Well we made it to Nashville and the first night of my class reunion :). Keane made his first visit to Nashville with me yesterday (Yipee) and guess what he actually likes it thus far! :)  The trip kinda lasted longer than expected because of the traffic (i started cleaning up the house and washing clothes before we left WHY do you ask...it must be the nesting factor coming out LOL)...but anyhoo he has really enjoyed the tour my mom and i gave so far...and ummmmm we went to Mary's BBQ last night....I LOVE BEING HOME...There is just so much that I miss about being here...but I love my home in Atlanta now so...its just nice to have a place "come home to"....

Okay so round one of my class reunion went off well...We met up at Buffalo Billards a sports bar/pool spot...I thought it would be kinda smoky but i still wanted to see everyone (it has been 10 years!) So me my hubby and mom went in for a quick drop in before dinner....Well needless to say I had to much fun catching up and seeing everyone so I stayed longer than a "drop in" LOL. By the time we left, we missed Nashville's"dinner time" so we had to go to Mary's.  Anyhoo, it was really weird seeing everyone after all this time...some looked the same others, well to be quite honest I had no idea who they were (at first) LOL....And guess what there were other preggers there (YEA)....and there were plenty of parents and newlyweds or "on the way to the alters"..LOL... Anyhoo I am sure I will be reuniting with some folks I missed...but I think others will still stay in the past...where they rightfully belong LOL...not being mean just I feeling of growth was apparent to me when I saw and spoke with people...You know how people were in your life for seasons....well thats kinda what high school would be for me....the friends I had there were seasons...but you know some i can see reuniting and making them lifetime acquaintances...We shall see...part two is today...A picnic LOL....thats just like us "nerds" to have a picnic... I say nerds because I went to an academic magnet school...so thats what we were...nerds...it was only like 120 of us in my graduating class......

okay so i attached a pic of us preggers LOL...the fourth is actually on bed rest, so my prayers go out to her... but here is a pic of Mary-28 weeks, Angie 22 weeks, and me 21 1/2 weeks...

do you know how sleep i am right now....GOOD GRIEF....and my body aches from playing tennis until 10 last nighti cant take a shower without thinking am i getting germs on me..cant wash my clothes without thinking they will still be "dirty" cant even go wash my dishes without thinking whats the point....okay so today i kinda woke up miserable...my own fault though..i stayed up watching Black in America then blogging about it on Cafemom.....then watching it partly again during the repeat THEN catching Anderson Cooper....this all lasted until about 3am...i know what was i thinking... Now I am trying to debate whether or not i should get dressed go to work or continue to work from home....it may be toooo tempting to go back to sleep LOL...

Okay so seriously i am so excited about coming to the Part 2 of Black in America tonight...it was great...well not like funny hahaha great, but more like informative great....like just obtaining more of an awareness and motivation to help change great...it was such a realization for me...but then it also showed me how diff my life is in comparison..then made me think how not only Black America is plagued with the issues discussed, BUT its the largest, yet only make up a small percentage of the population as a whole.....sad and it makes you wonder how did it get soooo bad, and what can you do to end the cycle......It appears to be whirl wind of generational curss that must be defeated.....

Keana I know in the beginning this country may only see you as one color but you are a mixture of different races..you are more than your skin and you need to recognize that...you need to not grow up "one-sided" but multi-sided....with an understanding of "everyone" even the biggots who dont like you because of who you are...whether if its because you are "black" or "mixed" or "privelaged" or "not as well off"....I dealt with it all and one day if necessary, when you can understand I will explain it all to you....and hopefully equip you with such love for yourself that the judgement of you holds no bounds in your mind....i hope you still live care free and untainted by the "mess" of it all...and it can even come from people "close" to you....ones you consider friends and even family,,,, sometimes people don't know what they are saying when saying it, but its funny how it stays with you.... But guess what IT ALL DOESNT MATTER..you will not fall in any of the vicsious cycles of "black america" not because you are not apart of black america because you are partially apart of it...and outsiders will tell you YOU are it..but because mommy and daddy won't allow it....wouldnt even consider it even being something you would EVER have to worry about...WE GOTCHA!!! and so does GOD so you will be A-OKAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gosh after 3 hours of tennis I dont really know what i expected...OF COURSE my back is hurting...gosh i am sore all over! good grief....well i am sure keana enjoyed all the activity and fresh air pumping into her system! 

Seriously...at 21 weeks and 19 give or take a few weeks to go I better start getting back on it... Meaning I need to do better in resisting my cravings and having a better work out schedule....not all this sporadic junk i have been doing....sometimes i eat really good..... sometimes i over do it in my "work outs" or sometimes i am just lazy and plain ole over eat because "i can"...HAHAHA...see after all those months well 2 years of working out strenuously and revamping my eating and keeping my "fine" figure, it felt good to just let it go...but now...its just too much.... i am such an overachiever or rather I am over the top with everything ...

I want the best, to be the best, win win win, blah blah blah...and SOOOOOO i really need to chill out...figure out how i am going to tackle this last half of my pregnancy to ensure keana comes out healthy and strong and her mommy gets back into physical and mental shape quickly... well to do that i need to practice doing it now... meaning when i breastfeed i wouldnt dare put certain things in my body nor would i put them directly into hers when she starts eating table food....SO why do it now? AhHA!!! AND if i want to bounce back into shape after her birth BUT more importantly come back really really really fierce on the tennis court I need to stay in shape/get in shape/ begin an "in shape" regimen NOW NOW NOW..okay...so its in black and white now Tasha...DO IT DO IT DO IT!!!!!!

okay so why is our water possibly contaminated....crap...the power somewhere went out last night and now it effects my job and neighborhood...of course there is a voicemail message on my office phone saying we dont have to come in BUT i dont get it until i get in...Going back home seemed appealing except for the fact that my neighborhood is effected too....which i didnt know until i read my email..LOL BOY....well at least i could boil the water first.....i cant believe i am about to waste a bottled water to rinse my fruit....oh well.... Gotta protect baby first! 

oh there you are keana...i was wondering when you were going to start moving....guess you are up now uhh? did you like that egg and turkey sausage sandwhich mommy fed you?LOL

okay so check this out....i need to really get to deciding on things for the baby....and its pretty darn hard...like I got to show Keane the Peg Perego stroller and car seat yesterday after the appointment..i wanted him to see why it was twice as much as the others...or i suppose see why it isnt..lol...He saw why i liked it but didnt see the cost factor but is still on board for it....But in conversing with my cafemom folks i am not so sure....of course the folks who have it love it...but a new car seat and stroller is in the mix now the Chicco...LOL...I tried it out in the store, and it actually turned better but it was a little bit heavier and not as CUTE LOL...well the color that is...the car seat actually seemed more comfy...According to another mother's blog the head rest in it was safer for her baby (she has both)...and she showed pics! LOL....

The Peg's car seat head rest thingy is not detachable so you cant adjust it, while the Chiccos can...but unless i have a really small baby it wouldnt matter....now between getting mommy's head and daddy's it will matter! LOL the baby will probably be regular size but mommy's head is way bigger than daddys...(what i can admit that i have a fat head and he has a peanut one LMAO)...soooooo if she has mine she will be good, if she gets his, well then she may need some more support...or will it be vice versa...WHO KNOWS LMAO....... I just want to make a decision on something GOOD GRIEF...besides clothes...that is always easy i just get everything LOL....I don't even try to decipher in the stores i just get one of everything...ummm Keane (baby my pumpkin sugar honey pie) I hope you dont read this post...SINCE NOW you started reading some LOL.....

well back to the drawing board...I LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT....shopping is meditation, is an aphrodisiac, is like well like a Big O that you can buy LMAO!!!!!!!! umm Keana a big O means big Ole' fun! ROTFLMAO!!!!!

Okay so i just looked up pics of the peg and chicco BUT YOU KNOW WHAT the price difference isnt really that much...