Captain Me Planet

July 6, 2006

Wow. That was short.

Filed under: drink, food, I think, #4

I felt I had to vent, already.

Who are these people? 

The ones who say they’re so sick in the beginning of pregnancy.  I’ve been surfing pregnancy sites.  And forums.  And some say they can only subsist off strawberries, watermelon and cucumbers…oh the horror of eating too much fruit or too many veggies.  Better watch the weight there.  Don’t wanna overdue that.  Put the radish down, and step away from the produce stand.

I’m not that sick now.  Have been, with other pregnancies.  Now, I just wanna lay down, maybe gag a bit.  Keep drinking and eating to keep the worst at bay.  But what do I feel goes down best?  Barbecue sandwiches…the smoked pulled pork and Carolina sauce kind.   Maybe a cheeseburger.  Creamy potato soup in a bread bowl.  And eat the bowl.  Um, taco dip with tortilla chips.  Cheddar cheese sandwiches.  Heavy on the cheese.  I made a meat lasagne.  It was good the first night.  The leftovers make me wanna hurl.  Parmesan risotto yesterday.  Same story on the leftovers.  And for the baked potato salad from The Fresh Market.  With cheese, chives, and bacon.  Hey.  Dug it on the 4th.  Threw the rest out last night.

Not only is it fatty, but it’s wasteful.  

I’ve tried fruit.  Veggies.  They just aren’t doing it for me.  Make me gag more.  Plain crackers?  They’re too plain.  More gagging.  A chocolate milkshake wouldn’t be bad.  Real Coke with sugar, for the soothing bubbles?  Too sweet.  Diet Coke with toxic rat killing aspartame?  Pretty good.  So what about doing what your body says? 

This cannot be good advice in all cases.  Up till 3 days ago, I still thought wine for with dinner sounded good.

 

TAKING A BREAK

Filed under: I think

Between the pregnancy, the other 3 children, the remodel, the putting the house on the market, packing, the pregnancy, the remodel and the packing, and the pregnancy, I’m going on Blog Hiatus. 

Unless something so compelling occurs that I must wax on in my pithy, insightful way, I’m going to suspend the minor drivel.  Unless I just feel like doing that, as well. 

All in all, I just do what I feel like, so I suppose, that’s nothing different.

I will say that news stories coming out of Portland, OR, detailing Forestry Service supervisors losing their jobs if they do not become bilingual (to speak Spanish), as opposed to the new hires being required to learn English, bugs me quite a bit.  Doesn’t the idea of coming to this country sort of mean assimilating to this country and its language, and customs?  The big melting pot?  Immigrants half a century ago certainly knew if they were to succeed, they’d better get the language down, and learn to deal with America and Americans, in the way things are already being done.  If I moved to Germany, I would learn German.  And how Germans live life.  Not expect my boss to learn English (although, he/she would already probably know it).  I would never expect my host country to become more American.  I’d acclimate.

What is up with this story?  Principles in Dallas, TX, for 30-35 years, being told to become bilingual or lose their jobs?   This certainly seems to be political correctness to the most backward degree.  Kind of up there with changing the lyrics to Baa Baa Black Sheep.  When is this nonsense going to stop?  Is it going to stop?






















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