A New Experience

Last night I did something I'd never done before. I gave an injection. For 6yrs I've been in this business, and this was my first injection. I was thankful to have oversight and direction, and that it was not an emergency situation. Doing the first one is the hardest... I'd never punctured the skin like that before. That was my biggest fear. Skin is not the same as the orange that one practices on, or the apple, or whatever. It's different. So, now I've done it, and the next time, it won't be so hard, I hope. But I'd be very happy if it were another 6yrs before I did that again. However, on the other hand, I'm thinking I really need to learn how to draw blood. I've got a great phlebotomist friend who can teach me. I've already got lab privileges. I've got the supplies. I just need an arm.... any takers?

Let Birth be Born Again

I'm in the middle of this book by Jean Sutton. Jean is a midwife in either Australia or New Zealand. She's amazing as she describes all these long-lost techniques and observations that help babies be born. Different methods to help presentations that otherwise, in most of our industrialized world, would end in caesareans. She describes all the different pelvis shapes and then explains what positions the mom needs to labor in according to her pelvis. Jean dispels certain myths that I've heard for a long time about baby positions. She's fabulous. I need visuals, though, to completely understand what she's saying. I wonder if I could get ds, who's computer-savvy and artistic, to fix me up with some computer generated birthings....

I think I will be reading and re-reading this one. It's a keeper!!

Knitting again

I think I've lost track of how many baby hats I've knit now. That's a good thing. I love to knit them. I can do it without thinking, which is important in certain situations ;-) I can knit up a cute little hat in a few hours, and they are perfect little gifts. But I need to venture on to more challenging things, I've decided. I have nearly finished some fingerless gloves for my dd. I just need to finish the thumb gussett. I'm told that if I can knit these, then I can knit socks. Oh dear! I've heard that once you start socks, you get addicted to them. My boys want those aviator hats... I'm checking out the patterns.

I had a friend over the other day. She's a knitter, only she's far more talented than I am. But it was fun to show her my stash. way too much yarn for my time. But that color was so pretty. But there was a sale. But it's so soft... You know the story. I need to find some patterns to knit these yarns into wearable objects. I did knit a sweater, but it's kinda scary looking. I need to try another...

Blue Shoe

I've been hearing the name Ann LaMott for a couple years now, so I decided to try one of her books. I've heard most about Traveling Mercies, but the library didn't have it, so I checked out Blue Shoe instead. Hmmm, I don't think I can recommend it, but I still intend to read Traveling Mercies. I think LaMott can stretch me in my practical Christianity. I think some of us Christians have trouble accepting certain lifestyles. Does having "dredlocks" make you not a Christian? How about body piercings? There are a number of things that might be out of my comfort zone, but do they make someone "not a Christian?" At least LaMott makes me ponder some of those and similar things... and that is good.