Might As Well...

Everyone has a blog, everyone's an expert. I might as well jump on the bandwagon; at least I like what I have to say...

Last weekend Kim, one of the midwives teaching doula classes, discussed some literature she'd read about pain as a manifestation of negative emotions rather than physical injury. I'm very aware of the psychosomatic effects of stress; I was medicated for a while in order to reclaim my body. But this isn't just about stress. It's about anger, sadness, resentment. She said "Now, anytime I feel an ache I think 'What am I mad about?'" Right now I feel like there's a spur in my heel. I've spent the past week worrying about bone spurs. Why? No reason. I'm just hoping I haven't manifested one. So...I wonder who I'm pissed at...

For the first time since graduating from college, I am busy this week. Seriously, folks, try being a single childless twenty-something with an 8-5 job, very few friends in town, and not enough expendable money to see your out-of-town friends. I miss the busy times. But they're back! In the next week I have to:

1) Reteach myself to play three classical piano pieces of . I'm playing for a church on Sunday. I enjoy pretending I can play the organ. These people seriously haven't caught on. Fantastic!

2) Reinforce the stitches on a baby sling I made for a silent auction. Hey, everyone! Buy a baby sling from me!!!

3) Type up descriptions of items for the auction mentioned above.

4) Complete an online chem lab for a relative. What?! I never cheated in my life! I'm just doing her homework. I enjoy chemistry and nurses in a clinical setting don't really need to know the exact composition of a hydrate, so my conscience is clear.

5) Make six dozen cookies. Two are for a play on Friday, four for a wedding on Saturday. I also have to decorate the four dozen cookies. While all of you are watching TV or playing with your babies, I will be baking on Thursday night.

6) Attend and clean up at "BIRTH" on Friday night. This is a play happening in Little Rock at 7 p.m. at UALR. I'm supposed to get the world to go, so World, go.

7) Reestablish my exercise routine. I haven't had one of those since college! I've only gained about 5 pounds and an inch and a half on my waistline, but I feel like poop. We'll see how this running business goes. I hope I don't have a bone spur...