Pregnancy @ MindSay

• I'm actually excited about Thanksgiving this year because it will just be me, the kiddo and the husband.  My sister has to work on Thursday, but she and her husband will have Thanksgiving dinner with us on Friday.  Then, we might go to the movies to see 2012.  I usually hate Thanksgivings because in the past we had most of my paternal side of the family coming to visit. Let's just say that my Big Mama had 12 children and 10 of them had children and some of those children have children.  Add the spouses of those children and grandchildren and we are talking about at least 40 to 50 people.  As a child it was my job (all by myself) to wash dishes as my mother was cooking AND after the meal was served.  At least my aunts would help me when they got there.  I could never really tolerate crowds and noise after a few hours so you can imagine what it was like for me as a kid during Thanksgiving. Most of the time my relatives wouldn't go home until Saturday!

• Today on the View, Elizabeth Hasselback had a breakthrough when she said she was upset with some people because they were giving her and her daughter strange looks because her white daughter was carrying around the new Tiana doll from Disney's "The Princess and the Frog".  She said that her daughter loves that doll and she didn't think twice about buying it for her.  She also said that she now understands that twinge of "weirdness" or "discomfort" some of her black friends talk about when they are feeling they possibly being judged based on race. I thought it was kind of neat that she was able to empathize with her friends in that situation. I think it's silly that people gave her dirty looks because her daughter was playing with that doll.  It's a pretty doll! My daughter had a couple of Ariel dolls from The Little Mermaid and nobody said a mumbling thing about it.

• Speaking of children, do any of you who have children -- especially those of you who have children who are over the age of three, have those days where you swear you don't like children? LOL! Don't get me wrong, I love and brag on the Kiddo on a daily basis, but let's face it 8 year olds can be ANNOYING! One of the things that drives me crazy is when she wants to tell me about an episode of a show that she likes. She'll forget to mention the name of the show and just launch into what the characters were saying and doing.  She also doesn't describe the characters to me so I have no idea why what they did or said was so funny or out of character.  Not to mention she has the tendency to give too much detail! I tell her for crying out loud, summarize this story!

• I don't care how musically pretentious you are, that damn "Party in the USA" song by Miley Cyrus is catchy.  I admit it. I LOVE it! It's one of the songs the Kiddo and I blast in the car.

• I swear to the Almighty, if my husband wants any more children we're going to have to either adopt or get a surrogate! Have I said how much I hate being pregnant??? Ugh!

• Oh yeah, I am  so sick of reality t.v. shows with slutty, bimbos on them.  Why is it that in order to be popular on television, young women have to dumb as dirt and as fake as a three dollar bill.  Oxygen, which is supposed to be a network for women has a reality show out called "Bad Girls" where six or seven of the most shallow, ridiculous women are featured doing God knows what.  Thanks for setting the women's movement back a hundred years Oxygen! Shame on you!
  

ME:  *burps* Oops! sorry Honey, I ate all the green grapes.

HUSBAND: What? I just bought them yesterday!

ME:  I guess the baby likes them.

HUSBAND:  But, I made sure I bought a lot of grapes.

ME:  I'm sorry.  They tasted really good.  The baby kicks every time I eat them.

HUSBAND:  But... I..., I only had one serving. I don't think the kiddo got any.

ME:  Um...the baby really likes them?

HUSBAND: *sigh* Okayyyy... Does this mean I need to go back to the store?

ME: The baby really likes them. 

HUSBAND: Fine.

During this whole ordeal with morning sickness and dyspesia the only thing that doesn't make me feel like tossing my cookies is spicy foods.  I craved spicy foods when I was pregnant with my daughter and now, I find that spicy foods actually calm my stomach.  For breakfast this morning I ate stuffed jalapeno peppers from Jack in the Box.  As a matter of fact I have been putting hot sauce and chili sauce on everything I eat. 

What is it about spicy foods that actually make my stomach feel better?

I knew that I would have to get some genetic testing on the baby because I'm over 35.  No big deal. I'm not really worried about it because I've always had regular periods. I'm like clockwork. That means the factory is working pretty damn well.  Anyway, I got a call from the Genetics Counseling Center saying that the doctor recommended I come in for testing because of my "Advanced Maternal Age" and that they had an opening for this Friday.  ADVANCED Maternal Age???? That is such an awful term. It makes me sound very old. :(  I'm 36 for crying out loud! :(

I mean, the old gray mare may not be what she used to be, but barring any unforeseen tragedy, I think I may still have a few good years left.

• After watching my almost 8 year old kid interacting with two 12 year olds this weekend, I realized that my kid is really smart! Of course I may just be a biased mom, but she can really hold her own in a conversation and for the most part she came off very mature. You almost forgot the age difference among the three girls.  Don't get me wrong, I always knew the Cocolette was a smart cookie, but it really seemed to be apparent when she was hanging out with her older friends this weekend. Oh yeah, she can drive the hell outta some bumper cars! LOL!

• I really need to do some serious cleaning, but I don't have the energy to do anything but pick up here and there.  Also, the waves of nausea don't help.  Did I tell ya'll that the first trimester of pregnancy really sucks? 
  

• I went out and bought two new dresses, which is crazy considering that I won't be able to wear them for long.  I did try to buy long, roomy dresses, but they are summer dresses.  By the end of October, they won't do me much good.  The vanity in me made me realize that I will be big as an aircraft carrier by the time I start showing and the worst part of it is that I'll be that big in the winter.  Winter clothes are already bulky.  I'll probably just look like a big ball of yarn!  At least I won't feel uncomfortable like I did when I was pregnant with the Kiddo.  She was born in friggin' August. It. Was. HOT!

• Why do people not understand the concept of, "Don't start none, won't be none?"  What is it with all of these people who like to dish it out, but then can't take it when it comes back to them?  I mean when someone starts crap or stirs up trouble with you and you nip that mess in the bud, why do they think all of a sudden YOU'RE the bad guy? Were you supposed to let them get away with it? I don't think so.