For Christmas 2006, all of the kids and Carl's sister's family went to Puerto Vallarta to visit my mom and Carl. It was there that Em revealed her tummy: she was four months pregnant. Despite getting a few of my parents' emails, she had not told them about the baby; she wanted to tell them in person, I'm guessing so she could control their reaction better. My stepfather was alternately enraged and despairing; for a while, they decided to shift their plans dramatically to help take care of the baby-to-be. However, after a week together in Mexico, my sister reined them in, and they found a way to compromise. As soon as they could, my parents would sail through the Panama Canal to the east coast of South America, so they could fly up to Virginia more readily. It was heartbreaking on both counts. My mom's original plan had been to sail further south, then make the very dangerous crossing to Australia.
4:22 PM
May: hey sweeti, are you there?
me: Yep!
I got my bonus today!
May: how are you?
me: Pretty happy, now that I got my bonus today.
My dad's still being a dick, though, so that's a little sad.
May: congrats
oh no
called you a couple of times
we are at el salvador now
me: Did you? I'm sorry I didn't hear.
May: that's fine
me: I don't know if my phone's ringing for you!
May: i called you at 4:30pm on your birthday which is the time you were born
me: You called me 3 times on my birthday, and the second and third time I literally had my phone in my pocket. Like, right against my leg.
And I didn't hear or feel a thing.
May: oh well
anyways, my cingular phone is not working anymore. the only chance to talk to you is via skype
me: Yeah, I saw in your email. That kinda stinks.
May: it's ok. the marina is very pretty, but outside of marina is extremely poor
we had security guy carrying machine gun to go shopping with us
me: Wow... That's kind of intense. D:
May: we walked in the woods and saw lots of money today
they tried to hold carl's hand and bit him :)
me: .... The money? XD
May: luckily carl's still alive
sorry i mean monkey
me: OH! MONKEYs. XD
May: how are you going to spend your bonus
me: Rent is due this week. I was thinking I'd spend it on rent. Woo.
May: did you get a new car?
me: I sure did. XD
May: oh cool
the nisaan you were talking about ?
me: Yep!
It's got a sunroof and leather seats. ^^
May: sweet
did you get a loan ok?
me: Yeah. TERRIBLE financing rate, but I'm planning to pay it off pretty quickly by selling my eggs, so that's okay.
May: any buyers for your eggs?
me: Yep!
I start fertility meds tomorrow, and the actual donation will happen between the 23rd-26th.
May: oh wow
me: Yeah, right?
May: hard to put a comment. you will have a child but not a mother
me: Not really. It won't be my child, really. :>
May: :)
me: Don't worry. Emmy will still be the first to make you a gramma. XD
May: :)
how about the car insurance? will your dad help?
me: No.
Duh.
It's 440 for six months, which is better than expected.
It just kind of sucked, because in order to get that on my dad's policy, I had to lie to the insurance company and say that I'm living with my dad. Which really stings.
May: sorry about that
oh well, you have to survive
me: Yeah, I know.
He sent me an email today that was like, "Complain complain complain. My boss isn't giving me a raise. Oh, by the way, how's your housing situation?"
And I told him, "I'm getting a 9.6% bonus today, and that was the rudest thing you could ask someone you essentially kicked out."
But I think I've got new housemates for when my rent runs out. We're going to live in Falls Church.
I think I'll have to be in a new place by the time you guys come visit Emmy.
May: oh wow
keep me informed so I know where to find you :)
me: Oh, of course. ^^
May: honestly, hope everything works out
me: Well, it's gotta. I don't really have many options if it doesn't, you know? ^^;;
May: maybe you should start saving money to buy a condo -- eventually
me: Yeah, well, I don't know if I want to stay here for more than a couple years. >.>
May: oh i see
make sense. but still save some money
me: Working on it. ^^;;
May: i think we will stay with grandma king when we come back and visit va by car
me: Now that my car isn't making me hemorrhage my paycheck every month, I think it'll be okay.
May: awesome
how's fat boy
me: LOUD.
May: hope he didn't suck up your money
me: A little bit, but it's not so bad.
May: oh good
me: I'm pretty sure he sleeps all day just so he can be really irritating at night.
Brendan has started trying to "train" him to shut up, which mostly involves yelling at him, then spraying him with a squirt gun.
(I don't think this is working.)
May: oh no. how's the tension between you and brendan
me: Kind of bad still.
But we've mostly started ignoring each other, so it's manageable. :>
We just don't ask each other to do anything anymore, which works out.
May: hang in there only a few months
my poor baby
is it your quitting time?
if yes, i will let you go
me: Yeah, kind of, but I wasn't gonna go home anyways. XD
I'm gonna meet Ryan at Ballston mall at 6:30ish, so I've got plenty of time to kill until then.
May: oh i see.
i think i will go swimming and then jump into a shower
it's really hot here
me: Man, that sounds like fun.
It's something like 30, here. XD
May: sorry to hear that. we are 100, felt like 200
i got sweaty even with typing :(
me: Aww, that stinks!
May: totally
me: Yeah, I'm doing the trick where I put my hands underneath my laptop to warm them up.
Last week, we had not one, but TWO freezing rain storms.
May: oh my poor daughter
be careful to drive, ok?
me: Yeah... I'm extra-super careful now, because I'm terrified that Capital One will come and break my legs. XD
May: :) I will go now sweeti. will talk to you soon
love you so very much
me: Okay! Love you too. :>
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