Amateur Hour

I only recently discovered Danielle Bean’s blog – I loved this article that she wrote.

Ack! I am so not ready! Here’s my list of things to do before the baby comes. Don’t laugh – I know it won’t all get done. Just humor me, please, or I might start to cry.

Clean out the car.
Retrieve from attic, wash, and install infant car seat.
Pack for the hospital.
Write [...]

When dealing with a less-than-helpful bureaucrat: If you announce that you are 8 months pregnant and start to cry, said bureaucrat will suddenly become much more helpful.
I swear that I did not plan to play the pregnancy card, and I wasn’t trying to get preferential treatment. I was just having a really bad [...]