Chris and I are going away for a "romantic weekend" in June, which means, in part, that I'm going to have a whole day to myself in a hotel room. I'm so excited about this, I can hardly type. I do have one complaint, however: Why oh why can't the new Harry Potter book come out that weekend, instead of one month later in July? It's not that I'm all that into Harry Potter, but I do want to read the new one, and I know that once I start reading the new book I won't want to put it down. So that weekend in June would be perfect. I wonder if I could plead my case to the publisher, maybe they'll slip me an advance copy?...Yeah, probably not.
This mis-scheduling happened with Harry Potter 6 too. It came out in July 2005, ten days after Phoebe was born, and the only time I was able to read it was when Phoebe was nursing and Mallory was otherwise occupied. Now, when Mallory was a newborn reading and nursing was a cinch, because she was an easy baby and just lay there cooperatively on her Boppy as she ate and then fell asleep; I could just hold the book with my opposite hand and life was swell. Phoebe was much more difficult to get settled and I had to support her head in bizarre ways, and she didn't much like being on the Boppy. I still tried valiantly to make it work; however, I think I did permanent damage to the nerves in my shoulder from trying to balance a 10-pound baby and that 10-pound-book in my lap all at once. So an earlier publication date for that book would've been helpful too.
It's so irritating, when the world doesn't revolve around you.
This mis-scheduling happened with Harry Potter 6 too. It came out in July 2005, ten days after Phoebe was born, and the only time I was able to read it was when Phoebe was nursing and Mallory was otherwise occupied. Now, when Mallory was a newborn reading and nursing was a cinch, because she was an easy baby and just lay there cooperatively on her Boppy as she ate and then fell asleep; I could just hold the book with my opposite hand and life was swell. Phoebe was much more difficult to get settled and I had to support her head in bizarre ways, and she didn't much like being on the Boppy. I still tried valiantly to make it work; however, I think I did permanent damage to the nerves in my shoulder from trying to balance a 10-pound baby and that 10-pound-book in my lap all at once. So an earlier publication date for that book would've been helpful too.
It's so irritating, when the world doesn't revolve around you.
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