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28 aprile

Gestational Diabetes

I got a call from the doctor's office last week or so

They said that they got the results back from my blood test and my glucose test

And my glucose level was kinda high--138

So they wanted me to take the 3-Hour glucose test

To avoid missing school

I went down to this place downtown

That is open on Saturdays

HM went to the Great American Cleanup by himself

And I went and sat in my car for about 3 hours

I had to drink another orange sugar drink

Just like the first test

Then they draw your blood

But then you sit for an hour

And they test your blood again

And then another hour

And then test you again

And then again

So in a 3 hour time period, they draw blood four times

You are supposed to not eat anything before the test

And then during it all you can have it water

It SUCKS.

I had a different doctor/nurse every time I went in

(I went out and sat in my car in the shade instead of staying in the waiting room)

And by the last test, I was feeling

VERY

GROUCHY

and starving

So the last doctor,

was getting on everyone's nerves

He couldn't find my paperwork

And someone had to find it for him

So he was complaining about that

As he takes my blood

And when he basically stabbed me

I said "OW!" really loud

And he kinda scoffed at me and goes:

"What? did that hurt?"

YES IT DID! I said

(stupid jerk

All the rest of the people here can do it without hurting me

What's your problem?!?)

I was mad

(and coincidentally, that was the only one that gave me a huge bruise afterwards)

And right before I had come in

I took off the tape from my last test

And it ripped my skin off with it

So I asked him if they had some Neosporin or something for it

Just real quick

Again he kinda rolled his eyes:

No. We don't have that kind of stuff here. He tells me

Stupid jerk.

As I was leaving, one other lady offers

to go find me some

I told her to forget it

I was mad

And started to cry as I left

I got in my car

All hopped up on stupid orange sugar drinks

And mad at the jerk doctor

And starving to death

And went to meet HM at the GAC lunch

I was trembling all over

And crying

But after a hamburger and a burnt hotdog

My blood sugar stabalized a little

And I felt a ton better

HM had been hanging out with the missionaries all day

So when we sat down to eat

The one Elder goes:

Uh... are you okay? Confused

He looked more worried that I wouldn't be and he had no idea what to do

HM explained and I tried to smile that I was okay

Cuz I was still crying

(But really trying not to)

The Elder seemed very relieved that HM was taking care of things

LOL

So the next Monday

I was expecting a call from the doctor's office

That would tell me:

Your test results were terrible

And you have Gestational Diabetes

And they did call

But the lady just told me:

All your test results came back normal

REALLY?

Sweet....

18 aprile

Stuff that makes your mother worry...

So this is probably one of those things
I shouldn't even mention

Because it just reinforces the whole idea of

"California is a horrible evil place full of crime"

that so many people seem to hold

But seriously, we live in a REALLY good neighborhood

It's very quiet here

There are tons of kids around

It's always really nice and homey

So last night I wasn't really sleeping that well

So I was laying in bed

Staring at the ceiling and such

And about midnight, I hear a helicopter

And not just the occasional one you hear sometimes

But one that was CLOSE

and it seemed like it was right around our house

And several times our window was lit up by its spotlight

Odd...

Then I hear sirens...

And I thought... odd...

I worried for awhile

But I knew all the doors were locked

And prayed for the best

whatever it was that was going on

So we woke up this morning to this story:

Arrests made in overnight murder

Police are investigating a murder which happened overnight in Southwest Bakersfield. Officers tell us just before midnight on Friday, a woman was found dead and a man now identified as 60-year-old James Arthur Wyatt was assaulted inside a home in the 3500 block of Trojes Avenue.

(TWO HOUSES down from us...)

Investigators say the victim and Wyatt were involved in a romantic relationship and lived together for the past 4 years. Thursday night, police say the two got into an argument so Wyatt and a friend of his, identified as 21-year old Justin Ennis, tied up the victim with duct tape and tie downs. Detectives say they put her in an upstairs bedroom and left here there for several hours. When they returned to the room, she was dead.

Detectives say about four hours later, Wyatt called police from a neighbor's house and said Ennis had killed the victim. Both Wyatt and Ennis have now been arrested for murder and conspiracy charges. A third suspect who was also at the house but did not help with the binding of the victim has also been arrested.

News vans were on the corner as we were all leaving for our day

When I came home for lunch

A reporter came out our door

I talked to him for a bit but I didn't want to go on camera

Thanks but no thanks!

This afternoon, they were back for a "LIVE Report"

It was kinda interesting

I was watching the news and it said "LIVE"

and on the news, I watched a kid ride by on his bike

And I walked outside and there was the kid

And there were the two news vans,

Just down the street

You don't see that every day

We walk by that house almost every day

Our mailbox is right by his fence

And last week we saw him mowing his lawn

he stopped mowing to let us pass

Said he needed a break anyway :)

He was totally red faced though

And not because he was mowing

And HM laughed as we got out of range

And he told me:

"I'm serious babe, that is a straight up hard-core alcoholic!"

And not that all alcoholics tie up their girlfriends and kill them

But it always seems to be connected doesn't it?

Still who would have predicted this would have happened?????

Crazy stuff...

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14 aprile

Another Monday

This week we have STAR testing

Which usually is a pain

but at this school, this year

They are letting all the kids out at 12

So we have three classes

15 minutes each

And then 2 hours of testing

and then we go home

Friday is also a short day

So starting tomorrow

I will get off at 12

Like any short schedule though

This means that now everyone things there is

SO MUCH

extra time

Why not do __________ too?

So no promises that I'll have any extra time

But hey, it's a good thought.

My kids turned in their research papers today

There was a pretty good showing

I haven't really looked at them yet

So I remain optimistic that at least

A lot of them turned SOMETHING in

I had my TA just go through and give them 10 pts

for every paragraph they wrote on their final draft

Then I have to go through and actually read them

All seemed to be well

Except for one paper she brought to me

That had NO PARAGRAPHS

LOL

Six pages of writing

And not an indentation or break in the whole thing

LOL... shoot me now....

When I was younger

I thought I would marry a man who had been married before

Or that I would have a 16 year old stepson

But life happens and whatever right?

So while unexpected

It is interesting

There's been a little drama lately

Most of which is normal I think:

Teenager goes somewhere

Teenager doesn't call

Or come home when they are supposed to

Parent gets mad at teenager

Teenager gets defensive and feels picked on

Even though they know they messed up

Parent feels frustrated that Teenager seems slightly braindamaged... Wink

As a teacher of teenagers, I would say this is a pretty common situation with teenagers

Believe me

The parents are not the only ones

who wonder if these kids are slightly braindamaged Smile

But despite how typical it is

it's frustrating

When it's YOUR (step) teenager

And my sweet Parent HM

Because teenagers

Especially THIS Teenager

do not fight fair

Instead of dealing with the real issue

He brings up anything else

That might hurt the Parent's feelings

So it makes it seem like it's the Parent's fault

Because the Parent is the one

Who didn't do what they were supposed to

And didn't call

And came home late

RIGHT.

So this time

He told HM

That this was all my fault

That HM had never asked him

or told him

That he was marrying me

And that all these "rules"

were a result of HM just doing what I told him to do

(HA and if he knew his father at all, he would know that wasn't possible anyway!)

And that HM was just trying to be this "super Mormon"

and please me by being mean to him

And making him do things

Like come home... do his chores...and call... and keep his promises...

You know

Silly things like that

Now, I really did not take any of this personally

This is just what our lovely Teenager does

Try to bring up an entirely different subject

To make his little misdemeanor seem smaller

Because the truth is

Our little Teenager and I have always gotten along pretty well

And HM DID tell him

And we've been together for two years

Married for almost a year

And he's never had a problem with it before

Or with me

Or with his "rules"

(except when he's in trouble for breaking them of course)

So all of this is just to try and make HM seem like a horrible person

Nice.

So the result of this drama last night

Was that Teenager told his Parent

That he "wanted nothing to do with him anymore"

and that he was going to go live with his mom.

(pause for dramatic effect)

Now

as I pick myself up off the floor from laughing...

There is a reason that this Teenager

Is with this certain Parent

where it's probably more common in general

for kids to be with their Mom Parent

Difference here is that Teenager's Mom

Never really cared much about him

especially if it was ever an inconvenience to do so

Even as an infant, HM took care of him

Because his Mom was off doing "other things"

She won't even bring him home

We have to go pick him up

from HER house

after he does things with HER

Teenager's mom hasn't "supported" him in any way

unless Teenager shows up at her door

and says: Hi. This is me visiting.

If Teenager didn't do that

I doubt he would ever see her

She never came to any of his football games

She never gives him money of any kind

Didn't really give him a Christmas present at all

But will sometimes just give him cash

If she remembers

Whenever he asks her for anything

She almost always says no

No matter what it is: rides especially

She seems nice enough

But as far as Teenager is concerned

He is just something that is there

And that she is perfectly happy letting HM deal with

So it's funny

That Teenager is "escaping" to his Mom's

Who won't do anything for him

And certainly won't allow him any kind of commodities

Namely a phone

Or a car... since he's turning 16 in two weeks

Or a license... driving to the DMV would never be on the list of things she would do

Or paying for his Driving Tests either...

(which he missed his last one yesterday when he didn't come home)

Or anything for that matter

I don't know that he even has a room or a bed at her house at all

(where he has his own room here with a big screen TV)

It doesn't make sense

And when he threatens that

HM tells him: Go ahead!

So this morning

Teenager packed some clothes

And HM dropped him off at his Mom's

Where supposedly

He will now be living

LOL...

We'll see how long this lasts

I think it will be good for him

He hasn't lived with his mom

for more than a day

Since he was young...maybe 8 or 9?

And HM told him he was shutting off his phone

So he won't have that either

Which that alone might kill him... lol...

It seems so funny

That someone could be so... brain dead

And not recognize what they have

For what it is

But I'm sure he'll come to his senses eventually

But even when he comes back

He'll still have to abide by the same rules

Which he says are "so unfair"... lol

We'll see...

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13 aprile

Any guesses?

I've had my blog for awhile now

And for record keeping purposes

I copy all my entries onto a Word document

and convert it to 8 pt font

And then print it so I have a hard copy

So I just finished 2007

Any guesses how long it is?

07 aprile

Random comments

Mondays are always the hardest I think

I am always tired on Mondays

It seems like even thinking about the big week ahead

Makes you even more tired

Even if your week isn't bad

Time is winding down at school

Kids are lazy and don't do their work

The weather is getting warmer

And everyone is ready for summer to start

But they still have to work

My kids had their Rough draft due today

for their research paper

We did everything

And all they had to do was go home

and just write it

Research was done

Outline was done

And the Intro, and the first paragraph

and the conclusion

were already done

They just had to write the rest

Guess how many did it?

About 10 out of 66 kids

GRRRRRRRRRRRR....

I gave a lecture most of the day

About how if they were lazy

And couldn't even manage to pick up a pencil

I had no problem failing them

I was rather grumpy today

But weirdly enough

Ranting and lecturing at least put me

in a better mood

HM's family is funny about cooking

Because while there are many people in the family who can cook

I often get the same question about things I make:

"Where did you get this?"

"Get it? I didn't get it anywhere, I just made it myself" I tell them

You MADE this yourself? How???

Uh... I dunno, I put stuff in a bowl and mixed it together?

REALLY???? Wow...

And I always feel I have to explain

Though I'm not sure why,

that It's really not that hard

You just follow a recipe

Like I make cookies, or brownies or a cake

And when we got through that same "Where did you get this from!?!" conversation

They are always just SHOCKED that I would actually make it "myself"

My ward had a Christmas party

And everyone was supposed to bring a dozen sugar cookies

So I made mine

And everyone wanted to know

How I got mine to get so thick?

And why did they taste different than the rest?

And what was this white stuff on them?

That would be flour honey...

And I just made them so I didn't roll them out as flat as yours???

The family are especially funny about Bread

I don't think anyone in the family has EVER made any kind of bread product

That did not come from a box

So far I have made biscuits, breadsticks and flat bread

And gotten just the

OH MY GOSH!!!

Kinda response that I actually made it

HM is the best though because he acts like he's witnessed some kind of accident

He'll tell them, like he's handing over secret information:

Ya know, and not to say it's no big deal

But I watched her do it

And it only takes her like 5 minutes to do

One minute she's putting stuff in a bowl

And the next it's done!

it's doesn't look hard at all!

And both he and the person he's talking to

Will shake their heads in amazment

Like they can barely comprehend

Such mysteries

And I guess I haven't done this in awhile, but here is

Week #27

(aka 6 and 3/4 months)

Your little one's brain continues its rapid growth. Don't forget to share music, conversation, and even books with your baby!
Response to sound grows more consistent toward the end of the seventh month, when the network of nerves to the ear is complete. Your baby's hearing continues to develop, she may start to recognize your voice as well as your partner's.
Lungs continue to grow and prepare for functioning outside of the womb. Each day in the womb greatly increases survival rates!
She also continues to take small breaths and although she's only breathing in water and not air, it's still good practice for when she's born.
Eyelids are now open more. Your baby can distinguish between light and dark.
Retinas have formed.
Your baby will grow over � inch this week alone! You may suspect this phenominal growth rate repeats in the preteen years!
Average size is now 14.4 inches (36.6cm) and 1.9 pound (875gm) (the doctor said she is EASILY over 2 lbs right now... if not more)

04 aprile

What do Painters do when they're bored?

Q: What do Painters do when they get bored?

A: They paint their mother's kitchen, even though she didn't ask them to, but doesn't mind that they do of course

And they even obsess about keeping the wonderful checker pattern, even over difficult things like vents:

As I was leaving school today

This random girl goes:

"Oh how cute! Are you pregnant?!"

"Nope," I said straighfaced, "I just at a lot of Twinkies and man, I just got really fat"

One of my students was standing next to her

He just shook his head at my sarcasm

"How far along are you?" she asked

"Six and a half months" I said and I walked away

As I did, I heard her tell my student:

"She's really big!"

I hear that a lot these days.

Like every day

I mostly chalk it up to the fact that

These are high school students

And as a majority

They aren't that bright

And also

When was the last time they really were around a pregnant woman?

Probably it's been awhile for most of them

So I am pretty normal I think

But I am very obviously pregnant

And so I am HUGE to them I guess

Anyway, it doesn't help though

That I went to the doctor's yesterday

And all is well

He said Sadie is easily TWO pounds already

Which means she grew a least a pound or more in one month

And I gained nine more

*sigh*

I gained more weight in this last month

Than I have in my whole pregnacy so far

I was not happy

Why?

Well, put in these factors:

HORRIBLE HORRIBLE allergies

(so all I crave is cold things and salsa)

and then being

EXHAUSTED all the time

so all I do is come home from school

sleep for a couple hours

Get up, make dinner,

And go back to sleep by 9...

So not a lot of exercise

And craving sugar more than healthy vegetables

So hopefully, things will get better now

I feel better

And don't feel like my bones are melting anymore

So this is good

I think

But still...Not happy about yesterday

But hey, I guess it's all part of this process, right?

Right. *sigh*

02 aprile

Sadie's New Room

Long awaited...

This is what we worked on Saturday:

Sadie's room!

It's so nice to have a painter for a husband

I highly recommend picking one up :) haha...

So here is the before:

And After!

The dresser was given to us by a lady in our ward

HM painted the dresser, the shelf and the frames to all match

This is a newborn cradle we bought at the neighbor's yardsale for $10

I know some of you have asked for pictures of me but so far kids, this is all I have and this was a month ago.

This is what I see Open-mouthed