I think it looks smaller in person and if I wear loose (okay, VERY loose) clothing, you can barely tell. Of course I'm trying to "own" the bump and therefore wearing fitted tops when appropriate. I figure that the bump won't fit under normal shirts for much longer so I might as well enjoy it.
In other random news, disaster was averted on Monday. It's fairly well-known that if you live in DC, you'll get jury duty like clockwork (1) six months after converting your driver's license and (2) exactly 2 years after every jury duty you serve. Apparently there are a lot of cases and not so many felony-free residents. Stephen had a week-long, murder one (naturally) trial for jury duty last year. So I wasn't exactly shocked when the summons appeared in the mail on Friday since I finally got my drivers license in late July. But what I wasn't ready for was a summons for GRAND jury duty-- a 27 work day commitment! And of course it was scheduled for months 7 1/2-8 3/4 of this pregnancy! I was so worried--how could I manage that? I wouldn't be able to get to weekly dr's appointment. And I did not even want to think about how my poor boss, who has two analysts going on maternity leave a week apart, losing me 6 weeks early. I had even prepped a "How do you get out of Grand Jury Duty?" blog post, but....
When I got to work Monday (after telling said boss, who almost had a heart attack), I called the DC Courts. I got the nicest lady on the phone who was more than happy to delay my duty for "as long as you'll need after the baby is born" and changed it to regular jurty duty. PHEW. I could not be happier. Disaster averted.
And the final random note for this email is that one of the kids that Stephen used coach (well, assistant coach) and whose Mom and sister were my buddies at basketball games, is now playing for Boston College (currently on TV vs. Duke). #24 Evan Ravenel.
GO DUKE!
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