problem. Yayyy! Something else I have really wanted to do but … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, education, education junkie, German, good things, language, Life, pregnancy, religion
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Week 25: Wir sprechen hier Deutsch…
24 weeks: Teil drei. As I mentioned in my last post, my husband and I decided that our language at home would be German. Now, it’s not like this was an arbitrary decision – my husband is German after all, … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, bilingualism, family, German, language, Life, pregnancy, scary stuff
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Week 25: Shopping for our little imaginary friend
24 weeks: part deux. (N.B.: I begin this post totally aware that this is a prime example of my verbal incontinence and how I can talk forever without really having much of a point at all. Bite me.) My husband … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, books, German, language, Life, music, pregnancy, shopping
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