Adventures

What, you might be wondering, is on our plate at the moment?

A few things, actually.

First: Right now Veronica is pretty interested in painting the apartment. She's actually been thinking about it for a while, even before we moved into the new place, but the idea that we will be staying here for a while and that our kid will be spending his or her first year here has kicked the desire into overdrive.

At the moment there are paint swatches on various walls throughout the apartment and we've generally come to some conclusions on what we want in each room... now comes the time where we need to figure out when and how we are going to get this stuff done. We might take a shot at it next weekend, as this one is a little bit busy.

Second: Because of Veronica's back, which has been fused at certain points, we're looking at meeting with an anesthesiologist in order to get an official word on what her options will be when the final hour approaches. In anticipation that the already tricky matter will be made a little too dangerous or problematic by her medical situation, we're looking at some alternative forms of pain management.

I'm to be looking for some information on doulas, a matter on which our doctor is agnostic; she says that she has seen incredibly helpful doulas who work well with all the other parts of the process, those that've seemed helpful even if they weren't exactly on the same page as anyone else, and those that she couldn't believe were getting paid for their services. So we're looking at the idea as an option, but we want more information.

Third: Health. Even though she is perfectly fine according to the doctor Veronica, always the over-achiever, wants to not merely be in suitable health but good health. To that end we're looking at asking the doctor if she has any recommendations, and Veronica's been doing some Qigong and (carefully) Pre-Natal Yoga. I have to bite my tongue a bit when listening to the videos, because of the breathy "Relaxing Guide Voice" of the Qigong guy and the way that Shiva Rea says "exhale" in the yoga video. Seriously, she says it as "ex-sale" every single time.

Oh, and lastly I read a particularly odd and somewhat entertaining Grimm fairy tale last night: Fir-Apple. It's a story about a little boy found in a tree, is taken home by a forester, and who the forester's cook wants to throw in a pot... for some reason.