Sleeping around

[flexagon]

Well, this weekend went about as usual in some ways, with several invigorating rounds of "And then I was home just long enough to {essential household chore} before I had to get on the train for {prior commitment}". But it was even worse than usual because I was literally sleeping around: Saturday night in Boonies, MA, where my friends M&G live, and Sunday night at NEMC doing a diagnostic sleep study. The latter was far less comfortable than I expected, leaving me a bit tired today and also with a faint feeling that something is poking me inside my nose... sigh. I'd like to post more, but I'll have more to say when I get actual data back from it. Suffice it for now to say that they left me with glue in my hair (water-soluble, but still) and that the little microphone they taped to my throat has left me looking like I have a hickey. What a great day I chose to wear a red scoop-necked sweater.

I have to also say that M&G are doing the best job of parenting I've ever seen. I look at how they live and it seems like an art form^* -- not that they've made even close to the same choices as me, but I like how they research the hell out of everything and then they do a great job at the few things they do. They eat mostly local food, make their own shampoo, cook a lot, parent with thoughtfulness and a sense of fun, and seem to manage their stuff and money well. They somehow make pregnancy and childcare seem totally natural and reasonable, which is quite a feat. It makes me wonder what people would say about me in the same vein, if they were inspired to say that I make anything look natural at all.

^*ETA: a clarification of this comment is here.

Comments

[a-kosmos.livejournal.com]

Is it bad that my first thought is "how do they make their own shampoo? what's their recipe?"

I bet there are all kinds of people who look at you in amazement in your RL.

[flexagon]

Hey, I don't know their shampoo recipe but I know they found it online somewhere, and they don't saponify their own oil (because they don't want lye in the house). I bet you could find something online too. This search pulls up a lot:

http://www.google.com/search?q=make+my+own+shampoo

I do a bunch of stuff, but do I make it look natural or does it look like the giant effort it usually is? Hard to say without bringing an actual visitor here for a few days.