Back at it!

Hi all! I’m back to the blogger scene with a new blog!  A few things in my life have changed since I was last posting in my previous blog, “Joe’s Jew”: I got married and I’m pregnant!  Pregnancy is one of those magical times in a woman’s life, but it is also a time in which your body becomes completely taken over by another person and that is taxing.  I am now in my third trimester with less than 10 weeks before go-time, and I can’t wait to deliver this baby.  I miss me!  I miss being able to see my toes (not that I have particularly great feet or anything, but still.)  I miss being able to sleep on my stomach – I’ve been a tummy sleeper all my life.  I miss being able to walk easily up stairs. I miss running.  I miss my nightly glass of wine.  The list goes on. 

Last week I found myself doing two particularly strange things for an eight month pregnant woman.  I applied for a job that begins in January (when I’m due) and I went to try on clothes in my pre-pregnancy weight size – I know, wtf was I thinking?!  I can only rationalize my behavior by fessing up to the fact that I miss the old me so much that I am desperately engaging in behaviors that only the old me would be successful at.  After a phone interview, and being called back for an in-person interview, I had to admit that I actually couldn’t continue with the interview process since I would not be able to start in January if I were the right fit.  And I was actually laughing at myself in the dressing room as I was trying on clothes that were too small for me.  It was ridiculous. I knew they wouldn’t fit, but I tried them on anyway.

So, “How Kari Sees It” is a place where I can access the old me – the writer in me!  Baby can take my body and a decent part of my mind space, but there is still some brain left!  Why the title?  Well, a couple of weeks ago I was talking to a few colleagues of mine at work about the TV show Glee!  I admitted that the character Sue Sylvester was kind of my idol.  And one of my colleagues said that at my funniest and wittiest, I am the Sue Sylvester of the school.  I could not have been more honored!  And if you’re a Glee! watcher – you might find this fact either hilarious or disturbing – can really go both ways! There is a segment on the show called "How Sue Sees It," so I thought the title for my blog was fitting.  I also think the title is a nice tribute to my old last name. I used to be Kari C.  Now I’m Kari F.  I’ll be writing about life - some baby talk, some married life talk, whatever suits my fancy! Enjoy!