rising temperatures + books
It's been a billion.5 degrees lately and the one food I crave? SALSA. The hottest salsa I can find.
Fuck me, I'm brilliant. (yeah, yeah, I know there is a certain logic to this: hot foods = sweat = cooler exterior temperature; but still, it seems completely counter-intuitive.)
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I think I ovulated this cycle. My basal body temp is up, though not drastically, so I can't tell if that's due to the hideous heat wave we've been having or because of higher progesterone levels. Regardless, all the other signs of ovulation have made themselves known. This is very happy-making, since it's my first post-pill cycle. I love my body.
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We ordered books from Amazon.ca on Monday afternoon. I got a notice saying they'd been shipped yesterday, and the order arrived today. That's FAST. We have five new books! Wheee!!! Emergency Childbirth kicks total ass. I heart that book hugely. Birthing From Within seems like a mixed bag. Definite disagreement with some things in there.
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In other book-related news, I'm almost finished with The Spell of the Sensuous. I'm super intrigued because it's making me rethink the existence of souls. Or, at least, think about souls and spirits in an entirely different manner. Don't know what I'll think by the end of that mental discussion, but this book is definitely mind-blowing. I have a new, profound appreciation for air and wind (especially in this heat wave!), and a more pronounced appreciation for the Hebrew alphabet. (If you're Jewish or interested in the Hebrew alphabet and also have an interest in nature, you should definitely read this book.)
Fuck me, I'm brilliant. (yeah, yeah, I know there is a certain logic to this: hot foods = sweat = cooler exterior temperature; but still, it seems completely counter-intuitive.)
***
I think I ovulated this cycle. My basal body temp is up, though not drastically, so I can't tell if that's due to the hideous heat wave we've been having or because of higher progesterone levels. Regardless, all the other signs of ovulation have made themselves known. This is very happy-making, since it's my first post-pill cycle. I love my body.
***
We ordered books from Amazon.ca on Monday afternoon. I got a notice saying they'd been shipped yesterday, and the order arrived today. That's FAST. We have five new books! Wheee!!! Emergency Childbirth kicks total ass. I heart that book hugely. Birthing From Within seems like a mixed bag. Definite disagreement with some things in there.
***
In other book-related news, I'm almost finished with The Spell of the Sensuous. I'm super intrigued because it's making me rethink the existence of souls. Or, at least, think about souls and spirits in an entirely different manner. Don't know what I'll think by the end of that mental discussion, but this book is definitely mind-blowing. I have a new, profound appreciation for air and wind (especially in this heat wave!), and a more pronounced appreciation for the Hebrew alphabet. (If you're Jewish or interested in the Hebrew alphabet and also have an interest in nature, you should definitely read this book.)