Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Ode to Chick-fil-A (and random thoughts about people's maternity pictures)

Can we please talk about how amazing Chick-fil-A is? I feel that if I were to name one food that I've "craved" during this pregnancy (even though I really don't think of it as a craving, more like an ongoing love) it would be the chicken nuggets at Chick-fil-A (and maybe also Mexican food!). They are so good...the nuggets, that is. Do you know what's better then Chick-fil-A nuggets? Chick-fil-A breakfast sandwich. The one with chicken on a biscuit (it's a number 1 in case you want to stop by for breakfast sometime). I discovered this little piece of heaven about a year and a half ago. My friend Magan and I would discuss food, amongst other things, at work in the middle of the night and she suggested that I try breakfast at Chick-fil-A. So the few times that I drove to Orlando after work to visit Katie, I would stop at Chick-fil-A for something to eat before driving for four hours. I only did this a few times and considered it my treat for having to drive after working all night. Do you know what else I deserve a morning treat for? Having to go to a doctors appointment at 8:30 after working all night. Wouldn't you know that the past 3 doctors appointments have been mysteriously scheduled for 8:30am after a night that I worked. Hmm, funny how that worked out.

On a completely unrelated subject, I've been looking at maternity pictures online because Lissette got me thinking about them. (Wow, I'm really influenced by my friends) So now I kind of want them. I wanted my mom to take them (she's a very good photographer) but she didn't seem too thrilled about the idea. I'm not going to be upset or anything if I don't have them I just feel like since I'm not a Duggar, I'm probably only going to be pregnant one or two more times in my life and I like documentation. And lets face it, I'm probably a lot cuter now then what I'm going to be next time. Anyway, off topic. I'm at work, bored, looking at pictures online and on every website I go to there are maternity pictures with the women naked...naked!!! They don't show anything. There is very strategic placement of arms, crossing of legs, draping of fabric, etc. but they are still naked. That's gross. Why would you want a naked picture of yourself? What are you going to do with that? Do you tell people about your naked pictures? What do you say as a person looking at your friend's naked pictures? "Your boob looks really good in that one" "I really like how they covered your cellulite" Lets get real, that is ridiculous. Plus, I feel very uncomfortable looking at them. And everyone who reads this knows that as a general rule, I am pretty comfortable with nakedness. If any of you have had naked maternity pictures taken and I have offended you, I'm sorry, but thank you for not showing them to me. I don't want to see them. There are so many cute pictures that people take that are happy, smiling, mommy and daddy-to-be with clothes on and then BAM naked pregnant chic. I feel that if you want a picture of yourself naked (pregnant or not), bust out your little digital camera, put the timer on and snap away in the privacy of your own home. And then label the media card so no one ever sees it but you.