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"OK, I&amp;#x27;m not trying to be a downer, I promise, but I&amp;#x27;ve done a things that make me smile list and a things I&amp;#x27;m grateful for list and so I figured, why not this kind of list? You know when something is bothering you to the point where even if you&amp;#x27;re not actively thinking about it, you can still sense its presence, like a dull headache? Well that&amp;#x27;s how these things make me feel. These are not, I admit, major issues. I am not going to talk about the fact that too many of us have cancer and may never be cured or that being a newly initiated working mom/commuter/homeowner is taking a toll on my marriage (more on that later), but in some ways my mini gripes are equally important. Because, well, little things add up to big things. And perhaps by simply saying them out loud, these nagging thoughts will release me from their grips and I can get over them already. OK, here goes. In no particular order, here is what&amp;#x27;s eating me today: 1. Last night a man looked at my still-a-little-round stomach, smiled, and said, &amp;amp;quot;congrats&amp;amp;quot; as if I were pregnant. Oh. No. He. Didn&amp;#x27;t. OK, this man was in my dream so the totally embarrassing encounter didn&amp;#x27;t actually happen, but still...I think my subconscious is telling me it&amp;#x27;s time to do a sit-up or ten. 2. My perfect angel of a baby has turned into a bite-sized Edward Scissorhands. His fingernails grow nonstop and, somehow, into the shape of daggers which he seems to enjoy plunging into his eye sockets. Every time he has a scratch on his face, I feel like a deadbeat mom. 3. That same perfect little baby has a big-boy Band-Aid on his finger because his father (who shall remain nameless) tried to give him a manicure last night and almost took a fingertip. 4. The fact that I sit on a train for over two hours a day and don&amp;#x27;t have a Blackberry. 5. The fact that I have to get a Blackberry. 6. Having a big, beautiful living room and not one single piece of furniture to put in it. 7. I bought a super-nice shirt over Christmas and have yet to wear it because when I got it home I realized it still had the alarm thingy on it. I haven&amp;#x27;t found the time/energy to take it back to the store and several times have considered wearing it anyway. 8. The fact that I had to steal five dollars in quarters from Alex&amp;#x27;s piggy bank this morning to pay for parking because, um, I can&amp;#x27;t take money out of my checking account right now. Maybe I should just return that shirt. 9. I have 70 people coming to my house on Sunday after Alex&amp;#x27;s christening and 62 of them have never seen my house and, well, it&amp;#x27;s just not ready for prime time (see #6). 10. The fact that even though Alex sleeps through the night, I have taken to waking up every two hours for no apparent reason. 11. The writers strike. When will my shows be back?! There is only so much Food Network a girl can watch. 12. I don&amp;#x27;t have a dutch oven and every recipe I want to make seems to call for one (I told you these weren&amp;#x27;t serious issues). 13. One word: Stretchmarks. Seriously, I have really, really, really bad ones on my stomach. Like, I&amp;#x27;ll-never-wear-a-bikini-again stretchmarks. This makes me not so stressed about #1...which annoys me even more. OK, that&amp;#x27;s it for me. Now it&amp;#x27;s your turn. What&amp;#x27;s eating you right now? Nothing is too nit-picky to share. It feels good, I promise! --Erin"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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