The egg factory is back in business

Er, sorry about the euphemism in the post title. Blame the hormones.

I heard from a bunch of sources that one can expect one's cycle to resume at around the ten-month mark, and if there's one thing that pregnancy and early parenthood have taught me, it's that Sam and I are boringly average. Sure enough, five days shy of Sam's ten-month birthday, this morning I realized that my carefree days are over.

When I told my husband, I added, "That probably explains why I've been so grouchy." To which he replied, "Yeah, probably." "What's that supposed to mean?" I snapped back. I rest my case.

All morning long I've been fighting off this Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret impulse to call all my friends and tell them my big news. Is that weird?

Anyway, thanks to Kris for kicking all our butts and getting the posting re-started! A few things I've been wondering about y'all:

Melissa O! How goes the post-maternity leave job search?

Anne-Marie, how was the visit back east? (Can you tell I've been in Vancouver a long time by the fact that I refer to central Canada as "back east"?)

Libby, are your afternoons liberated yet? I can't tell you how excited I am by the prospect that you may be free to hang out during the day! And that picture of Jonah makes the prospect all the more tantalizing. He looks like an indie rock god!

landismom, how is landisdad doing with his new job? How are YOU doing with his new job?

saskatchewan, are you really going back to school? So cool! I want to know all about it.

Jem, how's the project going? I've been really enjoying your take on rethinking the role of food in our lives.

Everybody else: what the heck is new? And don't say "nothing." "Nothing" is never an acceptable answer.