Sunday, March 4, 2007

it ain't easy

Last night, around midnight, marked the fateful return of morning sickness. Clearly "morning sickness," being an all-hours affair, is not remotely an accurate term, so I shall heretofore (henceforth?) refer to morning sickness as Being Green. I am not a fan of Being Green. Who is, I know. Being Green prevents one from falling asleep again after sleeping so peacefully for three hours already at least. Being Green is clearly going to make me even more boring of a person than I already have been, these past few weeks. Because before Being Green, at least I could eat.

I should have known I would turn Green yesterday, as I was ravenous the whole day through. It was like Pen's Last Supper, or Last Lunch. And Second to Last Lunch, and Third to Last Lunch. Seriously, I had three lunches, as well as dinner, and quite a few cookies. Which, one might argue, may (should) have contributed to Being Green. But Being Green is

***Breaking K.Lo update: the Bug has learned to turn on the TV with the remote, and has chosen to watch Full House. Eeegad. She is currently bopping to the intro music. This can't be good.***

also marked by emptiness. Like your stomach is eating itself, and you should feed it so that it can eat the food instead, but absolutely nothing appeals. And then you feel like you should probably drink some water too, because water is good for you, but water is like, super-gross. So you do nothing, and try to just sleep, try to imagine that it's all fake and part of your overactive imagination. I wish it was. Maybe it is? More on this soon.

6 comments:

Julia said...

I can't even tell you what a wonderful description this is. I got such a kick out of it! I too am green...

mendacious said...

i am not green. but my head is red.

and i tried to say something sympathetic and snarky yesterday but it didn't work.

penelope said...

Thanks!

Being green is no fun, is it. Sigh... hope you feel better soon.

penelope said...

i hate when comments don't work. it happens to me all the time.

Anonymous said...

I never felt pukey at all. Just mono-niquil tired, bloated, weird. But it all disappeared as soon as I hit the week 12 mark. Like magic. Now I'm looking forward to sex-telling sonogram on Wednesday to make sure the baby is still in there. Which it better be, otherwise I am getting a middle aged man beer belly without the pleasure of beer. And it's beer season. Sigh.

Kim said...

Everyone I know is pregnant now, or just had a baby, so I am totally intrigued by this whole thing. So I also wonder, do you get cravings for weird foods? My mom didn't, but she used to crave the smell of Janitor in a Drum, which is an old cleaning agent they don't make anymore because it is dangerous, so that might explain why I turned out like this...