Tuesday, April 30, 2013

The Skinny (or not)

I'm in one of those blog phases where I don't actually blog, and then I can't quite think of the right blog in which to start blogging again. So this will be random, and maybe I'll get my blogging groove back eventually.
The Julie News:
  • I am on my final read-through of The F-It List. Had a very interesting discussion with some of my past students about the use of abbreviations in texts these days and how to work that (or not that, as it were) into the book. Also, I am running out of Post-It notes but can't imagine actually paying for them.
  • I have gestational diabetes, which is a special kind of diabetes when one is pregnant. "Special" as in "sucks ass." This needle-phobe has to poke herself four times a day, not to mention the fact that I'm eating less food than I normally eat when I'm not pregnant. Believe there will be massive quantities of cake in the delivery room.
  • Did you know that all of Target brand band-aids have antibacterial stuff in the gauze part? This annoys me greatly, just so you know.
  • This happened last weekend: