3rd Trimester Observations

1. Parking can be a hazard, especially in Honolulu. I went to the mall yesterday just to run in and get some stuff from Aveda. Thanks to my friend Sarah, I know that parking outside of Neiman Marcus gets you closest to the Aveda store. Unfortunately, the parking spots outside of NM must have all been made for compact cars. To make matters worse, the people who park there must be blind! It takes forever to find a good parking place because people are parked over the lines, etc. I wonder if this is because if they are shopping at NM, then they must be really rich, which means they don't really care how they park. (By the way, they have valet parking at NM and I saw a big Rolls Royce in the driveway.) Anyway, I actually found a decent spot with no other car parked on the drivers side. Thank goodness! However, 10 minutes later when I came back out, a crazy person had parked way too close to my car. This is where the panic sunk in. Am I going to have to ask a random skinny person to back my car out for me because I cannot get in it???? I was already scanning the parking lot looking for a nice person to ask. Fortunately, it was unnecessary because I could just barely squeeze in the car. Whew! This is a worry in every parking lot in town.

2. I have never washed more dishes in my life. Because I can only eat small meals, I tend to eat all the time. This creates piles of dishes in a single day. Piles of dishes every day then requires leaning over the sink to wash them. I can't get as close to the sink as I used to, which causes a back ache. I guess since Al Gore, I mean Paul, is gone I could switch to paper plates and plastic utensils. Or I could wash each plate or bowl immediately after using it. hmmmm.....

3. Trade winds are not so kind to the baby doll dress. As you may know, many maternity dresses these days are made in the baby doll style. Very cute and comfortable. However, things get a little tricky in windy Hawaii. I flashed the whole neighborhood yesterday when I got out of the car to get the mail.

4. People stare. I have found that now that I look pregnant, random people everywhere stare at me. Maybe I used to do this to pregnant women as well???