My thoughts*
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Last Day of Mat Leave*
Well, we’ve finally arrived: today is my last official day of mat leave. I’m not booked yet for tomorrow, but I’m back on call which means I have to keep my phone nearby all the time. Calls go out until 10pm, and start at 5:30am… which I feel is possibly insanely early, but it is what it is. I somewhat reluctantly packed my teacher bag last night, and I think I’m sort of ready to go. Except that I feel incredibly nervous. I know it’s totally irrational–I love my job and I know I’ll love it again the minute I step into a classroom. It just feels a bit daunting…
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The Great Purge*
I went back to the Osteopath this morning for a continuation of last week’s treatment. Today he added a little acupuncture into the mix to try calming down my muscle spasms. It was such a bizarre feeling–I had all these little porcupine spikes sticking out of my back, then he added on some electrodes to stimulate the muscles. So my spiky back twitched and contracted in response to the electrodes, and I wasn’t controlling any of it. It felt so weird to lay there and have my body move and not be the one controlling the movements. He gave me a new list of strengthening exercises to do, and we…
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I Found My People*
Nine years ago I wrote a post about girlfriends… and how I felt like I was still searching for a group where I fit in. I vividly remember the night that I wrote it–I was feeling lonely and didn’t feel like I really had anyone nearby I could call up and talk to or go out with. It was shortly after we moved to a new city, and I knew very few people where we lived. I opened up about my feelings, and it seemed to resonate with a lot of people. It’s one of the posts that has been searched and read most often, and I received a ton…
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Pretty Toes*
It’s almost 10pm. I have basically been on the go non-stop since I rolled out of bed this morning, and I missed my usual afternoon writing time because I was at… (*cue drumroll*) …a spa. M gave me a gift certificate to have a lovely lovely pedicure done at this beautiful spa here in town and I finally made time to use it today. I was pampered and my toes are pretty and I like it. The rest of the day was a blur of cutting the lawn, dishes, 800 loads of laundry (not an exaggeration at all), picking paint colours, running errands, changing sheets and folding laundry. Tonight I’ve…
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My Hip is a Jerk*
I was finally able to turn off my air conditioner today. That might sound like no big deal, but after the non-stop heatwave we’ve been through this summer, it is glorious to have my windows open. It was 42°C on Tuesday with the humidity. Forty-two. The kids’ school is not air conditioned, so I can’t even imagine what that was like with 30 tiny hot smelly bodies. Nope. It’s lovely and breezy today and I am loving it. I got some news last night that I am trying hard not to be terribly disappointed about. Three weeks ago, my hips went out again. When I say “out”, I mean they…
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When it rains, it pours*