{"id":1065,"date":"2012-11-30T15:03:29","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T20:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2016-10-10T11:53:52","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T15:53:52","slug":"7-quick-takes-friday-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2012\/11\/7-quick-takes-friday-46.html","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes Friday!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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#7<\/p>\n

Thank you all so much for your comments on my post from earlier this week. I honestly appreciated every single one (honestly! Every one!*) And I got several emails and facebook messages that I haven\u2019t had a chance to respond to, but I appreciated those too. I really was so hesitant to write about this because I didn\u2019t think I could handle the \u201cyou\u2019re causing scandal, you\u2019re not a good Catholic, you\u2019re only struggling because you\u2019re an awful person\u201d comments, and to the blogosphere\u2019s great credit, I didn\u2019t get any of those. Which makes me think that I probably have the most awesome readers on the internet. So thank you guys. And, since I know some of you were truly worried about my mental state, rest assured that I have been talking with my doctor and have resumed taking a low dose of medication that has helped me tremendously in the past. So, you know, I\u2019m not just crossing my fingers and praying that God will turn me into a well-adjusted person for Christmas.<\/p>\n

#6<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m crying because it\u2019s hard for me to eat! Fix me, Mommy!\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Also, at yesterday\u2019s 2-month check-up, we found out that Angry Lincoln is tongue-tied. It\u2019s not a severe tongue tie, so his growth is on track, but it is probably the root cause of all the gas\/crying\/screaming\/misery. Unfortunately, it\u2019s far enough back on his tongue to be too near the blood vessels for a quick in-office snip, so we\u2019re going in on Thursday for an outpatient frenulectomy. I am SO relieved, even though I\u2019m dreading the stupid \u201cno eating or drinking after midnight\u201d rule of death. I\u2019m also hoping desperately that after the frenulectomy I can resume eating dairy and that his improvement since I stopped was just a fluke. It could happen. Right?<\/p>\n

#5<\/p>\n

Guess what. I took the kids outside today in my pajamas since I haven\u2019t done laundry in a week or three to play on the sidewalk while Lincoln was napping. I thought to myself, hey, self, it\u2019s noon on Friday. There\u2019s no one around to see that you look like a hobo, slept in your braid, and still have mascara smudged around your eyes<\/em> since you fell asleep before taking it off. You\u2019re safe to take the kids outside for the first time in two months. Go ahead. It\u2019ll be good for you. <\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>Anyone wanna guess what happened next? I bet you a million dollars you\u2019d never guess it, unless you\u2019re one of\u00a0 my facebook friends who saw the hysterical status update I posted.<\/p>\n

#4<\/p>\n

I got interviewed for the local news for an interview about whether or not we\u2019d like a hospital built out here. On camera. In my pajamas, smudged makeup, and post-being-chased-by-knife-weilding-psycho-in-a-low-budge-horror-movie hairstyle.<\/p>\n

Am I on Candid Camera? What the hell, universe?<\/p>\n

#3<\/p>\n

The Ogre laughed hysterically when I called him at work to tell him, and then said, \u201cwhy didn\u2019t you just say no?\u201d<\/p>\n

A valid question, and one that I\u2019m still asking myself right this very minute.<\/p>\n

#2<\/p>\n

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At least I was wearing a bra.<\/p>\n

#1<\/p>\n

Oh, speaking of facebook friends, I feel the need to post a PSA here. I get lots of friend requests from people I don\u2019t know, and since most of them seem like normal, well-adjusted people, I\u2019m assuming they know me through reading my blog. My facebook policy is to not to accept friend requests unless I have had a face-to-face or email conversation with the person, so please don\u2019t be offended if I say no. I signed up for subscribers, so I think if I deny a request that person is automatically subscribing to the posts I mark for everyone. I think. I dunno, I\u2019m not really technically savvy, but I wanted to have a way to let people be sort of friends with me on facebook without creating a whole separate blog page, because then I would feel pretentious. So that was my answer. End PSA. Happy weekend, everyone! Go see Jen <\/a>for more quick takes!<\/p>\n

*Okay, I really didn\u2019t appreciate the commenter who was like (and I\u2019m paraphrasing here): \u201cI\u2019ve never read your blog before, but I\u2019m going to diagnose you as having depression related to your addiction issues, which you only briefly mentioned but which I am positive you have not dealt with.<\/em> I also think your husband is a jackass, and it\u2019s obvious that you think so too, since you call him the Ogre. Please be advised that humor and\/or sarcasm are languages I do not speak. I did, however, ace my freshman psych class. You\u2019re welcome for my opinion.\u201d However, I did think that Josh\u2019s response to said commenter was. totally. awesome. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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