looming events
Pregnancy has hijacked me - gaah!
Morning sickness is just an annoying bitch which must be endured. My experience has varied from a constant, low-level nausea which swells at various times (no predictable time of day or night), and on some days it has flattened me completely where all I've been able to do is prop myself up on the sofa and try to breathe slowly so I don't end up with my face in the toilet. bleah. There are countless other discomforts which just don't even seem worth mentioning in comparison to the nausea and the hyper-olfactory which perpetuates the nausea... but all of the other stuff also includes RIDICULOUSLY painful breasts, hot flashes (if this is a snapshot of menopause, holy cow), blood sugar fluctuation, absolute exhaustion which can overtake me without a moment's notice (I nodded off at the restaurant waiting to be seated this morning)..... egad.
So, why am I bothering to chronicle this? It's not like I want or need the reminder, haha. It's that my every ounce of energy has been sapped and I have basically been useless since around Christmas. My grandmother has been in the hospital twice - this week she is there and I can't get up there to visit her because I have barely been able to leave the house. I have been teaching yoga classes, but I've barely been able to get to a yoga class. I basically am in survival mode. People assure me that this is TEMPORARY - as in, hopefully over by mid-to-late February. I've been going through this since the week before Christmas... oy vey.
And before this morning sickness menace, I booked a LOT of appointments and events.
Which is why I am writing.
Today I actually felt 'better' - meaning, nausea is just a thing in the background which is kept in check if I constantly eat (some days it's been manageable like this)... and I've had slight energy. I'm just hot as hell, so I'm carrying around a bottle filled with ice cubes (yes, I live in NY and it is 35 degrees today and I am hot hot hot).
Since I've got energy, I read my e-mail. And saw two notes which reminded me that a) I host a Rasa Dance on Friday night, and b) I am teaching an Angelic Meditation workshop in Albany on Saturday. GAAAHHH!!!!
So. Yeah. I just ordered workbooks for the workshop and I guess I better get to writing out a syllabus. It is a significantly modified workshop - typically done in 8 hours or 1 full day, and I've been asked to offer it for 3 hours... which means I just need to pick which angels we will work with, and how it will flow.
And I need to burn a CD of music for the Rasa Dance.
Wish me luck! I need to get some stuff done today.
Morning sickness is just an annoying bitch which must be endured. My experience has varied from a constant, low-level nausea which swells at various times (no predictable time of day or night), and on some days it has flattened me completely where all I've been able to do is prop myself up on the sofa and try to breathe slowly so I don't end up with my face in the toilet. bleah. There are countless other discomforts which just don't even seem worth mentioning in comparison to the nausea and the hyper-olfactory which perpetuates the nausea... but all of the other stuff also includes RIDICULOUSLY painful breasts, hot flashes (if this is a snapshot of menopause, holy cow), blood sugar fluctuation, absolute exhaustion which can overtake me without a moment's notice (I nodded off at the restaurant waiting to be seated this morning)..... egad.
So, why am I bothering to chronicle this? It's not like I want or need the reminder, haha. It's that my every ounce of energy has been sapped and I have basically been useless since around Christmas. My grandmother has been in the hospital twice - this week she is there and I can't get up there to visit her because I have barely been able to leave the house. I have been teaching yoga classes, but I've barely been able to get to a yoga class. I basically am in survival mode. People assure me that this is TEMPORARY - as in, hopefully over by mid-to-late February. I've been going through this since the week before Christmas... oy vey.
And before this morning sickness menace, I booked a LOT of appointments and events.
Which is why I am writing.
Today I actually felt 'better' - meaning, nausea is just a thing in the background which is kept in check if I constantly eat (some days it's been manageable like this)... and I've had slight energy. I'm just hot as hell, so I'm carrying around a bottle filled with ice cubes (yes, I live in NY and it is 35 degrees today and I am hot hot hot).
Since I've got energy, I read my e-mail. And saw two notes which reminded me that a) I host a Rasa Dance on Friday night, and b) I am teaching an Angelic Meditation workshop in Albany on Saturday. GAAAHHH!!!!
So. Yeah. I just ordered workbooks for the workshop and I guess I better get to writing out a syllabus. It is a significantly modified workshop - typically done in 8 hours or 1 full day, and I've been asked to offer it for 3 hours... which means I just need to pick which angels we will work with, and how it will flow.
And I need to burn a CD of music for the Rasa Dance.
Wish me luck! I need to get some stuff done today.