well, i suppose you're wondering why you haven't heard from tinyengine lately--what with all this world cup excitement going on. well, i'll tell you. it's because i was so sad about france's performance in the first game that i couldn't summon the strength to talk about it in a brisk and entertaining manner befitting tinyengine. they tied switzerland 0-0. anyway, there was redemption in france's second game, with henry's lovely goal. but then they gave up a late goal and tied korea. it was awful.
there has been a lot of talk about french fans being angry. i'm not angry. i think that's too fairweather-y. i think it's wrong that someone could cheer for them and celebrate and get excited in 1998 when they win the world cup, and in 2000 when they are european champions, only to abandon them now that they're not doing that well (ok, and so they didn't do well in 2002's world cup and euro 2004--) but still. you can't really be angry at them. not if you really, truly like them very much and want them to do well. so please, try not to be mad at them. that's silly. i do hope they play better on friday. i hope they win. boy, do i. after korea scored, i nearly cried. after the game was over, i took to my bed with florian and fell into a deep sleep. even florian was crying. i know you're thinking that a maternity pillow can't cry, but you don't know what a crushing blow that was for my pillow and his countrymen.
anyway, there is still hope on friday.
and tomorrow, we will watch the u.s. and cheer for them, even though the situation looks pretty dire. i don't have any american pillows, so there won't be any tears shed if they don't make it through to the next round. i'll be pretty sad for them, but only because the media created too much expectation, not because they were supposed to advance. and also because that referee for the italy match was so horrendous that no team should have to put up with that.
i am starting to think, though, that if france and the u.s. get knocked out, i will have considerably more time on my hands. oh, sure, i'll find someone else to cheer for--maybe england, because that would make my sister happy, or maybe ghana. anyway, i'll have more time to compulsively look up baby ear thermometers and mittens online. and i'll have more time to spend with the granule, who looks very sweet after receiving her new haircut. if they advanced teams (or dogs) to the round of 16 based on cuteness, the granule would be there, probably playing against germany. anyway, it turns out, they don't, so she will just lay on her dogbed and quietly cheer for france.
oh, by the way, i will be 7 months pregnant a week from today. that means that the prawn will be making his appearance kind of soon. in fact, according to the latest ultrasound, he might be walking out with a hat and cane, because he is gigantic. officially colossal. the kind ultrasound woman confirmed what i had thought all along: that the prawn is nearly 6 feet tall. ok, so he's not, but he is nearly 4 lbs, which, at this point, is pretty darn big. and his head and tum are in the 98th percentile. and barring surgical intervention, i know of only one way out. it's the hat and cane i'm mostly worried about.
by the way, if you need an update, argentina just hit the goalpost in the netherlands game. it's 28 minutes into the first half. still 0-0. this is pretty compelling. you should turn on your tv.
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