Did I mention?

We're having a boy!!!! Tentative name... Connor Campbell. :)

A little heads up...

      I am in the slow and steady process of reading The Women's Book of Yoga and Health by Linda Sparrowe with Yoga Sequence by Patricia Walden and will be making a few reviews as I go along in the book for my blog. I say a few because there are five parts to this book and I feel that breaking it down into parts for examination and review would be better than reviewing the whole book.
      I will also be reviewing other books as I buy them and read them. One thing at a time though. Bear with me and we'll get these balls started and on a roll.

Thanks.

I feel kind of lost at the moment

      Today is Saturday. Of course, everyone knows this already. Nevertheless, no Saturday practice in Ashtanga so I skipped practice (even though I wanted to do something so I may just do a bit of a sequence later on). Now I'm sitting here drinking Chai tea and I feel like I don't know what to do. Outside of homework, there isn't much for me to do really. I'd clean up this room and junk it out, but I don't think my husband would appreciate that really. I mean we have junked this room a lot. How does one open the space of a room that is already quite small?
      We're stuck living with his parents at the moment because I'm a big ninny and didn't want to live in my old house which was broken into. He gets home late and I don't feel like walking around with a shotgun on my shoulder and a Glock on my hip to feel safe. So, here we are. In this tiny room. I'd take a picture but I don't think it would do any justice. Just picture the room being about 8 feet wide and 13 feet deep. There is a queen size bed, a 8 drawer chest, desk, two night stands, an xbox/DVR stand, and a floor a/c. Needless to say, we are CRAMPED. I hope we find a place before it's time for the baby to come... I have no idea how I'd live sanely cramped in this room.

Okay. I'm done ranting now. Back to homework so I can have an easy day before the big revealing party.

What A Wonderful Day

      After a much better morning practice, my husband and I went to the OBGYN for a 20 week ultrasound of our baby and to find out the sex. After waiting from 9:30 to 11:30 we were finally sent back to the room with the ultrasound woman (Her father was having issues so she was late to work, we forgave her). I can tell you one thing though, once we started with the ultrasound things got pretty interesting. That baby did NOT want to cooperate at all! The thing was balled up so tight we barely made anything out at first. Well, besides the head. That is pretty much obvious in any way shape or form. After much rolling and and flopping the baby began to relax and show off the much needed parts for examination. We find out tomorrow, as a family, the sex of the baby. Excited? Yes. Not to mention I get to eat cake :P.
      My husband had to rush to work after that so we didn't get to have lunch together. That was saddening. I was hoping to sit down to lunch and have a nice talk with him but that didn't happen. Nevertheless, I brought him lunch at work so that he didn't starve. I thought that was nice of me :) but then again I love him so it wasn't like I minded bringing him food. That and I was quite hungry myself too. I brought home my food and stuffed my face. It definitely was not on the healthy side at all. Open-Faced Roast Beef with fries. Yep, I ate it. Stuffed my big ole' face with it and felt horrible after because of all the carb loading it did. I felt extremely sluggish too but you know what? I was full and my hunger was sedated for the moment. This baby sure is taking a toll on my metabolism.
     

      Other than that, I have an interview on Monday at 10 AM. :D Yayyyy! Tiny Devotions, a company that sells mala beads and necklaces, was looking for sales representatives and I applied on a whim. I thought it would be wonderful to work for the company but never thought I'd get chosen for an interview and yet... I HAVE ONE! Yay. I'm quite excited. I'm by far not bohemian but I am a yogi so hey maybe I'll get lucky and actually get hired. I'm not getting too excited because I don't want to jinx myself but I can't help it.

Wish me luck!! :)

Dreading the Oncoming of July

      Down here in Mississippi the heat gets to be so unbearable that I would prefer returning to Iraq for a summer than stay here through the humidity that is to come. Lately, we've been lucky and the weather has been relatively nice, at least for June. I want to be outside so much but my pregnancy seems to make me intolerable in the heat thus far. I went so far as buying a pool, although I'll admit that I've been in it once since my husband put it together.
      I have been forcing myself to get back into a regular routine of getting up and following through with my yoga rather than piddling around on my mat and finding excuses to make a short practice. Therefore, practice has been pretty intense for me lately, or at least it seems that way. My muscles are begging for an off day but I don't want to relinquish the feeling of actually getting up and doing something. It's not a ouch pain but a good pain that lets me know my muscles are still in need of work. After I'm on the mat for a few minutes the soreness dissolves and my practice flows. Building up my stamina to complete, or attempt to complete, the Primary Series of Ashtanga has been hard. I find myself getting more easily out of breath these days and can't find any other reason than my pregnancy to blame.
      I've had to resort to using extremely stretchy pants in order to practice because my yoga pants are a bit tight around the middle now that my hips and belly are expanding. I still use t-shirts for practice but am beginning to be annoyed by their coming forward and exposing my back and belly. I may need to find a top that will stay down and cover my belly. Books to read is more important to me than a stretchy top. At least for now, that may change in a month or so.
      I'll actually have time to read for pleasure rather than the multitudes of stories and novels I've been required to read for my degree. While Hemingway has his highlights, reading his biography in a week is impossible and I just don't want to do it. I guess it's the required part that makes it so daunting. 500 pages use to be a breeze for me to read in like three days. Of course, this was interesting material and I had NO life at that time either. Now, I'm tending animals and cleaning house along with keeping my husband happy by being near him before he leaves for work.
      Alas, I trudge on. Two days of yoga complete (I skipped Monday and Tuesday O_O) and Saturday is a rest day. I bid you all a good night and will try to be back on again tomorrow.

Namaste.

Back Home and In Much Need of Rest

      Yesterday was a travel day, hence no blog. I technically could have written a blog on my iPhone but I felt that it would be to much of a pain in the butt and so I decided to read instead. Nevertheless, 14 hours in a car from West Virginia to Mississippi really is a long drive. To think that I wanted to move to Montana is a ludicrous thought right now. Not even knowing where we'd live I just took a guess and guestimated from Billings, MT to my grandparents place and it would be something like one day and 7 hours... Yeah, how about no? A closer destination will need to be implemented. I can't live that far from there unless I had my own private jet or plane.
      Anyways, we pulled in the drive at the house around 9:40 last night. I was sore, tired, full of junk food from riding, water neglected (but it was bed time and I didn't feel like peeing every hour), and just plum wore out. I didn't get anything out of the car except the dogs and my pillows. The rest was pulled out a little bit ago. After that me and Zachary went to Wal-Mart for space saver bags. Time for room clean up and re-organizing. I can't stand clutter and this room is BEYOND cluttered. I swear I can have it cleaned out every week and things would amass from somewhere.
      I'm siting in bed now about to get some homework done.. at least I hope. I really don't feel like reading the entire Hemingway Biography, but apparently that is what is necessary for this class. Too bad I can't drop the damn thing. I'm passed that now and can't drop it. Alas, I must push forward. Over 500 pages to read by sunday and I haven't even started. I need to get reading and not playing, but playing seems like so much more fun at the moment. Or resting does for that matter.

Oh and I recently felt my baby kicking ;). Neat-o huh?

Namaste!

Last Vacation Day.... So Sad

      It never ceases to amaze me how attached I get to this little plot of ground when I am here. My grandparents place is so beautiful.

It is only a small plot of land but it is peaceful (minus the large trucks zooming by). There is a small creek in front of their place that I could sit by for hours and hours just watching the water run over the rocks. It almost feels like a sanctuary really. There is wildlife galore here and plenty of plants to add to the beauty of the surrounding area. 

      Sadly, this trip was a short one. Normally, I would stay for at least a month with my grandparents, but that was when I was younger. My trips have been shortened lately to about two weeks time and it is a wonderful and amazing two weeks time. This time, however, my stay was dragged down to a week. Arrive on a Monday night and leave a Monday morning. 

      I wish that I could stay here forever. The tranquility of the place is so awesome that it almost feels like it isn't real. Like I have traveled down a rabbit hole into a wonderland or possibly found that little piece of never-never land. Alas, my stay is ending and I'm trying not to cry. Emotions are running high right now due to my pregnancy. Damn hormones. I hate to cry and more than that I hate to cry here because it upsets the beauty of things.

      I never want to leave while I'm here. I can just picture staying here and doing yoga in the middle of the road halting traffic from their incessant zipping. Speed bumps are definitely needed on the road in front of this house. Nevertheless, I could stay here easily and work while my husband goes to school. Of course I don't think my husband would easily leave the south. He says he wants to but we shall see. 

      Yoga would have been great this morning. I don't think I could have easily completed any though since I don't have a mat and the road is a bit rough. Not to mention, the ground is quite slick and on quite a hill. Maybe a few standing poses are warranted in that case. I feel the need for a standing forward bend to release the tension building in my lower back. Yay pregnancy.

Peace.