Amazingly, nothing extraordinary happened at swim today. I saw an old lady with an extremely hairy back, but that was about it. So I thought I would reply to Melanie’s comment a few posts back. They do heavily promote swimming as a fantastic pregnancy specific workout here, although I am still the only obviously pregnant woman at the pool. I think there are two reasons. First, it is a great exercise for pregnant women – no impact, good all around benefits for the whole body, and you feel nice and …

Who would you think is the worst in terms of clothes buying for Baby? Yeah, I thought it would be me, too. And I AM pretty bad about buying every cute thing I see. But you know who is going to spoil him beyond belief? Nope, not the Grandmas (though they are making a spectacular effort… and I mean truly spectacular). No… the worst would be Daddy – that’s right, we finally found Michael’s soft spot, and it is his little baby. Frankly, I think it is amazing and wonderful …

I went swimming again today, and I have several observations to share. Other people’s children are annoying. They scream and kick water in your face when you are trying to flot on your back, and they sneak under the changing room door and try to peek at you while you are changing, which tends to give you a heart attck when you turn around and notice a little girl in the room with you. In fact other people in general are annoying. One lady was swimming and kicked out so …

It was really hot here yesterday – 84 degrees! Which is just about unbearable to the Brits. In fact they have issued heat wave warnings, and all the papers have headlines like “Killer Heat Wave!!!” To be fair, air conditioning is pretty unusual here, especially in people’s homes, and only the really big office buildings have it (Michael has to suffer with just a fan and an open window).
So it was fantastic to go swimming. Unfortunately, the adult basketball they had listed in conjunction with the open swim was ladies …

Yes – they really call them costumes over here, and no, you won’t be treated to a photo of me in it. I decided I need to get a little exercise, since it is hard for me to even walk that much these days. So Michael and I found a couple of pools nearby and we’re going to give it a go tonight. Well, I am anyway. Michael is going to play basketball at the same facility. Unfortunately, my size 6 bikini is a thing of the past (for now), …

The London Underground @ Chalk Farm is flooded. Getting home is fun again!