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Sciatica October 2, 2008

Posted by spacemom in : Life...otherwise, Depression , 2 comments

I think Omegamom and I are soul sisters. We are both going through sciatica. Damn it hurts. Really really really hurts. The scoliosis I have occasionally causes this. I have been trying to exercise (the leg/pelvic movement loosens the muscles there) and using my hula hoop more. Driving and sitting are the WORST. UGH. And of course, my job involves a lot of sitting. Right now, I am listening to a telecon and trying to stretch.

I am trying to figure out how to get back to my book. I am pretty frustrated that the depressive episode caused me to stop writing. I was really on a roll there! The problem is, I am not quite out of the woods on the depression, so the evenings are tiring. I have the emotional energy to work with the girls and be happy for them, but to actually sit down and write, I have no energy.

It is finally nice here in the Boston area. It’s been raining and raining and raining. Today is nice. I hope we can walk down to Harvard Square today for lunch. That will help my back a bit (any sort of exercise helps it).

 

Send some healing thoughts? October 2, 2008

Posted by spacemom in : Weblogs , 9 comments

A friend of mine is overly generous. She has triplets. She has also done two surrogate pregnancies for a couple who could not carry their own child.

Last week, my friend was in a car accident at 36weeks with the second surrogate pregnancy. She started to bleed. They confirmed yesterday that the baby could be delivered (his lungs were matured). They did the C-section.

During the C-section, they discovered she had Placenta Percreta,  the placenta had grown through her uterine wall and was attaching itself to her bladder. They had to perform a hysterectomy and at one point, she went into cardiac arrest and needed CPR.

She is resting now and the mother of the little boy is with her. They are both enjoying the baby.

But I am requesting some healing thoughts. She is exhausted and needs to heal. This was a pretty bad situation and she went through this to allow another person to have a child. What an amazing person.

Thanks in advance!

Reading October 1, 2008

Posted by spacemom in : Current Affairs, She Blinded me with Science , 2 comments

You want to know something? 45 minutes of exercise is not long enough to get through a Meg Cabot book. I mean if I had the time, I could bike for an hour or 90 minutes. Maybe then I could get through one of her books in one sitting.. Their pretty quick you know!

In the middle of Airhead. More sci-fi than her normal stuff, but I still like it.

Big stuff at work today. New software going up to the spacecraft soon.

 

Watching the Moon September 30, 2008

Posted by spacemom in : Kids , add a comment

A combination of girl and clown
you wander the world in your own fashion
You don’t want to hurt anyone,
you just love the reactions.

Sometimes, you are quiet
lost in your own world where
princesses reign and princes need love

 

And other times, you need to be loved
and cuddled and snuggled
to leave your sister behind.

 
You are my moon-child.
The light of the sun reflects
the unique facets of your personality.

 
You shine with a light that few see
It is the love of humor and fun
Of jokes and tricks.

 
I don’t claim to understand you
The powers that control you are
beyond my comprehension

So I watch. I observe.

I try to understand why you do
Everything you do
And yet, I don’t understand.

But it doesn’t matter
For I still love you
My little baby Luna.

My forever Moon child. 

 

  © copyright Spacemom 2008 

PSA: Insomnia September 29, 2008

Posted by spacemom in : Current Affairs , 2 comments

It sucks. That is all.

The post in which I bitch about the lack of time September 27, 2008

Posted by spacemom in : Current Affairs , 1 comment so far

Time? What is that? I have been rather overwelmed the past two days. Work, kids, Jay, all busy.

BUT… I have had time to exercise, and sleep and get things done that really needed to get done.

Today I got some interesting things done.. I made canned apple pie filling. Yes, it is canned so in the dead of winter, we can grab two quarts and make an apple pie with the apples we picked last weekend.

Of course the apples from last weekend were damaged from hail a few weeks ago. Most of the apples must be cooked instead of eaten fresh from all of the damage. sigh…

Anyway, if you haven’t seen me around? I’m trying to find some time…. 

Neighborhood Gossip September 24, 2008

Posted by spacemom in : Parenting 101 , add a comment

While meeting at the bus stop this morning, our newest neighbor revealed a bit of information she was told.

One of the men on the next road is elderly, and alcoholic. He drives while drunk. He has driven on the sidewalks and the yards before.

Lovely. So we all agreed that it is important to tell the kids to be careful of any car that is not driving as it should. To be aware. To RUN OUT OF THE WAY if a car veers towards them even if they are on the grass.

This will be tricky, mostly because kids are…well…kids. They rarely have the attention to things outside of their current focus. Can they notice a car? Sure. Will they remember the warning and get out of the way? Probably… But little worries will always cross my mind.

I can’t hide them from the world. There are bad things out there. There are people who hate them simply because they say the Sh’ma. I can’t protect them from all of that.

Sometimes the world feels like an awfully big and cold place. 

Banned September 23, 2008

Posted by spacemom in : Weblogs, Current Affairs , 5 comments

I just banned someone from reading. If he figures out how to get back here, I’ll ban him again. Oh yes, this time my favorite stalker is hiding behind a male name. But again from a free account at a large IP. So sorry. Not allowed in.

 

This is MY BLOG. MY Space. You want to email me on how sibling abuse is because the parents suck? Fuck off.

Don’t bother to email me, I have already blocked your email addy. And your IP (which you use to check here) is DENIED ACCESS. Because Wordpress allows me to do that, not like typepad.

Bye bye crazy. I am stressed enough without your bullshit. Don’t want it, don’t need it. not taking delivery. 

ETA: Okay NOW my crazy is banned. Until she finds another proxy site. She was using olympicproxy.com to pretend to be someone else.

 

 

Another weekend recap. September 23, 2008

Posted by spacemom in : Current Affairs , 1 comment so far

In Bullet Form !

 

 

A normal day? September 19, 2008

Posted by spacemom in : Kids, Mom Phrases , 8 comments

This morning started as a normal day. The girls were grumping and fighting. At one point, there was a blood chilling scream. I was brushing my teeth at the time and ran out in the hallway just in time to see Soleil chasing her sister down the hallway with a tube of toothpaste. Lovely. Then there was the "But she started it" By both of them. In Stereo!

The day was great as they were separated. Then before dinner, Luna teased Soleil, so Soleil refused to help clean up Luna’s room and then they went to jump rope outside and I hear more screams as Luna is hitting her sister with the jump rope. And when I go to stop her, she decides that the rope is not good enough, let’s attack her with the handles.

Oy! We explained how this is BAD M’kay? BAD IDEA that leads to STITCHES and BLOOD and HOSPITALS.

Is this normal between siblings?