Hello journal. Like my other journals and past pen pals, I have neglected you.  But this time, I have a reallly good reason, I swear. B and I are gearing up for a new addition to the family. Because of this, I have been debilitated for almost two months. I am very excited about this, but it really hasn’t been that pleasant lately…. fo’ real. When the nausea, vomiting, and fatigue goes away, I will bounce back from the bed and into civilization.

When we were kids, our mom always told us to, “cha-mo.”  Which in Korean means, “hold it in.”  When we got hurt, we had to cha-mo. When we were sick, we cha-mo’ed. When we wanted to cry, we had to cha-mo. I’ve learned that good and bad things come from this. The good, is that one learns to just grit their teeth, smile, and just work through some things. The bad, is when I did this and eventually got pneumonia. Lesson learned? Maybe… well, I hope so. So now I am battling with cha-mo every day.  People ask me, “how are you feeling today?” and I reply, “fine,” as I lift my head out of the toilet. It’s natural for me to just be that way, but seriously, I got to let it go sometimes.

So, exciting news and events for 2009!  But don’t worry, I’m not going to be like that. No obsessive blogging about day to day pregnancy. No obsessive blogging about babies. I still want to know about what is happening out there. In fact, I was a little excited about the YouTube symphony when I first heard about it, but after listening to the music…. hmmmmm……… not sure about that one.