beauty

Self Care for the New Mama (and anyone else who may need it!)

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***Originally Posted 2/11/15. Sorry if this gets emailed to you as a duplicate. Only 3 more repeat posts after this and I’m all caught up for new blogging!***

There are plenty of times as a new mama when I do not feel my most beautiful. Naively, I once thought that the amount of TV shows or films that portray parents being spit up on or other bodily fluids getting on them from their baby was grossly exaggerating and that if I was very careful then I could avoid that fate in real life. Turns out, the only thing that’s exaggerated is the parental reaction… because if you have a baby with any sort of reflux or digestive problems, then after a while, you just accept the giant amount of spit up in your hair or down your shirt.

For those HIMYM fans out there… that “confetti” moment is no joke…

I also swore up and down when I was pregnant that I would never be that mom who forgot to take a shower. And that brilliant plan worked great the first four months when my husband was working the night shift and was home mornings to watch the baby while I did my normal morning routine, but now that he leaves the house at 5:30AM and little guy is still getting up around 5:15AM… (which does not mix well with directing until 10 or 11pm…) there are definitely days where I just resign myself to try again tomorrow. Continue reading →

Blogging Take 2: In with the new, out with the old

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Hello! Thank you for following me here! I’m switching sites to wordpress for a few reasons:

1. I had to create a blogger account under my school email for one of my classes and to be honest, it’s a pain to switch between accounts. I accidentally published on the wrong account yesterday which led to some awkward student/teacher emails I needed to send to make up for it. I will keep my shakespeare blog over there since I don’t write there as frequently

2. I follow more blogs via wordpress anyway (sorry friends on other sites!)

3. I wasn’t loving the other site anyway and wordpress is just SO. MUCH. PRETTIER. And as I wind down with the theme of Beauty this month… what better time to make a decision to switch to a site that I find far more beautiful?! Though I remember why I didn’t choose this in the first place- there are so many options that it can be overwhelming and it will still take me a while to figure everything out… In the meantime, I will be transferring the rest of the old posts over here and hoping that those following via Facebook or email updates transfer over with me! I will update the old blog once the transfer is done pointing people here and then I will delete that one in a few weeks to halt any confusion.

Obligatory cute picture before I end the post.

Wish me luck and thanks for reading! More very soon.

A Beautiful Mess

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***Originally Posted 2/5/15***

To kick off the theme of the month- beauty, I want to talk about how things that are beautiful are not always pretty. How I Learned to Drive opens tonight and if I haven’t beaten it into this blog enough in the last month, here it goes again: it is a staggeringly beautiful play. There are incredible depictions of the human condition along with a good dose of laughter, wit, and  love. That being said, it is a hard play. If you are looking for flashing lights and an airy frothy golden age of musicals happy ending

Roundabout Theatre’s Anything Goes… Dancing Sailors and pretty period costumes…

– you aren’t going to find that pretty stuff. But the beauty is worth it.

Childbirth was a beautiful experience, but everyone in that room can assure you it wasn’t pretty.

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The End of the Beginning and the Beginning of the End

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***Originally posted 1/31/15***

Today is the last day of January. The end of the beginning. It has been a great, full, powerful start to the year. If the term “start as you mean to go on” has any weight then this year is going to be great. This month, like every month since having my son, has flown by, as has the rehearsal process for How I Learned To Drive!

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