Forgive me body, for I have sinned. It has been three years since my last cleanse, and I have not treated you well in that time. I have demanded so much of you – and you have delivered. You created life. I ignored your ailments. You screamed for respite; I laughed in the face of your cries. 80 lbs up. … Read more →
Category: Wellness
I carried a watermelon.
Me and this blog have been having a bit of a stand-off lately. (And by lately, I mean for going on about eleven months now.) It has a lot to do with the postpartum depression I haven’t really talked about, and the crippling, silencing shame I felt while lost in that abyss, but the way it’s manifested is totally weird… Read more →
Summer.
Today officially marks the beginning of summer, and I for one couldn’t be happier. Despite the fact that I’ve swelled up like a water balloon and people keep pitying me for having to be pregnant all through the hot hot Valley summer (seriously, it’s 10 degrees hotter here…that’s not just a cute tagline) I welcome the opportunity to wear minimal… Read more →
Nope, it’s not a dildo…
It’s a portable ultrasound machine for your [windows based] cell phone. (Although in my bachelorette party-planning days I did stumble across a dildo that hooks up to the iPod playlist of your choice.) Unfortch, I have an iPhone, so I won’t be able to see my wee one while I wait at the car wash, or when someone’s running late… Read more →
Wii Warrior
So, the real pose is called Virabhadrasana, and apparently the variation that appears on Wii Fit is technically Virabhadrasana 2 (or Warrior 2) but I’m officially making this my first Wii Fit Yoga Pose of the day. About the Warrior Pose/Virabhadrasana: It may seem strange to name a yoga pose after a warrior; after all, aren’t yogis known for they’re… Read more →
Got a little Captain in You?
I do. Yup. I have somehow managed to become a part of the statistical anomaly of adults living in developed countries to have been diagnosed with Scurvy. As Wikipedia puts it: Untreated scurvy is invariably fatal. Since all that is required for a full recovery is the resumption of normal vitamin C intake, death from scurvy is rare… Read more →