new things
Oct. 11th, 2007 01:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fleaI am in possession of both new shoes (Keen Portolas, in black) and a new haircut (super-short and razor cut.
Unfortunately neither of them is making me as happy as I had hoped. I think I had the Keens built up into some kind of life-changing shoe. They are comfortable, a little squishy after 4 years of wearing Dansko stapled clogs almost exclusively. But the heel rubs on my Achilles tendon a bit (another result of 4 years of clogs). They are pretty cute, and make my size 10s (I didn't need to go up a size) look short and round, which they are not. I'm just not IN LOOOVE.
The haircut was last night, and I think it needs to settle in. I played with gel last night and then showered to get excess hair off but didn't wash my hair, and then slept with it damp, so it's kind of poffy on top today. Also I think I am tending a little more towards the Lesbian Soccer Mom look today rather than the Goth Pixie. (Okay, I am never going to pull off pixie anything. But I am more severe than cute today.) And I feel very grey-haired at the moment. I really liked those ridiculously expensive blonde foils I got in Boston in March...
And, new person! My ex-coworker Emily and her husband James had their second child this morning, a girl named Rowan Margaret. Big sister is Elizabeth Pippa, and big sister is a mere 6 weeks older than the Dillo, which makes their kids 16.5 months apart. They did this on purpose. Pippa was one of those "sleeps through the night from 3 weeks" babies, which is I suspect what gave them the nerve to try this. Rowan had an unusual congenital birth defect that was diagnosed in utero, a cyst in the mouth, but they drained it at birth, and she needed neither a trach nor supplemental oxygen, just a tube to ensure her airway was clear, and they plan to remove this later today and hope that no further intervention will be needed. So, excellent news!
Unfortunately neither of them is making me as happy as I had hoped. I think I had the Keens built up into some kind of life-changing shoe. They are comfortable, a little squishy after 4 years of wearing Dansko stapled clogs almost exclusively. But the heel rubs on my Achilles tendon a bit (another result of 4 years of clogs). They are pretty cute, and make my size 10s (I didn't need to go up a size) look short and round, which they are not. I'm just not IN LOOOVE.
The haircut was last night, and I think it needs to settle in. I played with gel last night and then showered to get excess hair off but didn't wash my hair, and then slept with it damp, so it's kind of poffy on top today. Also I think I am tending a little more towards the Lesbian Soccer Mom look today rather than the Goth Pixie. (Okay, I am never going to pull off pixie anything. But I am more severe than cute today.) And I feel very grey-haired at the moment. I really liked those ridiculously expensive blonde foils I got in Boston in March...
And, new person! My ex-coworker Emily and her husband James had their second child this morning, a girl named Rowan Margaret. Big sister is Elizabeth Pippa, and big sister is a mere 6 weeks older than the Dillo, which makes their kids 16.5 months apart. They did this on purpose. Pippa was one of those "sleeps through the night from 3 weeks" babies, which is I suspect what gave them the nerve to try this. Rowan had an unusual congenital birth defect that was diagnosed in utero, a cyst in the mouth, but they drained it at birth, and she needed neither a trach nor supplemental oxygen, just a tube to ensure her airway was clear, and they plan to remove this later today and hope that no further intervention will be needed. So, excellent news!
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Date: 2007-10-11 06:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-11 06:45 pm (UTC)My body agrees with me that I shouldn't have children less than 2 years apart; with both my kids I was unfertile for at least 15 months, because of the nursing.
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Date: 2007-10-11 07:15 pm (UTC)