All the babies

i am absolutely in awe these past few months. as a lot of people know, i have quite a few friends who are either pregnant or have recently had babies. they all came at once it seemed. it's all very exciting, especially for me, who gets to watch from an outside perspective and see how it all unfolds. (yes, it has caused a lot of comments about "us being next", but i'm not worried about that. all in due time....)
anyway, in the last week and a half, i have gotten to meet claire and allison. they are the daughters of three wonderful friends. i met both of them when they were just over a day old. i have to say that i can't even imagine how a mother must feel because i miss them both terribly and they are not even my children! both little girls are absolute angels! they are the babies you are so relieved your friends have because they are honest to god beautiful babies and you can say it and mean it! they were not at all like the weird looking babies that no one knows how quite to comment on because they seriously are not cute.
i used to be terribly afraid of very little babies. they are so fragile and 'soft'. i was always afraid i would do something unintentionally to hurt them. however, i have gotten over this and now i just marvel in the thought of holding these little ones and watching them sleep and make their little noises and make funny faces. it is absolutely amazing.
i am so proud of my friends. they have a lot of courage to bring another person into this world and take care of them and teach them about how to be a good person. believe me, these babies will be learning from very good sources.
my next anticipation is zachary. zachary should be coming to meet us in about a month and i am THRILLED. though i love all the little girls, i'm excited about another boy in my life. his mom asked me if i was going to come see them in the hospital and i responded, "i'm coming to see you the very second they allow me to come see you!" i've watched his mom her entire pregnancy and i just cannot wait for him to be here as i cannot wait to watch my friends' children grow up and become amazing humans. i'm just awestruck.

Blaming others.....

So, I just read an article about how the family of a Chicago runner is "blaming" a Chicago ambulance for 'getting lost' whilst having a patient in the ambulance. I also read that the ambulance is from Niles. Having lived in the area, I know that Niles is a suburb, the drivers are not quite as familiar with the Chicago downtown streets, and CERTAINLY they are not familiar while there are road closings due to a huge event, such as a marathon. I understand the grief that can overcome a family after losing someone, there are many people that can be blamed, but WHY would you blame an underequipped ambulance driver because they couldn't find a hospital during a time of pandemonium. How could they be easily expected to find a hospital during this. I am SO TIRED of people wanting a scapegoat for EVERY LITTLE THING that goes wrong?????

The last 24 hours.....

I feel like the possibilities in my life would be endless if I had an unlimited supply of money. Ever since I was at Theresa's parents' house on Saturday, I can't stop thinking about gaming systems and all the games I want to get. I haven't thought like this since I was about 11! Back then, all I could think about was being the first one at the bus stop to beat Super Mario II or the all-time question- did Jeff or I beat Castlevania II first? I was at home and he was at a friend's house when we both beat the game. We may never know the truth.....
So, after many months of curiosity, I finally played Guitar Hero. I quickly became addicted as it was pretty easy to play and had a whole bunch of songs I love. I also played bowling on the Wii. That was fun, too, like something you could just do while you were bored sitting around the house. I felt like a whole new world had opened.
So I came home raving about everything and I look online to see about getting a Guitar Hero game. Turns out the newest version comes out on Sunday AND it will be for the Playstation 3. Therefore, last night we went out and bought a Playstation 3 and I pre-ordered Guitar Hero 3. Oh, yes, you didn't read that incorrectly- I PREORDERED something. I've not pre-ordered anything in my life. That's what those random kids at CD Warehouse used to do when some lame new CD was coming out that they HAD to have at midnight. I don't care, I have owned up to my desperation. However, now I find it very unfair that Eugene already has a new game to play on the new system, but I have to wait 5 more days for the ONLY game that I want to play. I don't know what he's going to about watching football on Sunday...... I digress.

The other fun thing I did last night was download my new Radiohead album- the one where I decide what I pay. I then got into a discussion with Eugene because he said he was reading about how many people still illegally downloaded it. I just don't understand why you'd need to do that when you can actually get the album for free right from the band! Are they just embarrassed that the band will know that they wanted it for free? Honestly, though, I think those people gave it no thought at all and me trying to analyze it is just wasting my time.....

Oh, this is exciting, we got some free cans of Purina One canned dog food when we bought the dry stuff at Petsmart last night. So, tonight, just to make sure that they weren't spoiled just enough yet, I mixed the canned food with the dry. For two dogs who eat about a bite per hour normally and seem content with it, you would have thought that they hadn't eaten for weeks. They were so excited about it, and then they licked their bowls long after any resemblance of food had been left behind. Their life is so hard......

That's all I got. I will now go back to watching Eugene play whatever game it is he is playing. Go Rockies!