| Friday, Oct. 3, 2003 Today was a pretty exciting day. I was three days late ("I'm lateeee"...as Frau said in Austin Powers) and as I got dressed this morning, Chris kept saying, "You're Pregnant!" I thought we were psyching ourselves out or setting ourselves up for sadness---just knew that period would show up after I shell out a zillion dollars for some pregnancy tests. (I had taken two cheapo Equate tests earlier--on Wednesday--they were both inconclusive--kind of barely there lines---Chris said it was the equivalent of an indecisive shrug.) I went to work but couldn't concentrate---at 10:15, my planning period came around (period! HA) and I drove very quickly to CVS for some more expensive tests (thinking that higher quality would give me more than a shrug). I got a two pack and did both of them. They both showed a faint line. I was surprised. Four defective tests? I thought for sure the line in the "you're pregnant" area would be bolder than that. I mean, come on! It's declaring that your life is about to change! It should be all IN YOUR FACE instead of all weeeeeehhhh... So I emailed my baby's daddy (heh) and told him about the faint lines. "You're pregnant!" is all he would respond. Still. I had some doubts. Surely our first month of "throwing caution to the wind" couldn't yield such fruit....I thought it would take a while. After school, I drive to a different CVS (no reason, this one was closer to the house) and as I am getting the groovy digital type of pregnancy test, I run into my mother! Hi Mom! Good thing I'm married!!! :) In all my excitement at home, I messed up doing the test, and got a "SEE LEAFLET" message. Crap. Anyway, I have four tests saying YES and one saying SEE LEAFLET. That ain't bad.... Armed with the two latest tests, we hit the road to visit Dave and Tracy, Chris's cousin and wife, who are also expecting a bebe. In a quiet moment, I pull out my urine sticks (as Chris called them) and inquired for Tracy's opinion. "You don't need to take any more tests." She told me. "You are pregnant!" We went to dinner and I ordered water for the first time since I was about six. next |
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