31 weeks, 5 days: Storm Watch

I don't watch the news in California. It drives me crazy. Every station is like FOX news. I can't stand the young, ditzy women with giant boobs and inappropriately low cut shirts with 20 layers of make-up flirting with the old male news anchors. Car chases go on forever and I think they air the entire thing. The other news-worthy items include: weather, the latest fashion outfits for your dog or cat, and what Paris, Lindsay, Britney, etc are up to.



The latest thing on the news is the weather, because it's raining. Oh boy. In reality it's sprinkling a little bit and isn't that bad. Here are some clips from the news regarding the Storm Watch.



News Anchor in studio: "And now we go to Onsite News Anchor to report on Storm Watch!"

Onsite Anchor: "The sidewalks are damp and there are intermittent windshield wipers."


Interviewing people at their houses:

Reporter: "The rain is really coming down now." [cuts away to interview with woman] "How are you handling the rain?"

Woman: "It's sprinkling a little bit, so it's not that bad."



Interviewing people at the Starbucks 20 yards from an emergency room:

Reporter: "How are you guys staying dry?"

Man with woman: "Oh we're in the waiting room at urgent care because we're really sick, but we just wanted to get some coffee."

Reporter: "Coffee over getting wet, then?"



You have got to be kidding me!! Ugh. Almost as bad as the supposed heat wave that occured at the end of one week when I first moved here. The temperature changed from 72 on Monday to 76 on Thursday. Some heat wave.



I do have to say that rain can be dangerous for a pregnant woman with no balance and an inability to see her feet (i.e. me). I was walking across the parking garage and it was wet from the cars. I was wearing my nice work shoes (loafers with a 2" block heel). I slipped and almost fell down from the wet floor! Luckily there was a rail within hands reach that I grabbed, and a man standing near me grabbed my elbow to steady me. It was pretty scary though. I will now wear flats to work for the remainder of the pregnancy.



Cooper is so funny lately. He gets super active at night when I lay down and his little foot always pushes out of my side. He will play games with me if I start pushing back on him. More than one time my belly has started to look quite deformed because of where he's sitting on me. I can also put the remote control on my belly and it dances all over the place!



I still hate when he gets hiccups. I get so sick from them. Last night I was craving chocolate, so I was eating some dried Cocoa Puffs cereal. He started hiccuping. Without thinking, I looked down and said, "Now Cooper, we need to have a talk. No more hiccups, they make me really sick. I'm giving you Cocoa Puffs, what more do you want?" Christopher overheard me and started laughing...he couldn't get over my last statement.