Hormone Free?

As my wife and a couple friends sat in a Silver Spring ice cream store last night, I began thinking of a couple things. I know what you're thinking--and yes--I do this from time to time.

First, why are we are we eating ice cream when it's 34 degrees outside? (for the record, I had sorbet) The next thing that dashed through my mind was because of this shop's hormone-free, homemade ice cream. Hormones were bad, they say. What about my wife's hormones?

After we joked about how they were raging from time to time and how this was just the right ice cream to ingest during a pregnancy, it dawned on me that her hormones are not raging. Oh, they've raged before, but not so much since she's been pregnant. Maybe I've got it backwards. Maybe they're supposed to be cool and calm during these nine months. But instead of out of control mood swings, I'm getting treated to my wife's fatigue. She's regularly tired. Early bedtimes are the norm.

Since I'm much the same way (don't call me after 8:30pm), it's a treat for me. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to take a nap.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.