h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Oh, congrats!! I am so glad you've finally gotten it.

Waiting is awful- that's why such a minor inconvenience is so annoying (that, and the fact that the person who should be counted on to rectify it can't always be trusted to do it right) for me.

But your good news has lifted my spirits a bit. That, and a co-worker I like had her baby yesterday and everyone is doing fine. Just waiting to see a photo.

I've got more 'good' news - I have my MRI results! Which was exactly what I'd been told they would be back in January and I'm really happy about it in a bizarre way, because this is fixable.

Not as cool as babies, I'll grant you. Although I refuse to go gooey over'em.

That's fantastic! Not that it is what you thought it was, but that you now KNOW what it is, and how to go about fixing it. I'm so happy!

I don't get all gooey over babies, either, but I'm happy this one popped out because mom was getting quite uncomfortable- she's just a tiny little thing and that baby was almost 8 lbs!

Congrats on both counts, ismarah!

I was three pounds, my sister six, and the youngest one nine. My mother gave up after that because she didn't want a twelve-pound baby

Reminds me of a line from Roddy Doyle.

A: "Seven pounds eight ounces - that's a grand size for a baby!"

B: "Yeah..."

A: "...but it would be a hell of a small turkey..."

I was three pounds, too. My little sister was around 9.