My mom is "home," in the area, staying in her childhood house, where my granny still lives. Granny just had hip surgery, and should be out of rehab soon, but in the meantime, Mom has some time to visit old friends and so forth. I stopped by for a couple hours this afternoon between jobs. It was really nice and normal and refreshing. :)
Other than that, not much news. M. is still sick, but getting better and expects to actually be off this weekend. Now let’s hope no babies interfere with our plans!
I got my car washed for the first time in about 9 months.
I got my heater turned on, at the tail end of winter . . .
I got to bed on time last night.
O.k., now I'm really struggling for news, so I'll quit before I eat any more shoes.
31 January 2008
28 January 2008
Midwestern Sky
Today, driving home from work, I got to enjoy a sky full of beautiful, Midwestern-style, cream puff clouds. Of course, the low, snow capped mountains in the not-so-far distance kind of ruined the illusion.
The day was good and busy. I cooked a vegetarian meal for my current postpartum clients in the morning, and started working with a new family, doing some babysitting, in the late afternoon. I had a short break between clients to meditate and start some laundry. M. called as I was leaving to say that he has a cold. :( I hope he feels better soon.
Now it's just past 7, and I'd better get home. My evening clients fed me, but it wasn't very filling, so I have to eat again when I get home, finish my laundry, and try to get to bed by 9. Eek! Only 2 hours! How am I going to do it all????
The day was good and busy. I cooked a vegetarian meal for my current postpartum clients in the morning, and started working with a new family, doing some babysitting, in the late afternoon. I had a short break between clients to meditate and start some laundry. M. called as I was leaving to say that he has a cold. :( I hope he feels better soon.
Now it's just past 7, and I'd better get home. My evening clients fed me, but it wasn't very filling, so I have to eat again when I get home, finish my laundry, and try to get to bed by 9. Eek! Only 2 hours! How am I going to do it all????
27 January 2008
Juno
Was a good movie. Very funny. I especially enjoyed the animated music video-type beginning. Actually, all the music was good. Must add soundtrack to wish list.
Church today was nice. Star Hawk told the story for all ages, and the kids did the service. It was called "Who will Save the Earth for the Children?." Afterwords, Star Hawk gave a presentation on Earth Activist Training and such to the adults. It all really got me thinking, especially Star Hawk's story about a reporter saying that "For New Yorkers, the environment isn't really real." I think it's easy for "the environment" to be a kind of abstract concept that has to do with some place else, wherever you live. Because, even though I grew up in a rural setting, "the environment" meant things like saving the whales or the rain forests, not sustainable farming vs. industrial farming. But Sustainable living is definitely something that interests me. Hopefully, someday, I'll have the time and energy to take some Earth Activist Training and then put what I learn into practice.
Church today was nice. Star Hawk told the story for all ages, and the kids did the service. It was called "Who will Save the Earth for the Children?." Afterwords, Star Hawk gave a presentation on Earth Activist Training and such to the adults. It all really got me thinking, especially Star Hawk's story about a reporter saying that "For New Yorkers, the environment isn't really real." I think it's easy for "the environment" to be a kind of abstract concept that has to do with some place else, wherever you live. Because, even though I grew up in a rural setting, "the environment" meant things like saving the whales or the rain forests, not sustainable farming vs. industrial farming. But Sustainable living is definitely something that interests me. Hopefully, someday, I'll have the time and energy to take some Earth Activist Training and then put what I learn into practice.
26 January 2008
Contentment
I'm having a nice, down kind of day. Actually, I have a lot to do, but somehow, being at my boyfriend's place makes it all seem less important. Hmm, I wonder why that would be . . .
Anyway, the Meet the Doulas Night went well last night, at least in some respects. We had more couples than doulas--always a nice situation--and I was the only doula there who even considers taking birth clients, so I got to talk to everyone. Maybe I'll get a client or two out of it, as well. :) That would be nice.
It rained all day yesterday and well into the night, but it let up by morning, so M. and I were able to walk to the Farmer's Market and not get wet. I made a good dent in my shopping list, but I still need to visit a Whole Foods (or maybe a TJ's, I'll have to think about that . . . ) before Sunday night, so I can make my lunch for work on Monday.
Planning to go see Juno tonight--will review tomorrow if possible.
Anyway, the Meet the Doulas Night went well last night, at least in some respects. We had more couples than doulas--always a nice situation--and I was the only doula there who even considers taking birth clients, so I got to talk to everyone. Maybe I'll get a client or two out of it, as well. :) That would be nice.
It rained all day yesterday and well into the night, but it let up by morning, so M. and I were able to walk to the Farmer's Market and not get wet. I made a good dent in my shopping list, but I still need to visit a Whole Foods (or maybe a TJ's, I'll have to think about that . . . ) before Sunday night, so I can make my lunch for work on Monday.
Planning to go see Juno tonight--will review tomorrow if possible.
25 January 2008
More Rain
It is actually raining today. Not misting. Not drizzling. Raining. Not pouring, though. Just a nice, steady, wet rain. There is water on the roads, making driving a bit dangerous--going slow and having plenty of time to get where I'm going will be good. :)
Work went well. I took on a new client for a couple of hours, a couple of days next week, as my current client is scaling back on her hours. It's all good. The client I've been interviewing with has yet to make a decision, so I get to tell the people at the Meet the Doulas Night tonight that I'm available starting in mid-March. Hopefully I get at least one taker for mid- to late-March. I also get to increase my rates, but not as much as if the mom I was interviewing with had signed on. Oh, well. There's a reason for it, I just can't see it yet.
I had a couple of really nice phone conversations last night. It's always nicer to have company over the phone than to try to pretend that a book on tape is company. Although the book I'm listening to at the moment is quite a good one. I've gotten really into the Chrestomanci series by Diana Wynne Jones. It has a fairly unique take on magic, and the books don't really rely on each other the way some serial books do, so you can read them out of order and they still mostly make sense.
Anyway, now I'm in the library, on their wireless Internet connection on my laptop, killing time between work and tonight's Meet the Doulas Night. Since I work more than half way to where the MTDN is tonight, so there was no point in going home in between.
Work went well. I took on a new client for a couple of hours, a couple of days next week, as my current client is scaling back on her hours. It's all good. The client I've been interviewing with has yet to make a decision, so I get to tell the people at the Meet the Doulas Night tonight that I'm available starting in mid-March. Hopefully I get at least one taker for mid- to late-March. I also get to increase my rates, but not as much as if the mom I was interviewing with had signed on. Oh, well. There's a reason for it, I just can't see it yet.
I had a couple of really nice phone conversations last night. It's always nicer to have company over the phone than to try to pretend that a book on tape is company. Although the book I'm listening to at the moment is quite a good one. I've gotten really into the Chrestomanci series by Diana Wynne Jones. It has a fairly unique take on magic, and the books don't really rely on each other the way some serial books do, so you can read them out of order and they still mostly make sense.
Anyway, now I'm in the library, on their wireless Internet connection on my laptop, killing time between work and tonight's Meet the Doulas Night. Since I work more than half way to where the MTDN is tonight, so there was no point in going home in between.
24 January 2008
Drizzle Day
At work today, the mom I'm working for commented that it was, "Starting to get kind of yucky out there." I couldn't resist "correcting" her, explaining that what was coming from the sky was "just mist" and that rain would "soak you in 5 minutes." Maybe it was a little rude, but what can I say? I'm from Iowa where a light drizzle doesn't slow anything down. It's so weird to me, out here in Cali, when people freak out about a little moisture in the air.
Anyway, I had a full day at work. I also started a new book for my Postpartum Doula certification. This one is about Postpartum Depression, and so far, it's kind of, well, depressing. Other than that, not much is new. It's 1630 and I need to get home and get busy with all the things I need to do this evening. I really shouldn't have come to the library at all, but I needed one piece of information and then got sucked into doing everything else I normally do here.
L8R G8R :)
Anyway, I had a full day at work. I also started a new book for my Postpartum Doula certification. This one is about Postpartum Depression, and so far, it's kind of, well, depressing. Other than that, not much is new. It's 1630 and I need to get home and get busy with all the things I need to do this evening. I really shouldn't have come to the library at all, but I needed one piece of information and then got sucked into doing everything else I normally do here.
L8R G8R :)
23 January 2008
Mitwok
I can't tell you how nice it is to have a break from work in the middle of the week to recharge. I'm making the most of it!
I'll recap the past few days:
Sunday
I would have posted on Sunday, but the library was closed in celebration of MLK Jr. Day. My church had done their MLK service last week (which I missed). This week was focused on our search for a new, settled minister, and included a business meeting after services. It was really good, because I'd been considering joining the search committee, and at the meeting, I got more information that helped me decide that that is not the job for me. Of course it was also good to see my boyfriend . . .
I'll recap the past few days:
Sunday
I would have posted on Sunday, but the library was closed in celebration of MLK Jr. Day. My church had done their MLK service last week (which I missed). This week was focused on our search for a new, settled minister, and included a business meeting after services. It was really good, because I'd been considering joining the search committee, and at the meeting, I got more information that helped me decide that that is not the job for me. Of course it was also good to see my boyfriend . . .
Monday
I went to see my granny after work. She had hip surgery on the 18th and was still in the hospital, recovering. One of my aunts (whom I hadn't seen in a while) was in town, and I got to visit with her as well. It was nice to spend some time with both of them.
Tuesday
I saw snow on the hills/mountains east of San Jose on my way home for work. That was cool! In the evening, I had an interview with a highly potential client. She wants some pretty specific, intensive support after her baby is born, and hasn't found anyone else who is willing to be as available as I am. ( I'm desperate, does it show?) I'm expecting a call confirming her plans to hire (or not hire) me by Friday morning at the latest. One nice thing about this job (if I get it), will be that she lives within 5 miles of me, and I don't even have to get on the freeway to get to her house.
Today, Mitwok
That's Wednesday in German. Literal translation would be midweek. I got some shopping done this morning, cooked several meals worth of food, folded the laundry I did over the past few days, and came here. If I can get a computer for another hour after this, I'll be doing another section of my on-line breastfeeding course for my Postpartum Doula training. Life is good. I like the rain--it feels so needed and it really clears the smog out of the air. Of course that means it is now in the ground and the water systems, but at least I'm not having to look at it . . .
Time for me to sign off this Internet session. More later.
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