A Mindful Life

It has been warm here, and humid. Today the temperature hit 88F. I’ve noticed that Little One, when it is hot out, tends to move less. That’s interesting, because even though I feel hot, I’m sure my body temperature is stable. Sleep (if it can be called that) is unpredictable. I’m up every single hour [...]

My stiff, swollen fingers and tingly hands completed a very basic project: a blankie for Stella. My true intention is to protect furniture from her hairball eruptions and general shedding. But oh, how she loves this! I put it on the chair last night and she kneaded it for half an hour. I’m content to [...]

My Little One seems quite content where she is. In fact, rather than descend into my pelvis (as is usual for first pregnancies), she moved upward. All that activity the other night took her in the opposite direction. However, she is still head down, and that’s good. Now maybe this is TMI, but the internal [...]

Yesterday I awoke at 11 a.m. and accomplished many household tasks. I finished a knitting project. Cooked a nice pasta dinner. Took a walk with Husband. Around 9 p.m. until 1 a.m., Little One was rearranging the furniture inside. I have never experienced so much activity. You could see my belly rolling with bumps and [...]

Week 38! I look pretty much as I did two weeks ago. Tick-tock…

To my relief, Husband was excused from the jury summons because he served earlier this year, and we had a copy of the last summons to prove it. (I’m so glad we save that kind of stuff.) Another thing I’m pleased about is that I tested negative for Group B Strep. It’s a bacteria women [...]

Time goes by so slowly… when you’re heavy, bulky, itchy all over, and hot. Saw the doctor yesterday. No change from last week. Nada. My daughter, I believe, will be a September baby. I told the doctor I think she’ll be born on September 7. No real reason why I picked that date other than [...]

Guess what? Husband received a jury summons for the dates of September 10 through 14. There is a way of requesting exemption because one cares for a child between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., but the court requires the name and birthday of said child (or children). Little One hasn’t arrived yet, but she certainly [...]

The following is a random brain-dump. On my way to check my mailbox I crossed paths with a neighbor who, I had observed from a distance, has a cute little boy. We began chatting. Her son is three now, and it turns out that she was 44 when she had him. Elation! Another middle-aged mother [...]

I’ve written before that the roofs of our town homes will be replaced in August, and that when our building is being done (it takes eight days) we will need to have all our windows closed — and we have no air conditioning. Today we received notice that the roof demolition and replacement project for [...]