the rest of my week!

So, tonight Jamie and I leave for D.C.  I am going to this conference, which I'm pretty excited about. Its about healthcare justice and is for clinicians, there will be radical midwives, physicians and nurses who work towards immigrant rights and access to healthcare, some lgbt health work (though, no t, which is always discouraging), native american health. etc. I got a scholarship too for 2 nights at the conference hotel (schmancy hilton!) so Jamie and I are making a little lovecation out of it. Booyah!

He's excited to see his DC friends, some guys he grew up with. Peter is an animal rights lawyer, and his partner Doron owns and runs a vegan bakery in town. We haven't seen them in over a year, and they're really adorable. 

In other news, I've been wedding planning. We've got the date narrowed down to next September, location Boulder Colorado. It only seems appropriate. The shits expensive though. and trying to keep it small is challenging. yikes. Anyhoo, i'm on the market for a dress that has many layers of tulle that spring out in a tutu fashion and is some shade of bright pink. with maybe some peices of the natural world woven into the fabric. Where can I find me such a dress? I need a postmodern seamstress perhaps....

dreams

I had a dream last night, or more accurately, early this morning. In my dream I was traveling through this town of open doors and empty houses. I went inside one house after another, never seeing anyone. then i went into this house that looked a bit like the suburban homes of the playmates i had as a youngster. There was an older woman there that I understood to be a spirit (ghost). She led me to a wall that had encased within it 5 brooms. They all had  handles made from tree branches, that were long and knobby, but smoothed and lacquered. The bristles at the base were made of  long lavender stems with purple lavender flowers at the tips. They were beautiful and fragrant, and I certainly didn't understand the purpose of the gift. She instructed me to take one, make it mine and enchant it. So i climbed atop of it, and attempted to make it fly. I'm not sure if i actually did, but i spent a long time 'enchanting' it. The whole experience felt really powerful. It was the type of dream that won't let you wake, and when you do you feel like you went to another planet. wait, where am i? where is my magic lavender broom? Perhaps it is halloween creeping up on my unconscious mind.

fun on the farm!

Michael, Amy, Emily, Ashley and Linda, on our way into the corn maze
the corn maze was very short in stature. but 6 acres deep!
We came out VICTORIOUS! Much Cider was drank! Many donuts consumed!
and Ashley and I turned out to be pretty darn cute as apples. 

tomorrow

I go apple picking here! I normally have 12 hour clinical on Sundays. but not tomorrow. We are on "fall break." whoever heard of such a thing? Soo... i have off until wednesday.  How spoiled am I? anyhoo. I plan on navigating a maze of corn stalks and plucking beautiful low spray apples from their trees. with friends. How fun!

happy midwifery week!

some celebrities who have given birth with midwives:

1. Pamela Anderson (home birth)

2. Ricki Lake (home birth)

3. Cindy Crawford (home birth)

4. Demi Moore (home birth) 

5. Kelly Preston (John Travolta's wife)

6. Kate Winslet

7. Cate Blanchett

8. Lucy Lawless (Xena! home birth)

9. Cybill Sheperd

10. Meryl Streep (home birth)

11. Lisa Bonet (home birth)

12. Carole King (home birth)

the birth survey.

"because its easier to get consumer satisfaction information about a camera than about maternity care services..."

If you've given birth in the past 3 yrs, take the birth survey to provide feedback on your providers, birth centers, hospitals, etc. CIMS (Coalition for Improving Maternity Services) is a really rad organization working towards helping people make more informed healthcare choices. Spread the word!~

the engagement party

Nora made a beautiful cake with a raspberry heart

my momma made a champagne toast and cried. it was sweet
momma and her boyfriend, Mo
Jamie being fed cake by his boyfriend Chris
West philly represent. and Julie Davids passed through!