Over the Moon with Toile

What's with all the injured digits? Is a toe a digit? I burned my finger on the oven rack so I have an owie finger to match my owie toe.

Yoga was great today. Concentrated on hips and I got a deep stretch in my hips doing the splits (!). We had bolsters beneath us so it wasn't the full splits like my cousin Laura and Gary's mother Eleanor can do, but I was able to go farther than I thought. I asked the teacher if she knew of a DVD that had that sequence in it. She said no but she felt fine with me practicing it at home, which made me feel good. We had a group discussion after class about this whole having a baby thing. Several women said they think pregnancy is a pain in general. That kind of surprised me. It's good to be honest, though. One women started crying and talked kind of incoherently about being an only child and everyone wanting to help her. It made me wonder how coherent I sound all the time. Other people are having a better time of it (including me). I talked about having depression in the past and how I feel so much better now. It's kind of scary to talk about that with strangers because you never know how people will take it. I don't want people to see me through that limited prism. But I thought there are surely women there who have gone through the same thing. Many of the women have stressful jobs and say it's not good for their careers. The teacher, Laura, said she gave up working after she had her baby, which is kind of funny because being a yoga teacher is work, too!

I liked her class so much I'm going to go to her regular class, which is at another, closer location. She is a teacher who seems both deep and light at the same time. Yoga does great things for people, is what seeing her made me think. The founder of Yoga Yoga, the place I go, says, "Do yoga once a week, change your mind. Twice a week, change your body. Once a day, change your life." Probably true.

I found a couple patterns of toile both William and I like for the baby's room. One is called Central Park toile, the other is Over the Moon toile. We picked out some pale colors for the walls and trim, variations of white. I'd love to use more color on the walls, but the more neutral color seems like it would go better with those fabrics. Maybe we can use color for painting our room. Moving downstairs is going to be weird. I like being upstairs. The first of many compromises, I'm sure! Luckily there are compensations like baby cuteness.

For some reason yesterday the baby reminded me of William. It kept kicking at places on my stomach where I pressed. It likes games already, I thought. I have noticed this pattern for a while; I don't think I'm just imagining it.

I found a gently used maternity bathing suit for eight dollars. Woot! They mostly cost between forty and eighty dollars new.

I saw Brett on Skype today. He said he had a week of tough adjustment to living abroad. It is difficult going through culture shock, language shock, and job withdrawal all at the same time. I remember the first month in Germany being hard. Then it got so awesome. The adjustment coming back is much harder than the one going over. It's a surreal feeling switching cultures. I remember hanging on a strap in an airport bus in Chicago feeling like, "Who in the hell are all these people?" The first time I went back into a Target it felt like I was on another planet. I kept staring at the shiny floors. If I had the chance to live in Europe again I would definitely go. I think William would love it. His personality is laid-back and flexible, which is just right.