The Monster

So there is a monster that lives inside of me. She comes out with no warning. I’ll just be sitting, minding my own business, usually reading, and the monster awakens. She makes me feel really lethargic and cranky. She tells me that the only way she’ll leave is if I eat something sugary…or eat at all for that matter. So I’ll slog into the kitchen for a quick sweet snack…but my little monster friend is a liar. She is not so easily subdued. I’ll then try to quiet her by getting on the computer and looking at pictures of friends and family and sending emails. Yet, she still persists in making me feel yucky.

The truth is, there’s only one way to defeat this monster…it’s the one thing the monster tells me I don’t want to do – Exercise. The monster tells me not to run or swim outside... “Just sit inside in the dark with me,” she sneers. “You’re too tired to go running. It takes so much effort to get ready to go and too much time that you don’t have. You should be studying instead.” But the monster doesn’t really let me study, either. She makes me bored and grumpy that I should have to study. She just doesn’t want to me to get rid of her.

So I reluctantly slink off the couch and slip on my old, trusty sneakers. I grab my ipod and together we jump onto the treadmill and run and run and run and run…until the monster slowly slithers back into her dark hole...

BABIES

So I'm beginning to realize that I'm a typical girl...I've been married a year now and every time I see a baby I just want to smoosh it. I love babies. I love baby clothes. I love baby animals. I love baby corn and baby carrots and other such mini foods. I think baby socks and shoes are particularly adorable. Add all of these things together and it basically means I want to have a baby.

Today I went to a friend's baby shower and almost died. She's going to have a little boy, so I spent some time in Target looking for little boy onesies and could not make up my mind on which cute little onsie to purchase. I agonized back and forth between turtle (I like turtles), teddy bear, and monkey patterns and spent way longer in that store that I initially expected. I settled on the turtles.

Last night Paul and I went to the drive-in theater in Scottsdale. It's the most amazing place ever and my favorite part is definitely all the families that are there. So many cute little kids that I just want to steal and take home with me. Paul says that's illegal.

Paul and I got there super early because it tends to be a little crowded on Friday nights so we spent some time in the little clubhouse playing old school video games. I sat down to play this truck driving game and this little boy crawled up next to me in the seat and started trying to play the game with me. I immediately fell in love. A few minutes later his dad walked up and said oh come on let her (referring to me) play by herself. Of course I was like, no he's totally fine! He was just my new little best friend. After the game was over, Paul was like, "Sally, let them have their kid back." I didn't realize my new little friend's family had been waiting for him so they could get to their movie.

Moral of the story is, I want my own little baby boy so bad! They're just so stinkin cute...Freakin law school is ruining my life.