I miss cable

Tonight begins a two week special for the Gosselin family. Do I have cable to watch it? NO! Stupid Oregon... ;-) Hopefully someday, we'll be in a place where we'll have TLC again. I really miss it. During my maternity leave and the summer, I had a routine down and new what shows were on when, now... I have to check movies out from the library. Not that it's not fun, but I miss having Jon and Kate Plus 8, A Baby Story, Bringing Home Baby... Oh, and Full House, Step by Step, The Hills. Man I miss The Hills. The Hills makes me think that I, too, could live a life full of ridiculous drama, a job in fashion which also lets you wear tank tops to work, nights on the town in whatever club I choose... Wow, it's kind of pathetic!

We did go to Lodi for Ignite, our regional youth conference. We stayed in a nice hotel and it had cable. No TLC though. Every channel except TLC. But I had ABC Family, HBO, MTV.... It was nice. We weren't at the hotel all that much though. We were at the conference. I was great to see all of our friends and students from all over the west coast. We got to see our Harbor Light crew for a few minutes, not long though. It was weird to be there and not be "youth pastors". But I will say, I loved being free to do as we pleased and hang out with whomever we desired. Emma also finally got to meet both Adaiah and Noelle. Adaiah is only a matter of hours older than Emma and Noelle is three days younger than Emma. They were jabbering and just staring at each other. It was fun to watch them. We joked that when they're teens, they'll be the girls giggling and talking in the back of the church conferences. It's funny how they're all only a matter of four days apart though. Oh, by the way, if you're going to take a trip with your infant child, make sure you're not trying to keep a good schedule. Poor Emma was miserable the last hour of the trip. She did also poop during that time, sitting in it could not have been too great... But the last hour was her worst of the trip. It had to have been awful being confined to the carseat, unable to stretch.

Not really sure how I got from missing cable to this... Oh well. It's not like it isn't normal for me to go from one subject to the other in conversation without really having a good transition anyway.

Emma has a dr appointment this week. Stupid me planned it for the night when Nathan is in Bend overnight... Everytime she gets shots, he's not there and he doesn't have to deal with her and her cranky self. It's a bummer. It's almost as if he plans it himself! Except he doesn't. It's just the way things work out. I'm hoping that she's still good weight/height wise. We haven't introduced solids as I want to make sure I give her the right foods first. Plus, the doctor said we could continue exclusively breastfeeding until we were comfortable. And on top of that, I'm not really down with other people just giving my child food, as some have tried to do. For awhile, at least, Nathan or I will be the only ones feeding her. No offense to those hoping to have a turn... I'm a first time mom and I can be as paranoid and protective as I choose. I don't really care what anyone says.

I'm tired. I'm going to go relax for a bit til Monday night tv is on.