38 weeks

my belly feels like Ron's yellow balloon, from the story about 5 balloons.

to those of you who don't know the story (shame on you!), it's about 5 balloons that Ruthi's mom gives Ruthi and her friends. almost all the balloons end up popping in a big bang, each ending its puffed up life in a different way (one fell on a thorny bush, another was scratched by a cat, one was hugged too strongly...).
Ron asked his dad to blow his yellow balloon, so that it would be as big as his (dad's) head, as big as the sun. so the dad blew and blew and blew, and suddenly... BOOM, TRACH, the balloon popped.

so that's what my belly feels like, one second before the popping, but it sure seems like the lil' person who's doing all the puffing and blowing still has a way to go!


and speaking of balloons popping, this is a cool slow-motion movie of a balloon popping.


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