Plan Scam

I’m Vicki. I am a planner. It’s my work and my life, and without planning I would never get done all the things that I get done. I planned to write this blog post between feeding two ice cubes of pureed pumpkin to my little man and his nap time, knowing now (after much practice and observation) that he will play happily for the approximately thirty minutes I need for a first draft.PlanScam

I plan a lot, but I did not make a birth plan. It came as a shock to me too. When the time came – I had finished work and had planned a five week stretch of ‘nothing planned’ until my due date – I sat down to think about this. Of course, I had planned this planning time in my first week of maternity leave, in addition to packing my hospital bag and reading all the books people had given me. Continue reading