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October 04, 2008
Second Banana
Poor Santie is about to be demoted even further in the family hierarchy. It's hard to believe that we used to think that having a dog would be good preparation for children. Ha! Tell that to Finn when we try to just leave his dinner in a dish on the floor or leave the back door open when he needs to relieve himself.
I spent a little one-on-one time with poor, neglected Santos while Daddy and Finn did the heavy lifting of the monthly Costco visit. I used to take Santos for nice, long walks in Oakland right up to the time that Finn was born. Back then, I was an annoyingly fit, energetic pregnant woman, far from the moaning, groaning, listless pregnant woman I am now. I realized how slow I've gotten when two women in their 80s totally passed me up on the sidewalk. (Kind of like that scene in Office Space when the guy in the walker passes Ron Livingston when he's stuck in traffic.)
For old times' sake, I queued up the old playlist that I used to have when I was pregnant with Finn. "Gestational Jams" is what I would listen to each time I took Santos for a walk right before Finn was born, and these songs still bring back the trepidation/excitement of that time. Better yet, they are still somewhat relevant.
Reserve your judgment as I reveal some of them. (Apparently, the same thing can be said for musical cravings as food cravings in pregnancy.)
Baby Boy by Beyonce (for obvious reasons)
My Humps by Black-Eyed Peas ("lovely lady lumps")
99 Problems, (But a Beyotch Ain't One) by Jay Z (the irony of a 30-something pregnant white woman walking around singing this whilst walking her dog is not lost on me)
First Day of My Life by Bright Eyes
Sitting in Limbo by Jimmy Cliff (Finn was a week late)
It's Tricky by Run D.M.C. (Our child should have exposure to old school rap in utero)
Posted by lisa at October 4, 2008 03:30 PM
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