I recently found out that Casa de Nacimiento is closing it’s doors. So many women have gone through those doors, interns, midwives, pregnant women and more. It truly is an institution and it is very sad that it is no longer going to be there. We will no longer have easy access to a community of women who understand the… (more…)
The plans are slowly coming together… Today I enrolled in the University of Athabasca and ordered the beginner Spanish course. Whew! It should be sitting in my mail box when I arrive in Calgary. I am excited to get it out and get it going. I think that in some areas I will likely be advanced and in other areas,… (more…)
For a wee bit at least. I have company coming in the next couple of weeks and then I am headed to Canada to rent one of our places. These tenants were the only ones not in a lease – but at least they did give me 2 months notice. Casa was educational, as always. I definitely learned more about… (more…)
Casa delivers… I arrived yesterday afternoon, got some food, went for groceries and went to Casa. I said my round of hellos and just at the shift change of the midwives a primip (1st timer) came in complete (fully dilated and ready to push). 45 minutes or so later that mama was cradling her firstborn with smiles on her face.… (more…)
This morning finds me sitting on my couch, reading through email and enjoying the delish coffee that my sweet hubby made for me. The blinds on the front window are open letting in the warm morning sun and showcasing the steam rising from my coffee mug. Ahhh… Peace. Tomorrow morning however, will find me in the airport awaiting boarding. Off… (more…)
I am truly excited by my dreams and imaginations for the future but am afraid to share. If I speak them out loud, will they lose their magic? If I discuss them, will I begin to see the flaws? For now, they stay mine… close to my heart so that I can privately take them out and smile at them.… (more…)
I am in Vienna right now. I have started dreaming again.
I have been thinking long and hard over where I want to go with this blog. If there is anyone reading this, clearly you can see that it has been a ‘travel’ journal, a ‘birth’ journal, a ‘work-through-emotions’ journal, as well as a ‘WTF happened with that customer service’ journal along with a little bit of ‘where the hell is… (more…)
I find myself with each foot in a different world and unable to see which is the way to walk. This is so unlike me. I am decisive and then act. It is one of the things that scares my husband. He initially says “No” and then thinks about things. I am sure that you can imagine how much I… (more…)
Here is everything I find myself so frustrated that my replies to the have gotten short, curt and to the point with no extra feel good stuff in there. Here is the whole crazy scenario: I ordered a doppler on September 17th. October 1st I got an email saying that the wrong doppler had been sent to me and to… (more…)