ACEO print sale ends soon! and Wednesdaily.

[ellenmillion]

Last chance at a lot of these ACEO print options! http://ellenmillion.livejournal.com/1262962.html

Please do send or PM me an email with your choices - at least one report is saying that the shopping cart comments aren't reliably sending to me, and I don't want you to go to a lot of effort to compile a list (or even just a link or two) to see it disappear.

Having a bit of a frustrating day. Not a bad day, exactly, just frustrating. Spending a lot of time on a very specific coding puzzle that I haven't been able to solve yet (oh, DUH), finding out I stepped on toes I didn't realize I'd stepped on, wondering why I haven't gotten replies to things and trying not to assume the worst, realizing I owe some ooooollllld email replies myself (of course, email is DOWN right now, with fabulous timing), and it's cooooold again, which means being stuck at home. I'm starting to go a little stir-crazy.

In better news, Guppy is terribly entertaining, even at this internal stage. Whenever I sit down with cold water, which I try to do a lot, she's got a limb to stick in something, or a knee to wave hello with. I am stupidly enamored with trying to predict what my belly is going to do next. I have not been able to completely positively identify any bits for sure, though sometimes I can guess... but I had this trouble with the ultrasound, too. Except for the really distinctive things, like face profile, I did a lot of 'huh, is that a leg? Oh, an organ, okay then. Is that a belly? The brain, you say.' I'm a little scared this will happen with actual baby, when I get that that point. 'What is it?! What do I DO with it? Why is it making that noise??'

Labor? Honestly not scaring me. I am sure it will hurt, but pain that has a specific end-date? Pft. I can deal with that. I threw up with a broken back and dealt with ceaseless pain for months on end. I can take a few days of agony that has built-in respites. I will undoubtedly howl like a banshee when actually faced with said pain, but knowing that it has an end - and an actual positive result - I'm stupidly confident that I can handle that part.

Coping with baby? Oof! I have to admit I'm having fear of that. I 'babysat', but usually for older kids. I'm not sure I've ever actually changed a diaper. WHAT IF I BREAK IT? (And related, what if it breaks ME?)

Alright, more wood on the fire now, and some grilled cheese and soup for lunch. Maybe I'll do a load of laundry and see if my email works again, then.

Comments

[pixiewildflower.livejournal.com]

(hugs)

[jenny_evergreen]

You will survive! Possibly barely at times, but you will! "Don't break the baby!" was a common refrain around here for a long time. We never did! (Okay, the first one broke HIMSELF once, but that doesn't count!)

[jenny_evergreen]

P.S. I just ordered (and I got the latest shipment yesterday, btw, yay!), so let me know if you don't see it!

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

It took several extra hours (stupid slow email), but I got it! Alas, the choice of print did not come through with the order - which did you desire?

[jenny_evergreen]

Bah. I filled out the message section so many times! *shakes head* Willow Mother from Sketchfest, if you can! :)

[penmage.livejournal.com]

Despite being a totally stupid pain wimp, I felt exactly the same way. Before I got pregnant, I was terrified of labor. Once I was pregnant, I was all "Labor? No big, it's one bad day." But childcare and childrearing scared the everloving crap out of me.

I won't say I'm like, a perfect mom, but so far it seems to have worked out. Though I perpetually feel like the scarier parts are yet to come, as she grows into being a real person and we have to shape her personality and stuff.

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

We're making other *people* - it's *scary!*

My OB and I had quite a laugh over the idea that 'they just let you take this baby HOME. Without supervision or anything!'

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

I was about to say something reassuring but the little roommates are misbehaving. *laughs* *runs*

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

Timing! Ha!

[polarbee.livejournal.com]

I need to get that car seat cover to you! I can mail it or drop it off somewhere, whatever is easiest on you.

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

If I were ORGANIZED, I'd have remembered to contact you before I came into town the past few days. I do have to go in tomorrow afternoon - I could meet you somewhere to get it? I'll be at the West end of town. The next time I'll for sure be in town is Thursday - I have an OB appointment at the east end of town in the morning.

Mail might be easiest, but I hate to make you go to that expense!

[polarbee.livejournal.com]

Doh! I didn't check my email all weekend. Thursday works for me. I will schedule my out of office tasks for that day so I will be out and about and can drop it off anywhere that's convenient.

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

I will message you!

[tonithegreat.livejournal.com]

Ordered a Torn World ACEO print! Will e-mail you about it too.

I didn't have much experience with very little babies (and was pretty sure I preferred my humans with more neural pathways connected, thanks) 'till I had two of 'em. You probably will have moments of "what? WHAT!?" but they will pass. And you will have so much fun once she's outside. Even before the neural pathways start getting well connected.

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

Yes to this! I like *kids* - interactive, ready-to-learn kids who can hold tools and can follow basic instructions. Babies? I don't know ANYTHING about babies and don't in general find them appealing or anything I'd go out of my way to see or handle. I am hopeful that instinct kicks in - I hear that it does!

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Babies aren't particularly breakable, and the diaper terror recedes after the first poop. :)

And also, FWIW, I found labor much more a pain to be quiet about rather than to yell about. And you will, I swear to God, be *fine*. It sucks, but it is in fact transitory, and it is *totally unlike* any other pain I have ever experienced in that the *instant* the kid comes out, it goes away. It just goes away. Poof. You're sore afterward, but that's pretty ordinary musculature soreness: the big pain is just gone. All gone. It's awesome. :)

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

I'm going to freak out the first time I drop her... I just know it.

Poof! It sounds like magic.