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The crying and the eating

Most of the time, Sarah hasn't really been crazy hormonal during this pregnancy. There have only been about three days where she's been wacky, and I'll tell you about one of them. It was early on, three months in, and as soon as I walked in the door from work she said, "I have to warn you, I'm feeling really emotional right now." She was also extremely hungry. It was first trimester, and hunger often turned to nausea really quickly. So we threw together the quickest meal we do—bean burritos—and we dug in. We were talking about something. I honestly can't remember the topic, but I do remember that it wasn't especially contentious or frought with emotion, but that it had Sarah in tears thirty seconds in. Usually when she's upset, I'll console her, tell her it's okay, but this was just so... odd... I had to sit back and watch. Because she was really upset, but she was also really hungry. Which resulted in her crying and eating at the same time. I don't think the crying slowed her down one bit, either. And then ten minutes later, she was totally fine again.

Don't think I'm selling her out by sharing this either: Sarah finds this story as awesome as I do.
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Anonymous said…
I don't even think it was 10 minutes. It was more like three before I was fine again.

And you forgot the best part -- I just kept mopping my eyes with one sleeve while I shovelled food in with the other hand. I am awesome.
10:51 am
Anonymous said…
Sarah, have you been hanging around Bill Clinton?

Clicky! The good stuff is at 1:15.
1:33 pm
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