I just had my book group over for the evening, and it went well. We discussed The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, and it was a better discussion than I expected. This book group has such a wide variety of readers, I really wasn’t sure how it would be received. I originally didn’t pick it because I really love the book and I didn’t want to see it panned, and also because it is not a book that would appeal to people who tend to read fluffier stuff. As an example of the differences in the group, our next book is Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. Let’s just say I am not looking forward to that one… Gregory decided that the events transpiring downstairs were just far too interesting, so he ended up staying up the whole time. He was reasonably happy, so it worked out well. Besides, I always enjoy an opportunity to have people admire my baby!

My mom ended up having Emma for most of the day today, because she took her to gymnastics this morning then they went to a movie in the afternoon. She also stayed for dinner over there, so I had a very quiet day. I felt like I was just trying to fill the time, doing this and that to get ready for people coming over tonight (I made brownies and lemon squares, yum!) and to keep Gregory entertained and happy. I really much prefer having both of my children around! It seems so much easier to take care of a baby when there’s another child to talk to and help and read to and do projects with etc. etc. etc. I had forgotten how challenging it can be to be a mom of only one! I much prefer the challenges of being a mom of two. :-)

After I put Gregory to bed (at 10 pm! I wonder how late he’ll sleep tomorrow) I took my toothbrush to the other bathroom and brushed my teeth. The mirror in that bathroom has a portion that is at a 45 deg angle to the rest of the mirror, and while looking in part of it I noticed that I have a big clump of hair missing from my right temple. The left temple is a little sparse too, but nothing like my right temple. I was shocked that I hadn’t noticed this before! I went in and asked Matt if he had noticed (which is kind of a dumb thing to ask him, as I think I could cut off all my hair and he probably wouldn’t notice without prompting) and he said that he hadn’t, but did see it now. I’ve been losing a ton of hair recently, but I figured it was just the whole post-partum hair loss thing and I didn’t think much of it. But now that I think about it more, it does seem like more than last time… I wonder at what point I should get concerned about this. (More so than I am now, I guess!) Now I am hyper-aware of this though, and I’m wondering if I have any other bald spots hiding on my head. I’m a little scared to look!

Hmm… anything else to blog about? Oh, yes, Emma and I are going to plant pumpkins, popcorn, sunflowers, and some beans (ones that are meant to be used dried, primarily) over at my parents house. We’re hoping to start this week. I wanted to plant things that wouldn’t require a lot of harvesting and care, hopefully these will do the trick.

Oh, and one more thing. I saw someone link to this today and I thought it was pretty funny. I wonder though, just how many children does one have to have in order to be classified as “reproducing like rabbits”? Around here I think anything more than three does it, but perhaps the threshold is just more than two. I wonder if this is similar to other parts of the country, or just other urban areas? I think I’m looking forward to falling into that category though, whatever the threshold. *grin*

OK, time to try and do a little reading and then I’m going to bed before it gets too ridiculously late. Good night!