Today I went through my inbox and unsubscribed to all the alerts that had been building up--concerts, readings, gallery openings. I don't want to alarm any of you preggos out there, but the reality is your social life is about to dissolve. Bye-bye date night, hello diapers.

It may not be as grave as all that, but my husband and I used to get up on a Saturday morning (late morning, mind you), and wander the city aimlessly. Maybe stop for a drink, a movie, or a museum. Now we get up at 6:30am on Saturdays and spend the day wiping boogers and floating from playground to playground, envying the twenty-somethings enjoying a nice mimosa brunch. Going out to eat--even during the day--has become tricky, as Trixie likes to scream randomly when the mood strikes. She is an adorable, blue-eyed n' pudgy ticking time bomb.

When I was pregnant, a friend said to me, "You're going to change SO much." She is younger, and probably didn't realize that this was the most horrible thing she could have uttered. One of my biggest fears was exactly that--that I would "change" and no longer have my own personality and interests. It's true that the last book I read was Click Clack Moo, and the new Jonathan Franzen novel is collecting dust on my bookshelf, and that I am at least three crises behind in some of my friends lives. But, I have managed to stay me--with a little work. Instead of scouring the Bowery Ballroom website for awesome shows to see, I check out Stereogum.com to see what new albums to download. I even manage to play them pretty loud after Trixie goes to bed. We rarely go to the movies anymore, but there's always Netflix, and I still haven't seen all the episodes of The Wire.

It's a juggling act. So maybe I didn't see the McQueen exhibit at the Met, and I probably won't make it to Sleep No More, but I dress the same, my sense of humor is the same (still awesome), and I've got a cute baby girl who walks and giggles and says "mama." All in all, I'd have to say it's been a pretty fair trade.