I am 15 weeks pregnant and I am:

1. Not showing.  I look chubby, not pregnant. But I'm not bitter...

There is approximately one ton of wood flooring sitting in boxes in our dining room awaiting its big debut a couple of weeks from now.  Apparently, a week or so before installation, wood flooring must sit in your house in boxes and acclimate to its new environs  - as Sandie says, "Like a new cat".  I'm thinking of taking it a bit further, perhaps even wining and dining the new wood to make sure its acclimation is good and stuck.

In other news, now that we Dems are beginning to pick our heads up out of our hands, I've been reading a lot about what we can do next.  Husbulous and I discussed the idea of protesting at January's inauguration in D.C., however, after some research it seems that tear gas is not in fact part of the recommended diet for our unborn child.  In the short term we will be attending our next Democratic Committee town meeting next week. 

There are a lot of interesting ideas floating about regarding what we Dems can do with all of our energy. There's the theory that Dems should hit Republicans in the pocket book by refusing to spend money with Republican-owned businesses.  While the idea might sound appealing, I'm not a big fan of this idea for two reasons. First, that idea is about 3 steps away from a world where we all wear public arm bands declaring our political party allegiance.  And secondly, not spending as much of your money as you can locally for any reason is generally a bad idea for you and your town. 

There are other theories floating around, too, such as speculation about where the next Democratic presidential candidate needs to come from -- read: NOT the Northeast.  To paraphrase my friend Robin, much of the country would be thrilled to have its children educated in the Northeast.  But oh please, let's not elect a president from there. Go figure.  And there are some really interesting theories starting to surface about how the Dems need to work with churches to co-opt the notion of "religious values".  For example, working with churches to point out that religion is not about the exclusion of those people who are not like you, etc.

I said I wasn't going to continue talking about the election, didn't I?  Damn.  Okay, look, I'm working on it.

On the surface I'll be moving on from the horrendous outcome of the election -- but only on the surface. Living in one of the most freedom-loving and socially progressive states of the nation, I am sure there will be a group for me to sign up with soon. Some kind of non-violent, citizens army for truth or something.  There must be something that 50 million concerned American Democrats can do --

Stop! I said I'd be moving on, didn't I? So I will stop greiving and move on. 

The pressing and more hopeful subject of the day is that I, Suburbia, am just under 4 months pregnant. 

Yes, that's right.  I am baking a little baby Democrat inside of me. In spite of the election outcome, we're very excited and hopeful for the future.

More later.