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Week 34 1/2 and buying for a teenager. 2008-05-05 - 4:34 p.m. I know that this subject is getting old, but I really cannot understand why, even when I feel perfectly comfortable eating a normal-sized dinner and not at all over-full when I go to bed, I keep getting woken up at 2:00 am by the sensation of vomiting into the back of my throat. Bleargh! I try to quell the burning by making a ramp of pillows to prop myself up slightly, and it eventually subsides, but this heartburn totally sucks. Hey, something else that’s happened both pregnancies but was so minor I forgot to chronicle it last time and, in fact, forgot about until recently when it recurred: I get small twinges of pain in my knees towards the end of my pregnancies. This isn’t because of the increased weight or swelling or anything; it’s because of constantly having to swivel them outwards to get them out of the way when I try to get up from/get down to the floor or bend over all the way to pick stuff up. And may I just say that I may be clumsy naturally, but I don’t think I ever have dropped so many things in such a short a time span as I have this last month. I blame the hormones. In terms of navel-gazing, my belly button is currently a half-innie/half-outie, for those keeping score at home. It’s kind of like it’s a shallow innie that’s got a little round shelf or beak at the top. I’m not sure it’ll pop out more, but I’ll keep you posted. :: Something not pregnancy-related at all (gasp!): it’s my youngest brother’s 16th birthday today! When my other brother turned 16 two years ago he was all about getting a license and learning to drive and getting a car so it was an easy gift to pick for him – I got him a first-aid and emergency kit for the car he was getting. (Don’t get me started on the fact that my father is providing cars to my brothers, yet when I was a teenager, like, 20 years ago, got nothing of the sort.) This brother, however, has not been so vocal in his yearning for the open road and I don’t know what the deal will be in terms of what he’ll drive or when he’ll get it. So, I’m thinking that I need to get him something else. He’s always a hard kid to buy for, but my stepmother surprised me with the information that apparently he’s been into making stirfries lately, so I might go with an Asian cooking theme. Doesn’t every 16 year-old boy want Thai curry sauce for his birthday? Or is this the worst idea of all time? You have any better ideas? Personally, I’m just loving the fact that he actually has an interest outside of videogames and hanging out with his friends for the first time in a long time, and I totally want to encourage this sort of thing.
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