So the last three days have been pure bliss. I have done absolutely nothing for three days! Call me lazy - which is most likely the case, but in the midst of glancing up from my Netbook and seeing the cardboard boxes empty of their Christmas gifts, and the Christmas tree still standing...I don't regret my laziness one bit.
I had taken six whole days off for Christmas celebrations. Not one of those six days did I actually relax. I hosted my fiance's family at our new house, which included cleaning (we have two cats and a dog so lots of playing hide and seek with animal hair), cooking, baking, gift giving and all; THEN hosted his father's side of the family after his mother's clan left (we're like the movie Four Christmases). THEN we went to my mom's house to have Christmas with that side of my family...AND we still have to have Christmas with my father! Whew. Now don't get me wrong, I am not complaining about our families. In fact I love spending time with them, but does anyone else ever feel like Christmas is all hustle and bustle and then it's over?? I feel like all I did was go through the motions - didn't even spend time enjoying all of our family! Isn't that what Christmas is all about? (well besides the whole Jesus's birthday thing - which can be disputed but this is not the place for that sort of thing) So for me, Christmas is about family.
Especially now that I am pregnant, Mike and I reflected on our crazy Christmas and I just can't imagine doing all of this with a 5 month old! Now I know it's possible and millions of mom's and families do it, but I just can't imagine! I can see it now - between breastfeeding to steam cleaning the carpets to nap time to diaper changes to baking cookies to wrapping presents- by the end of the day our child will be a floured-animal hair covered -dough ball -with a bow on top!
So I went back to work for the week between Christmas and New Years - blah blah blah. Nothing exciting there. I had Friday off for New Years and am thus ending my blissful 3 day mini vacation. Because of the crazy Christmas spirit I decided to do absolutely nothing those three days. Oh but I did take a nap on New Years Eve so I could at least attempt to go to a friend's house with my fiance and enjoy some company to ring in the new year! ( I tried with all of my might to not have New Years Eve not look the same as every other evening - me asleep by 9pm and Mike playing video games.) So we made it out! We had a fabulous time, however I must say New Years just doesn't have the same pull as it used to. It used to be an excuse to get dressed up and go to the bars and get sloshed. Hmm. maybe it's because I'm pregnant? We'll see how I feel next year, but I am pretty sure I felt the same way in 2008.
In any case, one thing I did do on my mini vacation was watch a documentary called "The Business of being Born" (you can watch it instantly if you have a Netflix account). Pretty interesting stuff! Albeit the film is a bit bias toward home/natural births, but still, makes you think twice about the States' Maternity Care. So I am not going to go into much detail about the film - if you want to know more about the United States Maternity Care - watch it, if you are curious about home births - watch it. If not, don't. But after watching it I am all about trying to have a natural birth but in a hospital setting. I would still like the baby to be monitored. I am already going to a midwife that is associated with the hospital so I am all set there. However, when I first found out we were pregnant my initial reaction is Epidural please!!! Right away!! with no hesitations. But after watching the film I would like to see how long I can go with no interventions. Is this possible? Sure - for normal people! This goal of mine will most likely be squashed the minute I feel my first contraction - Mike says I am a wimp. Oh well we'll see!
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