What an OVER-STUFFED day of exhilaration and disappointment.

* Birth of Dimples Jr, Ivy Lola Malloy (Welcome to the World!)

* Otalia stepping up to new heights of romance-moving-inevitably (if w/ dramatic pauses) -to-SEX.

But then—

* The announcement that CC is returning to Days of Our Lives after September 18. Come the Autumnal Equinox, Otalia is Kaput. ..

Too much, today.

And speaking of which (Otalia and Teh Horny): can somebody more familiar w/ Pre-Otalia comment? I think we have every reason to believe that Olivia has “Been to the Mountain Top” (and Over!) before (the scene w/ Bill about to Go Down on her was strongly indicative, IMO ;-p).

But all the years that Natalia carried a torch for Gus . . . that certainly wasn’t over their WhinyMumbles-Conceiving Night was it? (We sure as heck know that Furtz didn’t do it for her!)

My point (and I do have one): Olivia is as Horny-as-Hell . . . because she KNOWS what she’s missing. Is it possible that Natalia isn’t (doesn’t seem to be—her frustration is more to do w/ WhinyMumbles, currently), because she doesn’t?

I hate to speak ill of the dead (Gus, when he and Nat got back together in Springfield), but maybe Natalia has NEVER been acquainted w/ the Almighty “O” (this “O” not standing for Olivia … just yet! ;-D).

This is all by way of saying, that once Liv has awakened La Tigress in Natalia, LOOK OUT! There won’t be enough hikes, yoga, sex toys, or even whiny, mumbling progeny to get in the way of Natalia Gettin’ Some! [At the very least, I'm hoping for a daytime-allowable post-orgasmic-glow scene ala From Here to Eternity: Natalia, channeling Deborah Kerr, "I never knew it could be like THIS".]

{pause}

Damn, now I’m going to have to visit Springfield’s Certain Store… ;-X

Really enjoyed the discussion this week about the role Olivia has as a parent and partner. I relate to the frustration you both have ranted about. Yes, I also enjoy the pace of this story, but “COME ON” to quote Liz. I agree that is was a weird, unsatisfing week of Otalia (tiny exception for “you are so worth waiting for”). I wonder if the writers were distracted from the stuff we have seen onscreen to work on the year of storylines that rumors said JLH had to do to present to new networks. That kind of workload could distract them from the day to day of what they were already working on. I don’t know, just wondering if the behind the scenes stuff is impacting us a little bit. Keep up the great work, loving you guys!