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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I can tell that I’m starting to feel a bit more comfortable in my own skin these days. The first few weeks of Lucy’s out-of-womb experience have been quite an exciting ride, and I’ve felt a lot like I’m holding on for dear life. But here are a few signs that I’m starting to feel just like regular old Ann again: <\/p>\n
# I baked a batch of cookies the other day.
\nThis isn’t even about being a super-mom who bakes. Baking and cooking is just one of the things I *do*. I was a bit nervous about it. I even checked with Jon to see if the idea of baking while Lucy napped was too crazy. He encouraged it. :) Now we have a delicious batch of peanut butter chocolate chip bars, which I eat two at a time these days. I’m trying to take full advantage of the 500 extra calories that are burned daily while nursing. :)<\/p>\n
# I’m seriously considering reading the Bible again.
\nIt is a bit embarrassing that, as a professional campus minister, I haven’t been attending to my spiritual life as I’d like to. But, heck, I figured I just had a baby, and I spend a lot of time praying for Lucy to sleep anyway. :) I do miss connecting more deeply with God, though. So, this morning I decided to “journal”:http:\/\/annagram.org\/extras\/journaling.html again, which felt good. And I read through a hymn that I had printed out pre-birth with lofty expectations that I would sing to Lucy all the time. Reading through it was all I wanted to do at 5:30 am, though. I think I might actually break open the Bible tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n
# I started to feel bored yesterday.
\nFrankly, boredom as a mother is a bit scary to me — I have images of turning into a soap-opera watching, bathrobe-clad, bonbon-eating floosy. But, after getting over that fear, I realized that boredom is a sign that I am ready for some new challenges. They might include trying out the “Fuzzi Bunz”:http:\/\/fuzzibunz.com\/ diapers we borrowed, or giving Lucy a bath (this spooks us for some reason), or reading something new. I just started reading _The Nine Tailors_ by Dorothy Sayers, which Jon has been recommending to me for several years.<\/p>\n
It feels good to feel good! The sunshine and warm weather don’t hurt either. Neither does the nap I had earlier this afternoon.<\/p>\n
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I can tell that I’m starting to feel a bit more comfortable in my own skin these days. The first few weeks of Lucy’s out-of-womb experience have been quite an exciting ride, and I’ve felt a lot like I’m holding on for dear life. But here are a few signs that I’m starting to feel … <\/p>\n