Comparisons
January 24, 2008On the way home from the first vaginal ultrasound at eight weeks, circa mid-November:
Me: Holy cow! I can’t believe Broodling is less than an inch long. I’ve eaten packs of gum bigger than him! How can something less than an inch long make me so bloody sick!?
Aaron: I know of several things less than an inch long that can kill you.
Me: Huh?
Aaron, ticking them off on his fingers: Bullets. Grenade shrapnel. AIDS. Blood clots. Cancer.
Me: Ooh, what about 1/2 inch doses of arsenic?
Him: Um, I guess.
Me: In retrospect, being sick isn’t so bad.
