Compartment 14B

Punctuation; priority perching. 2008-02-19 - 11:29 a.m. A work colleague sent me this link to a NY times story on the semicolon. Clearly my reputation as a picky punctuation person is spreading. :: I�ll be 24 weeks as of this Friday and, according to some sites, officially entering the 3rd trimester of this pregnancy (others say it�s a little later). I�m still teaching at the gym until the end of March, but then I�ll be going on maternity leave from that job at that point. I figure, I don�t mind the thought of working out during the last couple of months of the pregnancy, but I might mind having to work out on a schedule that�s imposed on me. Besides, given the complications that set in at the 7-month mark last time, I�m just as well off not committing to a heavy workout a couple of times a week at that point. I�ve started yoga once or twice a week, and if things go well I expect to continue it until I leave my office job in mid-May. I�ve reached the point now that I ask for a seat on the bus out to my �burb in the evenings. It�s a minimum 45-minute trip (and that�s if I get a particularly speedy express bus � it can take well upwards of an hour) and I just find it too much of a pain to stand the whole time. Even though I could definitely do it, I still can�t help but feel a simmering resentment towards the able-bodied people studiously avoiding looking up from their books while ensconced in priority seating. To be fair though, when I have asked � carefully looking at the ceiling so as not to make any one person feel targeted � people have always jumped up cheerfully and offered me a spot. Plus, it�s hard to tell when anyone�s pregnant in the winter up here, given all the layers we have to wear to combat the cold. I must be getting bigger though: yesterday was the first time a person offered me a seat without anything being said aloud about my being pregnant. Last time I gave birth in January, so even a week before going on maternity leave people couldn�t tell. This time the weather warming up, allowing lighter coats and sweaters to be worn, will coincide with getting pretty huge, so I expect to almost never have to actually verbally request a seat by the 8-month mark� which seems to be coming up fast! Before - After All content � Shawna 2003-2010 That means no swiping my stuff - text, images, etc. - without asking. P.S. If you're emailing me, replace the [at] with @ in the "to" line. Oh, and if you put the word "journal" in the subject line it'll have a better chance of making it past my junk mail filters. recommend me HTML and design help by Jo hosted by Diaryland