I have no idea how I got here. I spent so much time dating and being single and going through boyfriends and now here I am -- in my late 30's, married and with a baby on the way. Sometimes it doesn't feel real, like I'm playing house. Last night my husband and I ordered nursery furniture from Pottery Barn. We made a list of things we still need to get from Amazon and discussed the credit cards with the best points to put it on for travel miles and cash back bonuses. We have 401k's and a savings account and talk about stock investments. You'd think, at almost 40, I would feel like a responsible adult and this would all feel normal right now. It does not. Any moment I wonder when I'm going to wake up. There were times I thought maybe I'll never get married. I wondered if I'd be able to have children -- or get the chance to even try. This baby, so far, seems so healthy and so far I've felt healthy throughout the pregnancy. I'm blessed with go
Brandon got mad at me sometimes along the trip. Actually we both got mad at each other a lot of times (four days in a car with just one person, one person you dated on and off for three years and broke up with, ummm ya). This is a picture I took of one of the times Brandon was mad, yet stopped to pose anyway.
But he came around eventually and let me kiss his cheek.
He actually took this picture of me when he was still mad. Look how great it turned out. Weird, huh?
We went on the Freedom trail together and to Salem. Neither time did we think to bring our cameras. But I did take the cam along on my tour of Harvard today. The above pic is of Harvard Yard, the oldest and most well-known part of Harvard University. This part was actually used as a place for professors to graze their cattle until about the 40's. One professor traditionally brings in a cow every year just for fun for graduation week.
These were my guides on the Harvard tour. You'd think they'd be brilliant and scholarly. I'm sure they are excellent students. But they really just seemed like typical social and silly college kids there to explore new ideas. The one on the left is from Saudi Arabia, but sounds like he's from southern California. The kid on the right is from Paris, France. He also has a slight American, but also slight Brittish accent. Both of them said the American accent was influenced by a lot of American TV. They both grew up watching Power Rangers.
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