please, just stop asking.

so, yesterday i checked my voicemail on the way to the osteopath (got my hips adjusted - apparently the fetus had its head balanced on the edge of my pubic bone instead of dropping into place - here's hoping it drops, but in the meantime, my hip feels a bit better at least!). i admit, i am lazy about checking voicemail. i am not a phone person. i have always been that way, although throughout this pregnancy i have gotten worse, as i slip into hermithood.

you would think people who know me would know that by now.

anyway, if i hear one more message saying "i tried to call you earlier, and there was no answer, so now i'm wondering, does this mean you've had the baby?" i will punch something. because you know what? if we had the baby, we would tell people. we would! it is on the list of things to do! we put together phone lists and e-lists a month ago! we call the mums and sisters and a small assortment of other close relatives and friends when labour starts, we have an email ready to go out to a wider circle when we're on our way to the hospital, and we have a huge list for when the actual baby is actually here.

you know what's worse than waiting for something you really really want?

what's worse is waiting and waiting and people keep asking "so, did it happen yet? did it? hmm?" what's wrong with a simple "how are you?"

and really, it makes me totally not want to call people back.