Author: calm mama

preparing for childbirth

The room has pale green textured walls; gentle new age nature-y music plays. Scott sits on a wooden bench; I sit on a dark green “birth ball.” We sip filtered water from paper cups. Our instructor G. sits on the…

i am so boring

I am really really boring lately. Spent all of yesterday doing more Internet shopping for baby, except for the time I took out of my glazed-eyed stupor to get an estimate on the damage to my car. $1500. That was…

the stroller obsession continues

So, we went stroller shopping again yesterday, and the Aria fit fine in my trunk, but I don’t want it anymore. It felt wobbly, flimsy, and I didn’t like the harness design. We were both happy with the BOB though.…

feeling a million miles away

But only one or two clicks from you. Today I am sleepy. I made it through yoga this morning, which was delightful, and have discovered as of this week that in spite of well-intentioned desires (or obsessively driven desires, depending…