A comment from the swimwear post made me think out loud about my own insecurities regarding leg shaving: How many of you are leg non-shavers? I’m a recent non-shaver. I know. You’d think by now I would have let my hairy freak flag fly way before now, but I stopped at the beginning of my [...]
Archive for the ‘identity’ Category
3 Sep
Wardrobe Change
I start back to work on Tuesday of next week, which means I have to take between then and now and do a serious wardrobe assessment. Or, shall I say, reassessment. Seeing how I’ve now just been able to wear pants that have a button (thanks, C-Section scar!), I’m about to dive into a five-day [...]
28 May
Spirit
Why hello, the person who Googled “40 weeks pregnant yesterday cleaned everythink today very tired and moody” – this is a blog you oh-so-obviously need to read. Were you looking for help? Advice? A cleaning service? Perhaps a free Cymbalta trial? Today, apparently, is the first day of the next four (to potentially five!) weeks [...]
23 Apr
Debrief
Ahh where to even start talking about last night’s childbirth preparation class. One down, five to go, right? The class itself was super informative – basic anatomy, dilation, effacement, how something that big comes out of a space that small, relaxation techniques… you get the idea. I’m more fixated today on the identity crisis it [...]
24 Nov
Pack ‘N Play
OK, so here’s where things might get a little inappropriate. NSFW, even! I know.. me? NSFW? Who knew?! As we’re poking around registries and baby websites (I know, maybe we should actually meet with the OBGYN first, but who’s judging?), we’ve stumbled onto these playpens called “Pack ‘N Plays,” which not only makes us giggle [...]
20 Nov
Flu? Sir?
I’ve been home all week nursing this flu. I feel a little guilty about being out of work for a week, but I know it was the right decision, for both me and my co-workers. It’s sick people like me who go into work and make other people sick, making viruses like this spread like [...]
6 Nov
It’s gonna get girly
I told a friend of mine, whom I’ve known for almost 15 years, the other day over a series of facebook messages back and forth, which originally started as a rant about drummers. He’s a newish dad (and veteran drummer), courtesy of his soon-to-be ex-wife whose biological clock was ticking out of control a couple [...]
22 Oct
rock show, in utero!
When I was younger and less-traveled, complaining about my lack of visits to non-East-Coast states, my mother would tell me about how I went to Ohio once. When she was pregnant with me. I insisted that said Ohio visit didn’t count. Well, tomorrow night, tiny itty bitty growing baby will have his/her on-stage rock show [...]
12 Oct
Identity Crisis? Naaah.
Let me clarify that, taking into consideration my appearance description in the previous post, I am definitely not as butch as they come. I have long since retired my leather jacket and chain wallet. My hair has never been particularly short. I’m not stick-thin with bound breasts. I do, however, open doors, lift heavy things, [...]
11 Oct
Beginnings
Let me paint you a picture. In the summer? Khakis, polo shirts (striped, short-sleeved), white undershirt (always an undershirt) North Face shoes, baseball hat. In the winter? Crisp, ironed button-up shirts, earth-toned sweaters (or maybe a sweater vest), North Face shoes (all season wear, as you’ll learn), jeans (reluctantly from the women’s department thanks to [...]
