Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Powerful Mojo

I have a confession. I want to beat Curious Georgeto a bloody pulp with a tire iron. Then I want to put him in a casserole and serve him to the man in the yellow hat.

Unfortunately my cherub lights up like a xmas tree every time the monkey comes on. I cherish his delight so much that invariably I give in. I used to think that parents who endured children's programming were brain damaged. Now I know it is something much more sinister.

The First SNAFU


Theres a lot of bullshit floating around about a "mothers glow" and the deep spiritual fluffiness of being pregnant. I will tell you right now, I do not miss it one bit.

Part of my problem was being diabetic. Having diabetes and getting pregnant do not mix. Diabetes is a bitch to deal with anyway, but adding hormones to the mix makes blood sugar wildly unstable.

Then of course theres the "scare the shit out of her" session, where they bring out all the pictures of the fat, deformed,and blind babies of mothers who didn't manage their blood sugar.

I wanted to slap the nurse. I was stressed out enough, and then she showed me that?.... Fortunately I picked up a few tricks ..more