Me in Melange

Little Bit Prepper, Hot Yoga and Gratitude

All I know is that this virus outbreak is only worrying me to the extent that NOW I feel the need to be a little bit more of a "prepper" -- not for this situation, but for a truly bad one that might come at some point in the future.  What I'm noticing is that people don't do well with a little uncertainty, or restriction, or risk.  Seriously, if something even remotely bad happened in this country, there would be a full blown crazy panic of monumental proportions.   I wasn't feeling the need before, but now I feel like I do really need some kind of stockpile for when a real crisis happens because things will not go well and people will likely lose their collective sanity.  I feel like we are just starting our experience with the coronavirus and already people are giving themselves anxiety attacks.  Slow your roll people, it will all be fine and you can't burn out on anxiety this early.

Not to totally minimize the coronavirus, it's a terrible inconvenience and yes, we all need to modify certain behaviors to help mitigate risk (i.e. washing our hands alone is thing #1 and the practice will help not only this new virus but the spreading of the flu which is already dangerous to so many vulnerable populations).   John keeps saying that at the end of all of this we might end up socializing behaviors that save many lives that otherwise wouldn't have been saved.  Let the hand sanitizer and hand washing mania begis.  Better stock up on hand cream, that sanitizer dries your hands out BAD.

I returned to hot yoga today after my microblading week long hiatus.  It felt great, and I was totally grateful for what my body could do the whole time.  I just felt so happy that I was there, my body felt good, and I was no longer jeopardizing my eyebrows.  Big sigh of relief there.  Last week taking it easy in more restorative classes was nice, but today felt 'back to normal' and really good.

The sun is shining this week, and we've got at least one day hitting 60 degrees.  That's a reason to be happy right there!  The only thing salting my game is that I noticed some gray hairs in my eyebrows.  What the what?  I take a lot of different supplements, why haven't they figured out one to fix grey hair yet?  I feel like I need to do some more googling on that.  Meanwhile, my Glossier Boy Brow gel is going to do double time.

Digging on these new Prairie Underground joggers--you can feel like you are lounging in your sweats, BUT you will look super cool.  They are really cute on, love these!  Especially love the cropped length.

Signed, ME {lv}

 

 

Warrior Day

Sometimes you have to just go full warrior to get thru the day.  Today was that day.  Mondays are always a push, but today followed several days of no sleep, and I still had a sick kid at home.  I just felt spent all around, and depleted.  John comes home tonight, so really the day was just about powering thru because once he's home to balance out the energy in the house, all will be good.

Having him gone was hard in odd ways this time.  Even when I wasn't driving the kids around or doing stuff for them, just having their energy in the house and feeling like I was the only one there to absorb it, that felt hard for some reason.  Plus they had friends over a lot, so you can just amp up the energy there, and noise, and again, it felt like a lot to absorb.  I don't think there is any logical reason why physically having John in the house would have changed that situation, but it feels like it does.  The other thing I hated and underestimated (which I've complained about a lot already) was the weekends and having to stay up to make sure the girls came home by curfew.  I HATE staying awake late (it's one thing if you are out at a cool dinner or bar), but just sitting at home, it was torture.  John's a night owl, and it's one of the few ways our perfectly opposite personalities actually mesh perfectly because he doesn't mind staying up for them.  Likewise, I don't mind getting up early and feeding the little kids.  

I did, despite having Gia home from school, steal away for a quick hour to go to yoga.  That was my loving act of kindness to myself.  I told her it was to sweat out any flu germs she may have given me.  Not sue if that's possible, but it sounded good.  The yoga wisdom today was the teacher's offering of "determination."  Which I felt like was perfect for me because determination requires a vision of where you want to go, and pushing thru the hard stuff--and I had both of those things (yes, on a micro level I realize, but sometimes you have to work one day at a time.)  I love yoga, sometimes it really is what holds me together.

I was also comforted by the new Prairie Underground that came today.  The Adrian tee--AMAZ-ing,  the detailing is so cool, and yet it's a classic wear-with-anything tee.  I'm leaving this pic big so you can "maybe" see the detailing.  It's a hard to describe, inset  raglan type seam, with ruching.  It's just cool looking.  Also love the neckline, it's not scooped, but it's not crew either. I want two in each color that's how much I dig it.

Signed, ME {lv} 

 

It's February, there's hope.

I see the light at the end of the winter tunnel….hello February!  We had quirky weather today, with partial sunshine, some random hailstorms, grey clouds, and full moments of sun where it looked like it really wanted to be spring. It was a promising day all around. I also realized today that it’s February 3^rd, and Valentine’s Day is around the corner so I’ve got to start planning.  Now I know Valentine’s Day is not universally loved, and yes, it gets commercialized to death and all that.  Yet, I still have a soft spot for it.  I use it as an excuse to do thoughtful little things for my friends and family, all in the name of how much I love them and who can’t help but love a holiday like that? It’s not like I do anything grand, which is why I like it so much…it’s a low pressure holiday where you have the chance to write a really nice card with mushy words.

In the immediate sense though I need to get everyone in the house thru the next week in one piece—one health piece that is.  Gia woke up in the middle of the night last night with a very high fever.  She went to bed feeling fine, just a little head cold and then at 3 a.m., not so much.  She was absolutely miserable.  I figured it was just a virus and we’d let it run it’s course, but by early evening she was burning thru a dose of Tylenol and still had a 103 degree fever.  So I took her in to express care, and sure enough, she was swabbed and has Influenza A (but not apparently one of the types covered by the flu shot this year, darn).  One Tamiflu prescription later, and she’s home, in bed, and while still miserable, at least a little closer to being less miserable.  I know how contagious it is though, so the odds are good that we will all get it by the end of the week, so I’m going to do some deep breathing, some meditation to force my mind to focus on repairing (listen, if that guy called the Ice Man can get his mind to keep his core body temp the same even when he sits in freezing water, why can’t I get my mind to fight the flu bug?)  So far I’m doubling up on the Oscillococcinum (which you probably aren’t suppose to do), and I’m crossing my fingers.

Can’t wait for the new Prairie Underground, there are some great foundational Spring pieces that I’m stalking!!  Kind of love this dress to the left (Falconette in black)--especially with cute tennis shoes right?  It comes today, stay tuned….

Signed, ME {lv}