CraigsList Sales
Sold some unused ski tickets on CraigsList.
Second time we’ve sold something on CL.
It’s an interesting experience.
Meeting people with one item in common, the item for sale leads to some odd 2-5 minute conversations.
The latest one started with the woman asking me how to know the tickets were real. A thought that never crossed my mind. She told me about her young kids, family going skiing in North Conway. I told her how we got the tickets and didn’t go skiing with them. We talked about the ski weather and how bad it was this season. Then she said, “Bye dear” and left. The “dear” seemed odd, since I suspect she was only about 5-10 years older than I am.
Just seems like an odd snippet of human interaction.
Pain
The back pain this week was interesting. Almost educational. Made me realize what I take for granted. Made me think about the limits of my body which I’d never really pushed before. Forced me to push through pain like I haven’t before in order to get simple, necessary things done.
Made me more aware of my body and of the things it does automatically. The fact that sneezing hurt was fascinating to me. Observing my body, almost in slow motion, as I adjusted automatically to catch something that was falling was very, very educational. Reflexes kicked in. As they did, I realized it was going to hurt. No time to stop it though. It was still going to hurt, but it would be manageable… and I’d still be able to catch what was dropping.
Figuring out the right and wrong combinations of moves to get out of bed in the morning was a fascinating puzzle. Especially as the allowed moves changed each day.
This is all going to make you a better birthing partner.