Monday, 09 February 2009

• Lessons for life...

  ~ Never, ever, ever, EVER discuss, hint at, joke about, comment on, or generally assume that so-and-so and what's-his-face will be getting married. Not EVER! Not unless you have heard straight from so-and-so or what's-his-face's lips that they are unofficially engaged or something of that nature. Not even if they've been dating long enough for it to be considered a serious relationship. Not even if you've heard that so-and-so thinks that what's-his-face is 'it' for her. No, no, no! Because you may very well find out, some hours after said comment, joke, whatever, that so-and-so and what's-his-face broke up- and it all happened before said comment. And definitely don't make that comment in front of so-and-so. No. matter. what! Yes, I have found many times, involving many things, that my foot is very large. Especially when it's in my mouth.

  ~ Don't go out to get the mail when there is ice under fresh snow, wearing smooth-bottomed slippers. Especially if our driveway is even slightly sloped. This is a very good way to slip and fall on your kiester. And that hurts.

  ~ Always, always, no matter where you're going or how long you plan to be gone, take a FULL change of clothes for your baby. Because your baby will know when there is not a complete, clean outfit in the diaper bag. And he will know that you are an hour away from home. And he will proceed to fill his diaper... all the way down his leg and halfway up his back. And then you will have to make do with the ONE shirt you have along, you know, the one you thought to bring just in case and he probably won't need it, and his blanket because his original outfit- his shirt, his adorable cute little pants, and his socks are all pooey and smelly.

  In other news, after a year of absence, my period is back. I say a year because, with whole mess that occurred while and after I was on the Pill, I skipped a few periods before getting pregnant. Nonetheless, it kinda took me by surprise when I used the bathroom this afternoon and tada! I mean, I knew I'd get it back, eventually, but I was expecting it to come back with some of the old song of cramps and that heavy feeling. Nope, nada, nothing! If this is menstration after children, well, I can handle this! No problem!

  The body and how it works really amazes me- I mean, we don't (usually) have to tell or prompt our bodies to do anything. Just take pregnancy and the whole reproductive cycle: with a normal, healthy pregnancy, our bodies nourish and grow another human being into a healthy, full-term baby. All the hormones and chemicals come into play, developing the parts and features that make up a baby and that he needs to survive and grow outside the womb. And then, at the right time, everything works together to bring on labor and expell the baby. Then there is the whole miracle of birth and the body's innate knowledge of how to go about it. After a certain amount of time that varies from woman to woman and if she is nursing or not, the menstrual cycle starts up again, without any prompting, and you're back to where you started. Life goes on. Not to turn this into a hot-topic post, but this is all I need to see to know that our bodies (or anything else, for that matter) did not evolve by chance and there was some incredibly intellegent design that went into it all. God did an incredible job! I mean, duh, of course He did.

  So anyways, that's my post for now. What are you all making for supper? I need some ideas. And I need to go feed my baby.

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