The Drama List

The following is a list of the current dramatic situations that are occurring around me:
-Jessica is in the hospital having contractions with her 30 week 5 day twins. She is not supposed to be eating carbs. Jessica does not know how to diet. (This was how it was during writing. Jessica has since given birth, update to follow)
-Becky is having seriously high pulse rates at 3am (Becky, are you sure NOTHING was going on at 3am?) The word surgery has already been used. Oh and Becky is 19 weeks pregnant.
-Veronica has a torn ACL from skiing and had knee surgery on Thursday. Veronica has seen more of the inside of a surgical ward this year than she has of her own house. We are considering bubble wrapping her.
-My sister has decided she is driving back across the country in the dead middle of winter from Kentucky. My dad is in no shape to drive with her, but my mother is too stubborn to let her do leg 1 alone so I can do leg 2 (Man, I hate the drive from Houston to Los Angeles). Stubbornness runs in our family.
-Cara FINALLY got her apartment (yes, Cara, I knew you got it, but seriously, enable the wall comments on FB, how else am I going to respond to this GREAT news). This is great because Cara is also pregnant (24 weeks maybe?) and has been living in a one room studio apartment with her husband Xabi, who does not sleep at night). And extra room or two will be great!
-Joy bought a house. We all know this is stressful. However, Joy is also pregnant (16 weeks maybe?), which just adds to the whole ordeal. She is seriously super mom.
-Caitlin is living with her in-laws. Like, in their basement. With two dogs. And Mike. And she fell off the bus seat yesterday on her way home from work because she fell asleep. Caitlin is...not pregnant (yet).
-Sara has mothers calling her about my community college students. (I saw this one coming but was not about to warn her). She is about to live my year round pain.
-Travis cheated on his American Idol bracket and now has one of the lowest scores in our group (we won’t mention who else has the same score as him). He is stressed about this. But not pregnant, so life is good for him.
-My cat, Tony, continues to poop in my bathtub. He is not stressed about it, but he might be soon if he doesn’t stop.

And now the list of people who don’t seem to be adding to the drama (thank you)
-Katherine. She just keeps me sane on a regular basis. And is my gambling buddy on long road trips.
-Cindy, pregnant (24 weeks I think) but sends regular updates and has already painted her nursery.
-Kiyomi, who while could maybe have a better job, has an employed husband and called ID, so she knows when her mother is on the phone. Oh, and not pregnant.
-Karin, running (literally) around LA and sending fun Fresh and Easy food ideas to try. Also, not pregnant. I think.
-Colleen, who always seems to have some sort of heart associated with her FB status. Yea, Colleen, I notice.
-Leilani, who turned 30 this weekend and didn’t make me feel guilty for forgetting to send her a card. And pretty damn sure she is not pregnant.
-Susie, who has taken all of the crap from the teachers I have had for the last 3 years, and doesn’t even complain. Well, ok, maybe a little, but so much less than I used to.