drinking: My go-to Earth Mama Angel Baby Heartburn Tea. I discovered an incredible discount on Amazon and now feel justified in my brazen guzzling of it all the day long.
reading: Operating Instructions by Anne Lamott. I should do a whole post just reviewing all the pregnancy/motherhood books. I just finished Waiting for Birdy and openly rave about Great With Child any chance I get. The three are completely different in tone, but I've appreciated each. Lamott's approach is, unsurprisingly, the least precious of the three. Motherhood with a side of crass and angst and Jesus.
wanting: I'm debating a trim. Do I let my hair continue its awkward growing-out journey, or do I sacrifice a bit of length for the sake of a less wonky cut? Maybe I'll just cut the back haphazardly by myself...
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| sledding with Babah last weekend |
watching: An occasional episode of old-school Mister Roger's Neighborhood with Alice. I was trying to hold out on any sort of television/media until she turned two. Then I turned into a tired, seven-months-pregnant, whale and my resilience waned. Mister Rogers is so calm and kind that I almost don't mind my weakness.
listening: Longest Shortest Time is back!
eating: Alice's Wednesday sitter is a lovely grad student from China who has taken to making us unsolicited traditional Chinese dishes for dinner. And we love it. This week she brought us a lo mein sort of meal, complete with organic chicken. Alice kept saying "more, more" as we ate.
smelling: Our dogs stink. So, Jake gave them both baths. Then, the house smelled like wet dog. UGH.
wishing: That the arctic temps predicted for this weekend would jump back into the realm of tolerable. It was a balmy 3 degrees when I left the house this morning. That just seems unnecessarily cold.
enjoying: The new words Alice is popping out with every day. This week's include "more," "toot," and "moo."
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| post-sledding cousin cuddles (short-lived, but darn cute) |
loving: My work on Mondays with college theatre students.
hoping: That my cold is short lived. Farewell sinus headaches and raw red nose. Please.
needing: A reminder that extreme moods and reactions are hormonal. I don't remember mood swings as prominently with Alice, but this trimester has been an emotional one already. Trapeze-like swings.
feeling: Congested. A little weary. A lotta hopeful.
wearing: I'm growing out of things day by day. Pants I wore last week make me break a sweat to get on and off this week. There are no "go-to"s when the fit of everything shifts so dramatically and consistently. It makes getting dressed a bit difficult. I don't tend to wear leggings as pants, but am getting closer and closer to embracing that as my only option.
bookmarking: This piece on birth around the world- packing for birth specifically.
ooh bring on the motherhood book review! are you going to read "some assembly required," lamott's book on becoming a grandmother? and i loved the hospital bag article, having had babies in two very different countries- i could relate to many of the mothers!
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