So last night we did a yoga demonstration at the Farmer's Market here in Livermore. It was over 100 degrees, and we got put right under a huge shady oak tree, right in front of the band. Blues music was playing, we had God's heated yoga room to play in and it was really cool to do a yoga practice outside. However, my allergies really kicked in about halfway through the night. More dripping was going on from my nose than from my sweat glands, and that's saying a lot!! I was trying to hand out brochures and having huge sneezing fits - I must have sneezed 1,000 times without exaggeration!!So today Laurie and I wanted to have a meeting after morning yoga classes to talk about our business plan. We had the little ones, so she said maybe we could just go to the park. I know they needed to be entertained, but after a looooonnnngg stuffy and miserable night with my allergies, I wasn't so sure about the park. I suggested Parti Palooza, an indoor bouncy house place, to which Laurie just shook her head and said "never again". (What? I love Parti Palooza!!)
Anyway, we agreed on a shady park where there is lots of water for the kids to play. I sneezed all the way there. (This is after neti pot, Nasonex and a Benadryl this a.m.). We settled in to the park, ate our lunch and the kids had fun while Laurie and I talked.
On the way back to Livermore, Quinn said "Mommy, you have something on your back". So I felt around and picked off something that felt like a thick piece of yarn. Brought it around to look at it and it was --- A BIG FAT WORM!!! On me! Ewwwwww. I screamed (like a pansy girl) and flicked him into my cupholder, where he happily played until we got home (500 sneezes later) and I put him out on one of our plants. I'm now convinced that there are more worms crawling all over me, even though there is really no evidence of it.
Can I understand it when people wax poetic about their relationship with nature? Sure. But I'll take Parti Palooza any day, thanks anyway.
2 comments:
!!!! Too funny. Allergies are the worst. If it makes you feel any better though, I'm out in nature almost every day and have NEVER had a worm on me before. I am thinking of doing worm composting though... thousands of new pets who produce "gold magic" for the garden. (worm poop is supposed to be the best.) I'm also considering buying little discs of worm larvae that are supposed to grow and reproduce in the lawn to naturally aerate and fertilize it.
Worms aside, you'll never sell me on stinky, loud, artificial colors/play structures, and fluorescent lights over a picnic under a huge maple tree with the breeze blowing and the kids running around happily in nature. No chaos palooza for me!
easy for you to say when you have never had a worm on your back!!!
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