waiting for cucumbers
What I'm doing right now instead of waiting around...
writing grant proposals
cooking, a little, with tasty things from the garden
clearing out the freezer
enjoying the garden with HWWLLB (he works, I watch)
knitting diaper covers
reading a lot:
- Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
- Michael Cunningham, The Hours
- Willa Cather, One of Ours
- Pam England & Rob Horowitz, Birthing from Within
- George Downing, The Massage Book
- Monica Ali, Brick Lane
practicing yoga
practicing meditation
finding little chances to enjoy friends (between grant proposals and naps)
writing in my journal
fantasizing about craft projects (but mostly not doing them)
So far so good. I feel very patient. Now if only the well-meaning phone calls would stop interrupting my non-waiting ("Hi, are you in labor yet?"), maybe I could get some of these craft projects underway...
Your cukes are close to being pickles,mine are still seeds.
ReplyDeleteI well remember the waiting game for my first. I finally put a message on the machine (updated daily- No labour, no baby, if you are on the list, we will call you, if you think that you may not be on the list, leave your name and number and we will add you an CALL YOU!!!!)
Best labour advice...relax. Sounds counter intuitive when things start to hurt, but I did some experimentation and contractions actually hurt much less when I was consciously relaxing. That and a lot of creative visulizations of lotus blossoms opening. Hokey, I know, but my labour was 6 hours. I also spent a lot of time relaxing in a nice warm tub.
Good luck to you!
Birthing from Within is an amazing book. Reading it was an epiphany with my second.
ReplyDeleteAs far as cukes go...you are waiting now. You will be overwhelmed in August with nine billion cukes and will be waiting for the plant to be done.
Enjoy your time.
Hi Fawn. It's Beverly. I learned my lesson about making "that" phone call many years ago. The first of my good high school friends to get pregnant had had enough of the million calls. Of course none of us had had children yet so we didn't realize how annoying that phone call could be. At one point when i called her she started crying and threatned to throw herself into oncoming traffic if we called again. Learned my lesson. I just can't believe you two little kids are having a kid. I'm just so darn happy for you.
ReplyDeletei heart
ReplyDeletebaby gherkins.
what a great
reading list...
i see a pattern.
you are
so patient.
i try not
to pester you
and interrupt
your crafting.
xo