When I gave birth to Hayley, the recovery period was so full of pain that I took my prescribed Empercet every four hours for two weeks before slowly tapering off. With Breanna I had pretty minimal pain; I took the empercet a few times during my two-day hospital stay but didn’t bother with a prescription. In fact, the pain was so non-intrusive that I didn’t even fill the prescription for the Ibuprofren. All I took was my iron pills (which actually caused more stomach pain than any post-birth-related pain).

Now I wish I had gotten the empercet because I know I would still have some and they’re good for a year. I don’t know what I did yesterday but I did something horrible to my lower back just above my tailbone. For awhile yesterday afternoon I could barely move. To get from one room to another I had to inch along while clinging to the walls. I took a ridiculously hot bath and put some Chinese oil (Qwan Loong Oil) on my back and between that and some decent sleep (plus regular old Tylenol) it’s a bit better today. I still get wicked spasms though and carrying Breanna is a TON OF FUN. I am in some pretty bad pain and I wish I could go (carefully) lie on the bed and cry all day but alas, mothers don’t get days off. Here’s hoping it gets better soon.

In other happier news, Breanna has started saying “mama”. Granted, she’s not attaching the word to me in any way, but it’s a start and it’s fun to pretend that as she’s sitting there saying “mamamamamamama” that what she’s doing is singing my praises (snort!). She’s also saying “buhbuhbuh” a lot, “mmmm-ma” which must mean something good because she flashes a huge smile if you say it back, and occasionally something that sounds like “Afflack”.

She also sits really well and is very proud. She’s been doing it for a few weeks but she’s getting less wobbly as she practices. Last night she fell asleep for half an hour at 7 pm and as a result was in no mood for bed by 8. Luckily for my back, she was happy to sit on the bed with me, laughing hysterically at herself while I watched television. After an hour, she finally settled down and went to sleep.

Speaking of watching television, the rest of this entry will contain spoilers for the season finale of both “CSI: Miami” and “Grey’s Anatomy” so don’t read on if you haven’t caught up yet.

Is there some clause in Jerry Bruckheimerland that states Horatio Caine is not allowed to be happy for more than five fucking minutes? That was horrible. I sort of figured Marisol was going to die, but when she made it to the hospital I thought maybe she’d be spared and we’d just get to see Horatio go complete badass on the Mela Noche gang, but alas the poor man is a widower after being married for just a little more than eight bloody hours. That sucks, I really liked that storyline with the two of them. And I was wrong with my predictions that she would live long enough to get pregnant and have their baby, then die of her cancer, leaving Horatio a single dad.

Lesson learned: Women should not get involved with Horatio; that’s the second time this season that someone he’s been with has gotten killed because of his job.

And “Grey’s Anatomy”. Good lord. I really knew that Denny wouldn’t make it but I let myself have a false sense of security after his successful transplant. It’s so unfair, I’ve never seen Izzy so happy and they were SO CUTE. What amazes me is that Breanna can be woken up by a twig snapping six blocks away but I sat and sobbed hysterically through the last ten minutes of the show and she didn’t even flinch beside me.

Sometimes I hate the writers on these shows with their emotional string-pulling.

It will be interesting to see if Burke is able to continue doing surgery now or whether his hand will never improve. I’m glad Christina finally went to him after being so distant because I love her and would hate to have to smack her in the head.

One of my favorite parts of the episode was seeing Bailey’s prom-planning scene. That was awesome, rivalled only by Sunday night when she told off the jackass manager.

Interesting turn of events with Derek and Meredith. I wonder what will happen next season. I may be the one person in the world who actually likes Meredith, though I hope next year they do something better with Ellen Pompeo’s hair and eyebrows because yikes.

I hope Addison sticks around on the show because I actually really like her. And I hope Izzy comes back – anyone know if the actress is really leaving the show?

What the hell is up with Callie? I really do not like her. You don’t get to complain about how George’s friends never let her in and make her feel like an outsider when all you do is bitch at and about them. Also, I’m sorry, I don’t usually speak negatively about someone’s appearance but she is just really, uh manly. Especially when she lumbered around in her dress and heels. Eek.

I want Denny back.

I hope the rest of the season finales that I have coming up are a little less emotional so I don’t keep sobbing during my prome time telelvision.