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wayfaringwordhackThis morning, at the breakfast table, I broke a front tooth. Not the tooth actually, just the laminate cap that evens out my front teeth.
Julien had to go back to work for the first time since leaving Mayotte. Poor fellow wasn't feeling particularly excited. I had a blah attitude towards the day on his behalf. I get to stay home, but he has to go back to the grind.
After I took him to work, I realized the washing machine that we just paid much dinero to have repaired (ouch!) had not rinsed or spun the load I put in before breakfast. I ran it again without soap and got the same results. I tried a lighter load and the machine seemed to do OK. I was getting ready to go to my appt with a midwife when it started raining on my already-soaking-wet towels, so I had to gather them up and put them on a rack in the bathtub to dry while I hurried off.
The road to the midwife's office was full of slow zones, making me think I was going to be late. When I arrived in the town (not one I know) I realized the route I had scoped out on mappy was no good because it began with a one-way...going in the wrong direction.
But then, amazingly, I aimed my car in the general direction of where I knew her office to be, found a spot right in front of it without even realizing I had arrived. The sun came out. I was on time. And I had an utterly fantastic meeting with her. It seems my rotten luck with French medical staff is turning.
I'm 4.5 months along. The baby appears to be doing great. I got to hear the heartbeart. And I found a good soul to give me birth classes and do my monthly checkups. The only downside: She doesn't do the delivery. But she recommended to the hospital where she used to work, where midwives and not gynos deliver the babies, so I think things might work out all right after all.
Sometimes you get to beat the odds, even when it is a Monday, and turn "one of those days" into the fine and dandy variety.
Julien had to go back to work for the first time since leaving Mayotte. Poor fellow wasn't feeling particularly excited. I had a blah attitude towards the day on his behalf. I get to stay home, but he has to go back to the grind.
After I took him to work, I realized the washing machine that we just paid much dinero to have repaired (ouch!) had not rinsed or spun the load I put in before breakfast. I ran it again without soap and got the same results. I tried a lighter load and the machine seemed to do OK. I was getting ready to go to my appt with a midwife when it started raining on my already-soaking-wet towels, so I had to gather them up and put them on a rack in the bathtub to dry while I hurried off.
The road to the midwife's office was full of slow zones, making me think I was going to be late. When I arrived in the town (not one I know) I realized the route I had scoped out on mappy was no good because it began with a one-way...going in the wrong direction.
But then, amazingly, I aimed my car in the general direction of where I knew her office to be, found a spot right in front of it without even realizing I had arrived. The sun came out. I was on time. And I had an utterly fantastic meeting with her. It seems my rotten luck with French medical staff is turning.
I'm 4.5 months along. The baby appears to be doing great. I got to hear the heartbeart. And I found a good soul to give me birth classes and do my monthly checkups. The only downside: She doesn't do the delivery. But she recommended to the hospital where she used to work, where midwives and not gynos deliver the babies, so I think things might work out all right after all.
Sometimes you get to beat the odds, even when it is a Monday, and turn "one of those days" into the fine and dandy variety.
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Date: 17 May 2010 08:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 18 May 2010 06:51 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 18 May 2010 06:53 am (UTC)Luckily the day was uphill from there.
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Date: 17 May 2010 09:47 pm (UTC)Then I got a bit further down and saw "midwife". And thought - "Midwife? Midwife! Unless Miq is training to be a midwife that can mean only one thing!"
How did I miss this? Oh - I know. I've been shamefully lax at checking in on LJ and haven't bee on Yahoo lately. So sorry.
Many many many congratulations to you both. That's wonderful news! Worth coming home for, eh?
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Date: 18 May 2010 06:55 am (UTC)And thanks for the congrats. We are pretty excited about it and consider it well worth cutting our world trip short for.
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Date: 18 May 2010 12:36 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 18 May 2010 02:27 am (UTC)I'm glad that the day turned around for you!
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Date: 18 May 2010 06:49 am (UTC)And I too appreciated ending the day on a good note. :D
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Date: 20 May 2010 07:10 am (UTC)~D
félicitations!!!!!!
Date: 21 May 2010 07:02 pm (UTC)il m'arrive tres souvent de lire ton blog meme si je ne donne pas souvent de news!!!!!
j'ai donc suivi votre beau tour du monde et vu des photos magnifiques.
et là , quelle nouvelle !!! félicitations à vous 2 pour le bébé!
je ne manquerai pas d'en informer Steph qui va etre aussi contente pour vous.
gros bisous à vous 2
olivie
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Date: 24 May 2010 01:21 am (UTC)no subject
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