Rather Coldly

I've got a bit of a cold. Feeling kind of icky, but not too bad. Am hoping some rest and good food will get me back on track, health-wise, as I have a lot of social and professional engagements this weekend. So with no further ado, I will sign off and get back home to do more along the lines of the rest part of the health equation. :)

Sleep is Good, Space is better

Sleep is so good that I didn't get up until afternoon yesterday and not until mid-morning today. I've been fairly productive, but I could do more if I wasn't sleeping so much.

Monday night, I asked M. for some space to sort some things out in my head and it's been really nice to just be with myself over the past couple of days. I feel a lot clearer now.

I've been thinking a lot about birth since the conference, especially unhindered/unassisted birth. I've linked to a lot of new sites in the list Unhindered Birth. Expect to see more, and some links to You Tube videos soon, as well.

I'm reading, and really enjoying, Laura Shanley's book Unassisted Childbirth. I got to meet her at the conference, along with Sarah Buckley, Rixa Freeze, Melissa Collins, Sheila Stubbs, and Dr. John. I also got to hear talks from Pamela Hines-Powel, Heather Cushman Dowdee AKA Hathor, and Michel Odent. I bought Unassisted Childbirth and Sarah Buckley's book, Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering at the conference and had each signed by the author.

Now I'm off to try to do some more networking on Linked In.

Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jog

Conference was good. Got back this morning around quarter to 9. It was really nice to arrive and have the whole day ahead of me. Spent the morning and lunch with M. talking and stuff.

Am currently exhausted from way too little sleep, but not so emotionally drained as if I'd been at a birth. Actually, I'm feeling rejuvenated by the conference. I learned a lot and I have a lot running around in my head. I think I'll be adding some new links as I do more research on what I learned. I wish I could afford a real web site so I could explain why the links are there, instead of just posting lists of them . . .

Anyhoo, glad to be home. Have lots of plans for using time effectively over the next few weeks until I get another client. Annual Report and Taxes are at the top of that list. :) But right now, home and TM and sleep sound nice.

Off to Conference

with other students from my school (AAMI). No work scheduled for next week, which is a bit of a problem, as this conference is putting quite a strain on my wallet. Still, I plan to use the time productively for typing up notes and implementing ideas for growing my business.

Emotional explosion of the weekend solved through deep, sensitive conversation yesterday. Got put to bed after covenant group--very sweet. :)

Spent the day working and helping a friend. Came to the library "briefly" on my way home. Have been here 45 minutes so far. Really need to go home and meditate and eat and make a packing list and all that good stuff.

Look for more updates when this is all over, i.e., Monday or Tuesday of next week.

Life is Better . . .

for the moment. The issue that formed the center point weekend's emotional explosion looks less daunting today, for a number of reasons, good conversation and value-loading among them.

Am feeling lazy today, so really enjoyed the chance to hold a baby and read about maternal death in Mothering Mag. The article was recommended by someone on one of the many birth-related lists I subscribe to, and then low and behold, the current issue appears at my client's house this morning. Talk about support of nature. :)

Still enjoying connecting on Linked In. Debating whether to reconnect socially, or just use it professionally. Sticking with professional use at the moment, as don't have time to socialize via Internet.

Now headed home, after work to crash. Am in need of curling up with a good book-on-tape.

Exploding into Craziness

Personal space over weekend, intended to help sort through some emotional issues, ended up with things exploding yesterday afternoon/evening. In process of picking up the pieces in order to be coherent for an important conversation on Tuesday.

Still working on my Linked In profile. Added two contacts and got a recommendation from a client. Actually came to the library to look for a specific e-mail and stayed, well, longer than I planned.

Ought to be frantic about lack of preparation for upcoming conference, but am too preoccupied. Ought to go home and attempt to be productive--have laundry and vacuuming and dishes and cooking to do. Too much. Oh well. I'm used to rushing by now.

Linked In

Got invited by a client to join Linked In. Hopefully, this will get me some networking, although I tend to rely on more interpersonal and word-of-mouth types of advertising. But, hey, whatever works, right?

Have been on a 1 hour computer at the library for 1:35. The computers here are screwy, but hey, when it works to my advantage, I'll take it. It's been saying I have between 7 and 14 minutes left for the past 40 minutes. Oh, well.

Anyway, I'd better get home and make some lunch. My groceries will be wilting in my car by now!