This has been the kind of week that has me looking forward to Monday because things will get back to normal. Actually, things will not get back to normal until our new stove is delivered; until then we are cooking on a two-burner hotplate I ran to the store for.<\/p>\n
Last night I had a dream that I was in the hospital and had just that day given birth to twin boys. The babies were being measured and cleaned up by the nurses while I rested in that happy “the delivery part is OVER!” state. Sometimes in dreams like this I then PANIC when I realize I haven’t yet come up with any names for the baby\/babies—but in this dream it was a thrilling moment. I thought, “Oh!! I still have the whole fun NAMING part to do!!,” and I reached for a small yellow legal pad next to my bed and started making a list, thinking I would have to have Paul bring me my baby name books later. I wrote George, Oliver, Frederick, Charles, Miles—and as I was wondering if two names ending in -s would be a fun twin-name thing, I woke up.<\/p>\n
I was disappointed to wake up so soon in the process. I tried to keep things going by pretending I really did have twin boys to name, but it was not the same. Still, it’s a fun activity for a Sunday! Let’s say you suddenly had already-born twin boys to name, so you needed to work fairly quickly: what would your list look like?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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