goodbye, lindy hop.

...at least for now.

saturday night we went to ben & sheri's dance, and after 2 blisteringly fast dances with jamie cameron (hint: one of them was POTATO CHIPS), i was completely out of breath. i collapsed on the couch, which was a bad idea. 10 minutes later, my sciatica had penetrated every nerve from waist to knees in agony. julius literally had to lift each leg to put them in the car, and pick me up to get me in bed. my middle of the night pee break had me dragging my lower body to the bathroom like a paraplegic, biting my lip to keep from waking j with my screams. i wish i were being my usual melodramatic self here. the next day, i was on crutches.

as usual, it's gotten progressively better since then, and i'm only in occasional pain now. but it's happened almost to this degree the last several times i've tried to dance. so i have to hang up that hat, for at least the next 47 plus days. it sucks as it's the only real exercise i was getting. i really wanted to make it to the only chance i'd have had this week for prenatal yoga yesterday, but my body laughed uproariously when i tried to get dressed. :(

this morning we went to the gym and as usual i sat on the top step of the hot tub (the water doesn't even come halfway up my thighs) to help relieve some hip pain. and as usual several people took it upon themselves to come up to me and tell me how unhealthy i was being. i need a sign that says "I FRAKKING KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M DOING." however, i did get into a truly delightful conversation with an 84 year old woman about babies, birth, and lindy hop. she used to go to the palladium in hollywood and dance with the soldiers on leave during WWII. she was 17 and had to stay upstairs on the balcony, where the liquor wasn't served. she got such a light in her face, talking about it; it was awesome. she said that she used to dance all the time; then she paused, looked down at her body, and laughed as she said "i don't know what happened!" on the down side, the chlorine content of the air seemed higher than usual and eventually the burning in my eyes and nose couldn't be ignored, so i had to get out before i really wanted to.... and then i couldn't get rid of the smell. i got home and was incredibly dizzy and nauseated for a good 30 minutes. fun times!

i've been trying to connect with a local EC (the diaper free people) group to pick their brains. they have mommy/kid meets several times a week, but the first one i tried to attend was a bust. i got lost, was late, and couldn't find anyone. i hope to have a more successful second one. but maybe not till next week. heather flock's in town, and i want to spend as much time with her as i can, because she is full of awesome. we're having a swanky dinner tomorrow night at a 2 star michelin restaurant. woo!

insomnia is finally starting to rear its head, albeit only a little. it's a little harder to get to sleep each time, and harder to sleep as long as i did before. saturday morning i woke up at 4 am for the day. i have to wake each time i roll over in bed (about once every couple of hours since whatever leg's on the bottom falls asleep), because of the pain.... so it's difficult to get comfortable again. bleh.

what else are we doing this week? hm. getting the car seat installed. taking an infant cpr class. last week of lamaze. ooh! and BUYING A CAR! hopefully that will go down this weekend. very excited.