We are our own solution.

I think that our society has become too dependent on others to solve our problems for us. My recent insomnia will be my example. I have not been sleeping well (never more than 4-5 hours a night) for a few weeks now. That kind of sleep deprivation really takes its toll on you physically, and emotionally. I would find myself totally losing it, over nothing, just from sheer exhaustion. I didn't have the energy to do anything, so I would often end up doing nothing but the bare minimum (laundry only when we ran out of underwear etc etc) every day, and feeling worse as each day passed. I can see how many women end up depressed in late pregnancy/postpartum. Lack of sleep will do that to you! Anyway, I went to Calgary withmy Mum this past weekend, to do some serious shopping/eating. It was awesome, and we were on our feet, walking around all day Saturday and Sunday and guess what? I slept like a baby! All this time, I have been asking my midwife what I can take (herbal teas, etc) to help me sleep, when really all it took was enough exercise to beat me out. I expected the solution to this problem to come from some outside source, when it was in me all along to fix this. I wonder how much better everyone would feel if they got out for a nice, long walk everyday. So i'm going to start walking the dog. It has been Justin's job the last few months, but I obviously need the exercise. I think the solutions to many (most?) of our health problems are already there, we just need to get off the couch and do it.

On a side note, the baby's room (aka. junk room for the last 6 months) is starting to take shape. I actually cleaned out some of the junk today, put blankets away and gave us some room to work. Now Justin can put the crib together. I need to find a nice quilt for the crib, so I can start some kind of decorating scheme in there. Rental house beige just doesn't do it for me.

Six weeks to go! (Although my internal clock is telling me it might be sooner.)