Well, hello.

adventures in retail

It's been a while.

The days all blend. Time doesn't fly at all though. The moments have been long, and surreal and intimate. The waiting, the immediacy of experience. The functions of the body coming online - in an infant and in myself.

39-26-37 141 lbs, I bf% with the calipers and I think 16-17 but I'm not sure. I am anxious to receive the wisdom of one Stevie Santangelo.

Nova weighed 13 lbs at her last doc visit but must surely weigh more by now. She sits independently. Most of the time. She wants to grab everything and is anxious to run everywhere.

But you have to learn to crawl before you can walk. So we work on sitting. And creeping.

She eats yams, avocados, strawberries, peaches, yogurt, lentils, broccoli and lemons. And formula and milk.

And she smiles constantly.

Things are in flux in my person as well. I'm within a couple pounds of my weight prepregnancy, but things are a little different, which is to be expected. I lucked out - no stretch marks. And I've never been flat chested, but the huge boobs are new. Not as fun as you'd think they are. For one thing, they leak. They also get uncomfortably full if there is not a baby immediately to hand. Any kind of ballistic activity proves challenging.

I'm looking forward to more Kung Fu in my future. I visited a school last week and it was everything I seek and then some.

I returned to work for about 2 months - and then my lab lost some funding. And I find myself seeking employment again, like so many others.

Just wanted to make some contact - It has been a long time since I have written - preferring to bask in the sensorium, learn new skills, submerge myself in the feel of this new time and place.