baby on my nerves

yes, that's right. maggie is on my nerves. literally. she's sitting on my sciatic nerve, and let me tell you - this is a painful, painful thing to have happen. apparently, she's very comfortable there. i've been in agony since saturday morning. i could barely walk. i'm at work today, and that in itself is kind of a miracle. i was an absolute monster to my husband this morning. and he was a total sweetheart. he drove me three blocks to the train station. i yelled at him for taking me to the side where i had to climb a few stairs! the poor guy couldn't win. when i can stand up for more than three minutes i'll have to make him something for dinner.

god, how i miss advil and motrin. i think what i really need is a lovely percodan, to be honest, but of course none of that is going to happen. i have one of those little heated things (thermacare) on my lower back. it helps, but it just doesn't do enough.

i wasn't feeling so terrible yesterday afternoon, and i went to see transamerica with my sister. very good movie. excellent performance by felicity huffman. seriously. she's a major actor. loved every minute of her in it.

i finally saw "a patch of blue" last night. it's one of the only sidney poitier movies i hadn't seen. i adore him as an actor. plus i think he's gorgeous. it was a good movie, but elizabeth hartman, who plays the blind girl had a very annoying voice. poor thing ended up killing herself in the 80s.

i also saw "oliver twist" - the new roman polanski version. i don't think i've ever seen oliver twist before, or at least not in its entirety. i love dickens. dark and rewarding. i wish i had more of an education. i would have loved to have read great expectations, oliver twist, a christmas carol in a class. instead i read them all on my own, and i'm sure i miss so much.

does anyone want a fish tank? we're selling ours. i keep avoiding putting it on ebay, but we really need to get rid of it unless we want to convert it into some weird new kind of crib! well, let me know.

i will go and gripe and complain to myself now. if i'm feeling better later, i'll post a more positive paragraph or two.