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Head In the Sand, Not Looking Up
The countdown is on to this kid and I can honestly say that I haven't prepared at all. I am incredibly grateful that one of my sisters-in-law stopped by with a bunch of baby stuff and a neighbor has offered me a crib she no longer needs.
I was this way the first time around too, trundling along like an ostrich, pretending I either had all the time in the world or could just figure things out after the fact. This is not my typical style at all. But then again, elastic waists aren't my style either.
So instead of doing responsible preparing-for-the-baby type stuff yesterday, which was the NICE day of the weekend (the news is full of preliminary horror stories about the nightmare of rain and wind that is a nor'easter which will crush all enterprise today) we took Felix to climb on art* and procure cupcakes.
It isn't that I'm not excited about this new kid. I hope it isn't at least. I just find that the baby stuff is paralyzing, even if it is easy, even if all kinds of people have generously been helping.
Having said that, it would probably have been better if I had been able to totally complete all of my work that will be due in the next few months, but I blame that on having a week shaved off of the typical 40 that one gets in a pregnancy.
Still, work is a nice distraction. Always.
*My photo does no justice to the intrigue of the work. It is actually very dark, very strange and full of knots. If you're in Manhattan, it is worth a trip to Chelsea, certainly, to the Larissa Goldston Gallery, to catch Orly Genger's show.
posted by Elise at 7:58 AM
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