Babies, babies, everywhere!

Help! I’m surrounded by new mothers! What happened? Did my age group decide as a collective that the biological clock had ticked enough? This is so weird.

I hope you guys don’t mind:
Helen just had Sebastian.
Molly is having twins.
Diane’s due next month.
Amy is next.
Megan is having one in February. And I’m sure I’m forgetting someone. Mom mentioned somebody last week. Though I got to give Sarah kuddos for keeping my whole high school class up to date on what’s going on!

Now, I understand wedding showers. I’ve been to wedding showers galore. I’ve cut cake at more wedding receptions than I can remember. But baby showers. This is incomprehensible. It’s imposible even to buy a gift. There are millions of sizes of diapers, and they are expencive! And there are rows and rows of baby clothes that the baby won’t even fit into after a month. Then, there are 6 month toys, and 1 year toys, and toddler toys…and how soon do they start on the learning games. Blocks vs. Music toys. What to do? And now they have coed baby showers. When did that start? I’m all about the coed wedding showers. It’s humorous seeing the couple getting a playstation for the wedding…but baby showers. There were more guys than girls at the last shower I went to…and they had more kids! As for me, I’m positively clueless.

Then, one of my classmates gave me a good deal of encouragement to take in foster kids when I grow up and get settled. She said she had never planned on kids until she met one that really needed her. Cool story, but somewhat out of the blue.

Okay, that’s my baby rant. I’m just a little fazed. I still don’t feel grown up. How can all my classmates be mature adults already?

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JoeyGirl Says:
December 3rd, 2007 at 10:54 am
No babies anytime soon for the little sister! Yea!

Sorry. Just had to celebrate.

jen_archaic Says:
December 3rd, 2007 at 6:42 pm
Hmmm, JoeyGirl. You kinda increminate yourself. Makes a sister wonder if you were wondering….

JoeyGirl Says:
December 4th, 2007 at 6:24 am
No, I wasn’t, thank you very much (poop head). I have been thinking about it recently, in that many friends/coworkers have expressed the desire to have children in the last couple of weeks. I find that interesting, as I don’t, still. I rather expected myself to by this point, but nope. No baby hankering for me. At least not yet…I won’t say it isn’t possible, but right now…nope.

JoeyGirl Says:
December 10th, 2007 at 10:37 am
Okay, chica. Blog already.

Hey, how’d the interview go?

JoeyGirl Says:
December 11th, 2007 at 10:15 am
You know, you could write on the ice storm. That’d be interesting.

I withdraw my previous statement…

My apologies to the injured party. Not all English teachers use green ink pens. Green is an appropriate color of ink for managerial notes, and red dresses are still the bomb.

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JoeyGirl Says:
November 27th, 2007 at 6:16 am
Amen.

Green Pens?

My sister wants me to blog about green pens…that evil tool of English teachers. Somebody did a crazy study that students feel bad when their papers are marked with red ink, so teachers correct with green pens. It’s sad, very sad. So I’m supposed to write in sympathy that my sister cannot find a packet of green pens. I really don’t feel sorry for her… I do feel sorry for the chump working for Bic who missed the memo on that crazy study.

There is going to be a paradigm switch. First, it’s green pens. Then it is there will be the demonization of green. Green means stop. Red means go?! Red will no longer be the color of danger and intrigue.

So Joanna…your lust for green pens has just alienated your red wardobe, and you have ended changing our entire culture. Shame on you. =)

And just forget the lure of red pieces of clothing. Girls get your green dresses this season! Lady in Green is dancing with me (singing).

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JoeyGirl Says:
November 26th, 2007 at 11:18 am
This is my formal, written protest. I do not grade in green. I have graded in green before, but it is important to note that I only grade in the color of ink that the various students leave behind. I have no consistent color of grading ink, because I have no consistent pens. They all disappear off of my desk, and then I have to grab whatever pens are handily lying about the classroom.

No, the reason I need green pens is that Patrick uses them for work. It is his official, managerial color. If he checks things off, it must be in green.

So. There. PHBT.

So sad…that’s my life.

My life might be sad, but it’s kinda fun too. I’ve been watching Sailor Moon…3 full seasons so far. Once upon a time, I saw that show when I was like in middle school. It was serious when I watched it then. Now, it’s a show about a very silly 14 year old who just happens to save the world every season.

Actually, I’m going to be little sociable this week to… Lunch with friends yesterday, Bible study tomorrow, possible lunch on with a friend of Joanna’s on Thursday, dinner with my friends on Friday, baby shower Saturday, bake-off Saturday evening… and a big wedding the next weekend. Now, that’s a social calendar! Finally. Now if my car and my computer would work, everything would be good.

I guess that’s all. I’m going to watch another episode of Sailor Moon.

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JoeyGirl Says:
November 7th, 2007 at 10:55 am
Three cheers for Sailor Moon! I don’t think your life is sad, my darling.

Thanks for the library help. You saved my class this morning, and I give you full credit for it!