the happiest pants on earth?

youve heard of a man without a country? well, im a lady without pants. regular human pants, you know, the types with buttons and zippers, dont fit me and maternity pants are still too big.
im currently weathering this storm with the strategic use of a bellaband, basically a tube top one wears around one's waist to either hold regular pants closed or elastic pants up. the effect, i assure you, is both stunning and practical... and all this time i didnt know i could look MORE lumpy around the mid-section.

add to that a week long trip to disneyland.
why would that trouble me? in a small way because i am responsable for packing 3 people for a week long trip each and doing so means advance preparation. therefore, of the 4 pair of pants i can currently wear, 3 are packed away and one has been on my ass for the last 4 days. i finally gave in today and have been going about my business in a pair of yoga pants that are strechy and expansive but never intended to push the size "medium" into such rotund territory.

furthermore, i dont know about you and your pregnancy... but mine comes with vivid and sometimes scary dreams. last night for example i dreamed that zoe got lost.

i searched and searched for her among topiaries, castles, frontier lands, tiki rooms, but i could not find her. the terror, for me, came from picturing my little girl scared. as long as she wandered around amused and distracted i knew that i would find her and she would be ok, but the thought of her crying... and scared... and wondering where i could be... is terribly frightening. many times in her little life i have realized that what i am most afraid of is for her to feel afraid. or lost. or alone.
and so i woke up and immidiatly wondered how i could lo-jack her to prevent such a thing from ever happening.
of course, it will turn into a "what should you do if you ever get lost" conversation... but that can sometimes lead to trouble. i dont want to convince her that getting lost is a general possibility lurking around every corner. we had a talk about stranger-danger and her response has since been to introduce herself to everyone on planet earth, first name last name and address, and then they arent strangers anymore.

the importnat thing to remember is that i will be at disneyland for a whole week... unable to ride anything good. so come see me and lets eat turkey legs and snicker doodles and go round and round the jungle cruise, shall we?

k.
of course you will notice that this chamber has no windows and no doors, which leaves you with this chilling challenge... to find a way out! of course, theres always my way...