Pilates, preparations and play

April 16, 2009

Pilates, preparations and play

That sums up my day yesterday! It was a busy day, but busy in a good way and all those 3 'p' things are important in my life right now so i thought i'd take the time to write about them:

~pilates: i've been interested in trying out pilates or yoga for a while now and i found out about some beginners' classes starting this week in a dance studio near me. The only thing i was worried about was the fact they are on Weds which means i will need to leave Poppy with my mum in the morning and then take her to nursery in the afternoon, and as both of these are new to her routine i was concerned about starting them both at once. But as some wise person advised me recently, Poppy has always coped with changes of routine, people and place before, and it's good for her to get used to things like that now so she can be more adaptable when she's older, like when she has to go to school. So i decided to try it for a few weeks and see how we both get on.

Well i needn't have worried about Poppy! She really is such a good girl, happy to get to spend time playing with her Grandma (apparently they formed an orchestra out of the pots and pans in the kitchen and both had a great time drumming along to the radio!), and no problem when i left her in her new room at nursery for a couple of hours in the afternoon either (i went back in to collect her at the end and found her in one of the staff member's lap getting her to play 'peekaboo' over and over (one of her favourite games at the moment) and giggling happily at this very clever game) :). And the pilates class was great too - i was worried it would be too much for me to do that and then go into work for the afternoon, but since this is a beginners' class the man started off nice and slow, working on basic posture and positions with us, and doing gentle stretching exercises which he says we're going to build on in the next few weeks. He came round correcting our positions and encouraging us to be 'still and straight' in certain areas, but other than that he said we all did well, and i found it relaxing and refreshing at the same time, and am looking forward to going back. It's meant to be really good for posture and flexibility too. Oh, and it means i get to cross yet another thing off my 101 list - #15. try out yoga/pilates!!

~ preparations - for returning to work i mean. i have now done 3 'back to work' visits, spending more and more time in the room each time, letting the children get used to me, getting to know more about them (lots of them are new since i went on maternity leave), chatting to the staff and especially to the woman who has been running the unit in my absence and generally finding out what's been going on. The woman who replaced me is really lovely and has done a great job while i've been away, and she will still be there for half of the week but she says she's looking forward to cutting down on her hours as it's such a busy and intense job! And the other staff in the room all said they're looking forward to me coming back which was nice. And the children are soooooo adorable, even though some of them are quite a handful! We've still got E the little girl with severe physical disabilities and epilepsy, and G our little autistic boy who is like a whirlwind because he's always on the go but showing so much affection now too. And then there's 6 other children who are new to me - A a little Indian girl with no official diagnosis but i suspect she has autism, who loves rough and tumble and being active but can hit out and bite people around her without warning, S a little girl cutie with Down Syndrome who is very happy and content, plays nicely and loves singing and music, L a little boy with ADHD who swears and has a huge stubborn streak but is such a little character that i love him already, J a little boy with partial paralysis down one side of his body but such a cute smile and a cheeky nature, though he can throw the most enormous temper tantrums, B a bright verbal boy who needs to learn how to share and take turns, and P a quiet little boy who uses a walker to get around and keeps himself to himself but has a lot of potential to be tapped into. Soooo i've got my work cut out with this lot, but am looking forward to the challenge already :)

~ play - then, in the evening on the chatroom i got to play with another sub :) As part of my ongoing training i am required to be more flirty and playful with the other subs in the chatroom, and try to scene with some of them when i can. i find other subs the most difficult to scene with because of my shyness issues, and because there's not that many of them that i feel comfortable enough to scene with, and also because i'm not used to scenes where nobody is giving orders and instructions! But yesterday i took the opportunity to slide myself into m's lap and do some gentle stroking and twiddling, and when her response was positive i used my mouth on her, and when she responded we just kind of took it from there and it ended up with me cumming everywhere! She had to go soon after which was a shame but i spent the rest of the time snuggled in my blankie, grinning to myself until i got drowsy and went off to bed. Thanks m for a great scene :)

So there you have it - my busy Wednesday. Taking the time to chill out a little today - we went to our last ever baby signing class this morning, which i'm a bit sad about but neither of us really need to go anymore as Poppy is signing and talking well. Going to relax this afternoon and think some more about the topic i want to blog about tomorrow.

libby

xxxxx