Alone
September 30th, 2008
Oh man. I loved your comments about C-sections and parenthood and the compliments made me cry, although really, you do know me, in a way, but you don’t know how much I fart or how awful I am with remembering people’s birthdays! I AM SO BEHIND ON GIFTS. HOWEVER AM I GOING TO BE A MOTHER?
The day was also helped by the fact that I saw a place I loved which, even if we don’t take it, restored my faith in house-hunting, that perhaps we won’t be screwed and homeless and living somewhere without working toilets after all. Plus, a local friend gave me a lead on a gorgeous place nearby, so yes, perhaps we WILL be okay. Maybe.
I also went to Harrington’s for lunch. Do you know Harrington’s and their miraculous hams? I’m not a huge ham person, but these are really great hams, and their cheese is quite good also. I’m a bit of a fanatic, and everyone who comes to visit is hauled to one of their locations and forced to take home a ham and hey, they do a catalog business and wow, I sound like a HARRINGTON’S LACKEY, don’t I? Also, if you type ‘ham’ enough it looks like the absurdly ridiculous word that it is. Say it with me: HAM. Ahem, anyway, I ate an ENTIRE SANDWICH (not made of ham), which is a first for me, and purchased a ham (a wee size only available in stores) for dinner tonight and my God, I ate that too, along with some scalloped potatoes. It’s a MIRACLE. Also, perhaps not the most appropriate meal for uh, Rosh Hashanah (ham and cheese?), but delicious nonetheless.
By the way, one of my favorite things to do is to have lunch by myself. I don’t know about dinner, as I’ve never done a full dinner alone, and any time the opportunity’s presented itself, I’ve chosen to get room service and stare blankly at the television for hours on end. I’ve never understood the whole, “Can you eat alone in a restaurant?” thing, because I’ve always found it very soothing. This may be because I don’t mind being alone at all, anywhere — I prefer to shop alone, and if I’m with a lot of people for too long I start going nuts, because OH MY GOD I NEED TWENTY MINUTES BY MYSELF. I also may be hermit-like and odd, I … I don’t know.
Also, the other day I mentioned that my nails are quite robust, but what I didn’t mention is that I’ve suddenly become one of those women who treats them like PETS and files them every night, making sure they’re happy in their newfound glory. And to think, it was only a year ago that I thought any nails beyond the quick were disgusting. (I still think that, I mean, if you’re not going to clean them obsessively. No one wants to think about the potential for bacteria under there, least of a all a pregnant lady with a weak disposition. GRAH.)
And finally if, like me, you’re a Simon Pegg fan (and who didn’t like Hot Fuzz?) might I recommend that you either adjust your expectations and/or skip Run, Fatboy, Run entirely? I don’t mean to discount David Schwimmer’s directorial skills, but the whole thing sort of made sense for me once I realized that he’d directed it. It was LAME. VERY LAME. And not at all up to Pegg’s usual hilarious standards. Very sad.
Happy Wednesday!
*Heart. I LOVE Heart.
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1. slynnro | September 30th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Eating alone is my FAVORITE PASTIME! Second only to shopping alone. Who needs other people and their opinions and chatter? Not I.
2. Jen | September 30th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
We watched Run Fatboy Run this weekend, and you’re right, it was pretty bad. I think we chuckled maybe once? Too bad, because we both LOVED Hot Fuzz. Not that this was supposed to the second coming of Hot Fuzz, but still. I think we’ve come to expect more from Simon Pegg.And that scene, with the blister? EW, EW, EW.
Also, my nails grow ridiculously fast, form the prenatals, I guess, but unlike you and much to my husband’s dismay, I cannot wait to cut them every week.
Lastly, I also love Heart.
3. Kate | September 30th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
My nails were gorgeous and long during pregnancy & after delivery – the only time in my life – and I pampered them too. Great timing for someone unaccustomed to pointy, sharp appendages to be handling newborn babies with their delicate skin.
4. Caitlin | September 30th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
You ARE going to be a great mother Jonna! If poor mothering is based on some kind of scale related to farting, then we are BOTH screwed, and somehow I just don’t buy it.
And I also love shopping & eating alone. MY time, MY schedule, the stores *I* want to go in.
Am not pregnant but I take prenatal vitamins for my hair & nails and OH MY GOD do they work. Also, leaving the jar on the counter is fun because it freaks company out. My Dad visited this weekend and apparently thinks you are supposed to take them, like, in case you might accidentally get pregnant because you are having SEX….or something… because when my Mom and I started talking about their merits, he clamped his hands over his ears and went “la la la laaaa”. Srsly, Dad, SRSLY.
Which actually, I have always wondered….is it weird knowing that your parents know for sure that you have sex even though you are MARRIED AND EVERYTHING? Because THAT is my fear, THAT is what scares me about someday having kids: my parents know I am having sex. THERE I SAID IT. Jonna is not the only freak in the room, folks.
5. Nothing But Bonfires | September 30th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
The Miraculous Hams! That’s IT, I’m starting a band.
6. mar | September 30th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
love shopping alone, movie-going alone, but only kinda like eating alone. room service can be fun sometimes rather than going out to dinner, though.
i’ve been off the prenatals because i ran out a month ago & haven’t picked up more, but boy do i get comments on my nails all the time & i think it must be because of the vitamins. i just had to explain the concept of prenatal vitamins & folic acid to my bf on sunday because he didn’t quite get it.
you are gonna be the funnest momma out there.
7. Emily | September 30th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
The nails thing is kuh-razy, is it not? I have to make a conscious effort to CLIP mine and then file them otherwise I might poke out Asher’s eyeball from six feet away. I remember lying on the table for my c-section thinking how glad I was I had cut my nails a few days before, so as not to gouge my new adorable baby. No, I hadn’t packed a hospital bag, but BY GOD, I had manageable nails! It’s the small things, really.
8. jonniker | September 30th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Y’all, it’s not the prenatals, I’m sorry to say — that’s an old wives’ tale connected to prenatal vitamins and pregnant ladies who have robust hair/nails. It’s the pregnancy hormones. If you feel like they work and you aren’t pregnant, hooray! You probably have great hair and nails ANYWAY.
I say this too, in part, because I’m not on prenatal vitamins. I’m on Flintstones, my friends, and yet my nails are advertisements for Sally Hansen. Seriously. And they’re normally SOFT and SCARY.
Caitlin: I ALREADY EXPRESSED THAT HORROR, YES. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. I hate knowing that my parents know that I HAD SEX. It’s awful. It’s horrible, awful and so embarrassing, me walking around all PREGNANT and everything with all of this EVIDENCE that I’m a sexually active person, married or not.
9. April | September 30th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
I like to eat alone but the only times I have ever done it the waitstaff and hostess are BEYOND ridiculous to the point that I don’t like it anymore. I mean, five billion times “OH you are all by YOURSELF? ONLY YOU? table for one?!” and then the waitress “Oh, you all alone? Where is your boyfriend? Pretty girl like you should have a boyfriend. Why are you all alone?”… then I’m all trying to explain that I am travelling for business, or just feel like it and then I think “WHY am I explaining myself to these people?!” If I was already depressed about being alone it would be enough to send someone over the edge…. I guess it’s been just ludicrous for me in the past, and now I just choose to order hot wings and watch some overpriced movie in my room!
10. Blythe | September 30th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
1. I am heretofore (I’m not sure what that word means but it sounds good) going to post all comments in list form.
2. I love Heart and saw them in concert when I was sixteen.
3. I took Flintstones too and kind of wanted to keep up with them even after I gave birth.
4. I adore shopping/eating/going to movies alone. Sadly, this is one of the things I miss most from my pre-parent life. I know the opportunity will return one day but for now I long even to sit in the mall food court and read a newspaper while eating Sbarro pizza.
11. Camels & Chocolate | September 30th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
I actually LIKE eating alone in restaurants, too, but only if I have a book or magazine to keep my occupied, because otherwise I look like one of those douches who can’t part with her beloved CrackBerry. However, dining alone with a book is prime time for catching up on my reading, I’ll say!
12. claire | October 1st, 2008 at 5:00 am
I was going to ask about what Camels & Chocolate mentioned. Do you bring something to read when you go out to eat alone? That’s why i never do it. If i don’t have something to do, like read, i feel very conspicuous and awkward just sitting there by myself. I like the idea of dining alone just fine, but i’ve never been able to do it without a book or newspaper.
Is your hair growing like an inch per minute, too? I’ve heard that’s a pretty big perk, along with the nails – shiny, healthy hair. This pregnancy stuff doesn’t sound so bad… : )
13. -R- | October 1st, 2008 at 6:47 am
We almost rented Run Fatboy Run this weekend because of my love for Simon Pegg, but now I am glad we didn’t. Thanks! I forget what we rented instead, but it was fine.
I have had dinner alone a few times, and it wasn’t scary or weird, but I didn’t really enjoy it either. Lunch alone is better, I think.
14. -R- | October 1st, 2008 at 6:47 am
I just remembered what we watched this weekend: Leatherheads.
15. She Likes Purple | October 1st, 2008 at 6:58 am
The older I get, the more I find myself enjoying being alone. I prefer to shop alone, watch TV alone (only I know exactly when to talk so as not to miss anything), go for coffee alone. And as much as I adore my husband, I like nights in alone when he’s out with his guy friends. One of my previous favorite pastimes was watching crappy TV with a glass of crappy champagne with only Molly for company. Obviously the champagne is out the window these days, but as much as I love friends and socializing, I’m adopting some very Hermit-like qualities as I age.
16. Kris T | October 1st, 2008 at 7:06 am
First time commentor, writing to say THANK YOU for the fact you love eating/being alone. I am happily married and all that jazz but in all truth, I’m like you. I enjoy being alone and after 20 minutes with any large gathering I want to yell ” Would you all just shut up and go away? You are wasting my time.” That being said, I am a very friendly,outgoing person really and truly. I just like being alone. My family thinks I’m nuts. Thank you for making be feel normal.
17. kris | October 1st, 2008 at 9:42 am
I love to eat alone. Unless my ex-boyfriend is at the restaurant with a new lady friend, in which case, I prefer to be eating with a Greek god. You know, if possible.
18. Kristin H | October 1st, 2008 at 10:08 am
I too love shopping and going to movies alone. Sometimes I’ll head out and think, don’t most people do this sort of thing with someone else? Should I call XXX? And then I think: nah.
Uh, I do have some friends though and swear I’m not a misanthrope.
I am ALSO terrible with other people’s birthdays! I once called my best friend to chat, and it was her birthday and I didn’t even realize it. She’s all hinting: Isn’t there another reason you called? Something ELSE you wanted to tell me? Me: Nope! Talk to you later!
Duh. I also routinely confuse my children’s birthdays. I like to think I make up for it in brownies and bread-making.
19. jonniker | October 1st, 2008 at 10:58 am
Kristin: HA HA, I know. I swear I do have friends, I SWEAR! I just … well. Sometimes I like to do things alone.
20. Claire | October 1st, 2008 at 12:02 pm
I love shopping alone and eating is right up there as well. I also find that I appreciated it a LOT more once I had a kid. He’s 13 months and I still like taking time for myself and shopping or eating.
21. H | October 1st, 2008 at 12:57 pm
I am hermit-like and odd, I guess, because I never mind being alone unless I’m scared and alone, like in a dark alley or something.
I hope you find somewhere nice to live and am glad you have some leads.
22. Kristabella | October 1st, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Yay for eating full meals!
I don’t mind eating alone as long as I have something to read. Because then people start to get weird and mad when I stare at them for too long.
I will only shop by myself. I hate shopping with other people.
23. Jen W. | October 9th, 2008 at 9:14 am
Kinda sad that Fatboy movie is not good. I ADORE Simon Pegg and Hot Fuzz…
OOH BARRACUDA!!!
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