levonorgestrel ticker tape

I'm on my last set of pills (91 day regimen), yay! Now I have a nifty little counter to tell me how many days remain until I'm free of anti-fertility hormones.

I just finished reading Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food. It rocks hard. The first half was a little dry, because it explains how and why our existing Western food supply has become so crappy. The second part contained rules for healthy eating which include: Eat food, not too much, mostly plants. I hope to stop buying the majority of our food from the local Safeway at some point. May is my detox month, so between now and then I'll either subscribe to a CSA type thingie, become a regular at the Farmer's Market, or visit our local Whole Foods lookalike. Perhaps all of the above.

I could be doing better with the physical fitness regimen. I adored working my tooshie off in the yard Thursday and Friday, but then the weather turned crappy and some virus or bacterium decided to have a family reunion in my throat. I've been a little lightheaded and dizzy too. Let's just say my typing accuracy is not all that at the moment. It's been nearly an entire year since I had an illness worth writing about. Meh.

I'll close with these thoughts on parenting, as I hope to apply them to my own life. I'm not about to advise others.

1. Natural consequences trump corporal punishment. Discipline exists partly to teach kids how the real world works. In the real world, if you are speeding you get fined. If it keeps up you lose the privilege of driving. The cop doesn't pull you out of your car and spank you.

2. Sex positive. My child, male or female, WILL have sex one day when he/she comes of age and can make that choice. I can accept this, unlike my own mother (fodder for a whole entire post).

3. We write our own narratives. The Secret is BS. Its the same thing I've known about life for some time. You get from the world what you put into it. It's no big secret.

4. Knowledge is power, guided and limitless access to knowledge is the best policy. We're not going to filter our child's internet access, though we will have rules about how and when our child communicates with strangers (not a subject that is unique to the internet). You don't teach your child that streets are dangerous things never to be crossed. You teach them to look both ways, because you won't always be there to hold their hand. The Internet should be the same way.

The end, for now.