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hoo, i just signed little so-and-so up for daycare. i got him on the waiting list at 4 different places, but i really want him to go to 'something special', which is just around the corner from us, and his cousin audrey goes there. i actually got him on the waiting list at SS back in january, but the city has introduced this new centralized daycare registration program, so i got an email from SS saying i had to register again via that site and they'll update my wait-list date to reflect the january date. since i was already at it, i threw in 'frontenac club', because i know skye used to go there and bren speaks highly of them, and the 'YMCA' because that's where caleb, liam and now erin went/go. it's right up the street from my dad's apartment. and 'gently rocking horse', which i think is the queen's daycare and it seems to be reputable. i haven't ruled out the possibility of home care with someone we know, we just don't need to arrange that way in advance. it's funny because back when i worked at a daycare (the same daycare that b went to), i always felt sorry for the daycare children. but brendan has really positive memories of his time in daycare, and it's shown me that even though it's different to what i experienced with a stay-at-home mom, it's a good option. and the kids turn out perfectly well adjusted. besides, i'm pretty sure that brendan built his super strong immune system during his years in daycare.

well! i was not expecting to write all about that!

my work in arizona is pretty much all wrapped up now and i fly home tomorrow. it's been a positive experience and i think i surprised myself. i've been enjoying spending my spare time at the pool and watching tv. i've started to get a nice tan, which i'm sure will fade almost instantly.

i've been thinking about birth and science fiction's depiction of the future. it seems both are greatly impacted by film and television. the keynote speaker at this event the other day, pointed out that in the 1940s and 1950s, the future was always depicted as a utopian society, and now a days it's always shown as a dystopian. his theory is that a healthy, peaceful and harmonious future makes for a boring plot, and blames the need to 'make things interesting' in film for a very bleak representation of the future. i think the same is true about birth, and i've heard this many times before - that movies and tv always make birth seem frantic, rapid and dangerous with women begging for pain killers. it's interesting to me that scientists, similarly to midwives and other birth attendants, are frustrated by this negative reality being shaped by entertainers.

hm! weird, the music playing in the lobby is dido! how bizarre! i haven't heard her in a decade! on that note, i'll conclude with this....

i won't go
i won't sleep
i can't breathe
until you're resting here with me.