End of Cycle

i never thought of myself as an entrepreneur. i'm an introvert, first and foremost. so how am i suddenly on the brink of trying to build a small business?

i got ice skates for christmas. of course it's been about 60 degrees out for the last month and nobody i know knows how to ice skate. but, still, i can't wait to get out on the ice with them. j. got me the best christmas presents this year.

we got our camera yesterday. Panasonic GS300. i love it. it's so miniscule. i remember the unweildy thing my parents used to lug around. when j. and i took the camera out of the box we just laughed at the uncanny size of it all. the carrying case with all of the accessories inside of it weighs about two pounds. amazing. thanks mom and dad and momB and dadB.

i found an old exercise bike in the trash heap the other night. i went and sat on it to claim it till j. came to help me carry it upstairs. not that anyone else wanted to rescue it off the trash heap. when we got it up we realized that the reason it was in the trash heap probably had to do with the incredible volume of metal-grating-metal that eminated out of the wheel cage. we thought it was hopeless, but after some help from k. and some generic WD40 we got it turning beautifully with nothing but a slight whirring.

now i can exercise during commercial breaks (and eat my snacks while i burn them off). very american.

we still have our tree up. well. just the tree is up. j. wants to open our living room window, take out the screen, and throw it down the three flights. this has several benefits (less pine needles tracked through the apartment, only one person gets covered with pine pitch, etc.), but i'm so terrified that a small child will suddenly appear from nowhere and get flattened by the falling evergreen. i told him that i would consider it, though, if we do it at midnight and one of us stands at the bottom with our arms outstretched in vigilant watch for any wandering babes.

speaking of babes, none yet. but i think my cycle is all screwy, because today is the ninth and my last cycle hasn't ended yet. if i'd known, i would have gone off birth control much earlier. however, looking at the upcoming fertility tracker for january (due date October), i have a good feeling about this one. plus, we've got a very aggressive "get pregnant" schedule this month.