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"I stumbled upon a piece of &amp;quot;celebrity&amp;quot; news yesterday. Jon of Jon &amp;amp; Kate Plus Eight spent the weekend in France with his new fling, 22-year-old Hailey Glassman. Several things struck me when I read this. One...If this guy, who has eight kids and a publicized scandal under his belt (and hair plugs!), can get a girlfriend, I can certainly get a boyfriend. Two, I wonder if he felt bad vacationing sans his kids. Three, how pissed do you think Kate is? She was photographed having a picnic with her kids while Jon was holding hands with a a young blonde and sipping champagne. Here&amp;#x27;s a tidbit of info for those of you who have not read Rattled! Prior to taking the pregnancy test, despite being in a relationship, I was planning a girls-only trip to Spain for the summer of &amp;#x27;07. Then JD arrived in the summer of &amp;#x27;07, so the trip was postponed. In fact, no one went. I remember having a conversation with my mom when I was nearing my due date. It was to the tune of I-am-so-going-on-that-trip-one-day-and-you-can-spend-the-entire-week-with-JD-and-just-nibble-him-up. Then he was born and I fell in love, and I seriously couldn&amp;#x27;t imagine boarding a plane to a different country without him. I left him with my mom when I went to Philly to promote my book. I called my mom a lot. I asked what JD ate for breakfast, if he pooped (what the poop was like-sorry, people, poop is important), if she was practicing saying words like cup and bowl and cat with him and not letting him watch cartoons about bunny kids that take care of themselves and have weird voices (seriously, people, where the eff are Max and Ruby&amp;#x27;s parents, and how does Ruby make the mortgage payment? I bet that house smells like soup and cinnamon btw). My point is, I missed JD, and when my mom told me he lingered by my desk and whispered, I ached. &amp;quot;What did he whisper, Ma?&amp;quot; I asked her. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#x27;t know. Just a bunch of gibberish.&amp;quot; I arrived home from Philly late the following evening, and he woke up when I crept into our shared bedroom (in our old place). We had a midnight snack, and he slept under my arm. I&amp;#x27;m wondering if you&amp;#x27;ve ever traveled without your kids. And by travel, I don&amp;#x27;t mean a single overnight trip. I mean a faraway trip. What was it like? Did you miss your kids? Did you not miss your kids and get drunk and have loud sex? Was there that notorious dose of mommy guilt lingering in the air? Oh, and feel free to share your thoughts on Jon and his new lady friend (22!) and their trip to France, where they hung out with the dude who made rhinestones and skulls famous. There is talk of a Jon Gosselin-Ed Hardy children&amp;#x27;s clothing line, but no plans are final. Thoughts on that? Love or hate the overworn, uber-expensive T-shirts? If you do like the skull thing and have a baby, click here--you&amp;#x27;ll eat this up. JD has it. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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