Category: Life

Getting Poked by Dr. Wang

Getting Poked by Dr. Wang

That headline is 100% true, in case you thought it was some porno title I was throwing out there. I did, indeed, get poked by Dr. Wang last week. It was an acupuncture appointment you sick bastards. 

It was my first poke, if you will. I had gotten acupuncture several years ago when I was having chronic migraines and it helped tremendously. I wanted to see if it would help with this insomnia I’ve been having (says the lady whose been awake since 2:30 this morning).

There is something amusing and fascinating to me about the acupuncture exam. In traditional Chinese medicine they examine your tongue as a means of evaluating your health. They also take your pulse. The doctor had me stick out my tongue while looking at it from a few steps away. He kept nodding his head as he examined my tongue. 

I’d forgotten how sore the points can feel with the needles in. Not a zinging pain but more like a pulsating feeling. I chose to believe it was my chi working out its issues.  And it felt like it had more issues than Vogue. LOL
The one thing that I do remember and like about acupuncture is that you are forced to relax. I mean you have needles sticking out of you so it’s probably best that you relaxed. I lay on the table for 30 minutes. I wanted so badly to take a pic of my face because I had 6 needles sticking out of it but the doctor stayed in the room almost the whole time, mixing any possible selfie opportunity. 

The verdict?  My chi isn’t as fucked up as I thought as I don’t need to go back for 2-3 weeks. Overall I have been feeling much calmer, so much so that my husband even took notice. Am I sleeping better?  A little bit it still is probably too early for a judgment on that one. I’ll have to wait and see how the next appointment goes. 

What No One Told Me…About Sleep After Kids

What No One Told Me…About Sleep After Kids

My first post!  I started this blog to have a space for myself to share things that no one told me about life, kids, marriage, family, career, etc.  Every day I discover something new and know that I can’t be alone.  I’m hoping to connect with other souls who are making shit up as they go, as I am, on this journey called life.

I start today’s post with extreme exhaustion.  My toddler daughter slept for total shit last night, so what does that mean?  That momma also slept for total shit last night.  She has molars coming in and I think that is part of the problem, but damn.  I was awake with her for most of the night and the only solid sleep I got was from 3:30AM until around 6AM.  I’m so tired that I feel fragile today, as though the smallest inconvenience or disturbance could send me into hysterical sobs.

My daughter is almost 2-1/2 and one of the things no one tells you about sleep and parenting is just how much your sleep gets interrupted.  You expect it when they are newborns, but you assume at some point, that they will consistently sleep through the night.  That’s what you are told by most people anyway.  Or what you try to tell yourself in those early morning hours when even the birds are asleep.  She has had fits and spurts of sleeping through the night, but it’s not consistent.  I’m going on 2-1/2 years of sleep deprivation, where some nights I’m lucky to get 4 hours of uninterrupted sleep.

This is a part of parenting I find especially challenging, trying to function on little or fragmented sleep.  Like today, I feel physically sick and my head feels like it’s going to explode at any moment.  Today is one of those days where there isn’t enough coffee in the world that could save me.  I’m just going to try to hold on and hope that I hold it together until bedtime tonight.