Randomness

Nova got her ears pierced today! She started asking at about 3.5yo and I told her that she needed to start taking more responsibility for her body first, then we would revisit the idea. When I asked her a few weeks ago about what she wanted for her birthday, she immediately asked if she could get her ears pierced and I said yes. I booked an appointment at Tribal Expression and away we went. We had talked extensively about what it would be like, what would happen, how it might feel etc, so she was pretty prepared for it all. I was prepared to leave with just one ear pierced, though, as I wasn't sure how she was going to feel about the actual pain part of it once it happened.
Well, apparently my girl is tough shit! She didn't even flinch when the needle went in! Her eyes got a little wider but other than that she didn't show any outward sign that it bothered her. She chose blue hoops and is SO thrilled with her new earrings. My baby is five AND she has holes in her ears...*sob* Where did my little 25lb 7 month old chunky redhaired cutie go??

I am kicking ass at school right now and feel really proud of myself for it. I completed Midwife's Assistant last week and I have been quickly completing sections in Medical Terminology. One more section left and then the final and I am done! Woowoo!! I am trying to really motor through stuff as I have 4 courses that need to be finished this semester - History of Midwifery, Holistic Health, Health Skills Lab and Writing for Midwives. I am trying not to be intimidated by the work load and just keep my head down and keep moving forward. The more I complete, the more motivated I am to keep completing assignments. I hope I can keep up this momentum because it sure feels great!

In other exciting school news, I met with my midwives two weeks ago to talk about preceptorship. They are completely willing to take me on after the summer and I am SO thrilled!!! I have a deep respect and love for these two women, and not just because they were my midwives with my pregnancy with Indigo (one of them was also my midwife when I was pregnant with Faery). They are amazing, wholistic, down-to-earth midwives and their philosophy is so in-line with how I envision myself practicing. I will start in September doing one clinic day a week observing prenatal appointments, and I'll be on-call to attend and observe births on weekends. That's all I can hack right now as Indigo is still a bit young to just dump off at a moments notice. I will work up to that as he gets older and more independant of me. I am so excited about this preceptorship and I think it has been very helpful in motivating me to keep going with my courses. It makes me feel like I will actually be a midwife at the end of all this school!

A couple of you have asked me how the sugar battle goes, so I thought i'd update about that too. I totally fell off the wagon quite a while back and have been struggling with getting back on ever since. I've decided to do an elimination diet starting tomorrow...no sugar, wheat or dairy. We are wheat-free and mostly dairy-free in the house already, but I am bad for having both of those things in the evenings after the kids have gone to bed. I think that they both contribute to my sugar problem and I know that most people are better off without them as front-line players in their diet anyways, so I am going to axe them out. The focus is on nurturing myself more and taking care of myself in a more meaningful way. I have realized that I abuse myself with food and I don't want to do that anymore. I deserve to treat myself and my body like the goddess harbouring temple that it is, and once I make it over the cravings hump I will be okay. I just need to take it one day at a time, one hour at a time if necessary. I am dreading the crankyness and cravings, but I just have to get through it day by day and it will get easier as the sun rises each day.

I have a kajillion pictures to share, I'll have to come back and do that another time. They all need resizing and postprocessing first. And i think this post is long enough as it is!! If you made it this far, congratulations :)
Peace~