A bit of a vent As an expecting mother, it is hard for me to read about car accidents. Especially when the drivers are at fault (which I suspect also is the case despite claims about the weather factors--how silly. People recover their cars and don't get into accidents in bad weather every day).
The worst is the attitude that car accidents are part of life, part of being an adult, part of being a driver. C'est la vie. Screw that!! Car accidents are not normal, they happen because of bad decisions, or because the driver is a crappy driver (i.e. cannot recover their car when something happens, over reacts and over compensates etc).
I hate seeing people with bad driving habits doing it over and over again, perhaps two hundred times, then smack someone else comes along with a bad habit and the two idiots smash into each other. The worst is when one of the drivers did everything right other than anticipating the true idiocy of the other driver.
Fine, accidents happen, but what about some humility? What about admitting that your "accident" came from your bad decision/ incompetent driving? How about being sorry instead of just chalking it up to a normal life event?
I don't want anyone to hit us. We're expecting a baby. I just don't think I could stand facing someone who looks at our smashed car, that they smashed, and just shrugging and saying "C'est la vie". Yes, it is life, your life, because you're an idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!
The only thing that could be used as half an excuse is mechanical failure, and only if it is an unexpected defect in the vehicle (i.e. failed brakes on a brand new car). Other than that you know it's no secret that drivers are responsible for keeping their cars safe.
I find that cops are so incredibly hesitant to charge anyone for crimes when car accidents happen, even if people are killed for goodness sakes!! All you hear is some bogus excuse, about weather or a coughing seizure. People need to take some responsibility for their driving and have some humility when they get into an idiot accident..
I worry about my child because I see pedestrians almost getting hit by cars everyday (I'm talking legitimate pedestrians not jaywalkers), and there are situations of children getting smoked on sidewalks. How can the people who hit these children live with themselves???
2007-12-17 (23 weeks)
The Catch-up Post I went to the unemployment meeting today. I was crabby the whole time, I couldn't help it, my back was sore and my chest/throat was burning from heartburn. The information was so self-explanatory and redundant, not that I expected anything different. What surprised me was the number of people who take chances with their benefits saying stuff like "I don't have my job search sheet because (insert lame excuse here)."
I was glad to have the meeting over with quickly and I hope I can switch to mat benefits starting February 8/2008 so they don't expect me to job search when I am due in two months goodness gracious.
I am done my Christmas shopping, we went to WalMart in the middle of the night which was wonderful, no line-ups. I realized it's the long line-ups with incredibly slow cashiers that gets me all wound up during shopping trips. We also went grocery shopping at A & P in the middle of the night so again no line ups and it was wonderful. But, as I suspected, it's a lean Christmas in the Rachel house this year! I just tried my best to make sure everyone (who lives in town) has one gift to open. I wish I could buy what I want to get people for Christmas but really the budget was so tight this year. Not that I usually have lots but you get my point!
I am 24 weeks along tomorrow and I'm starting to feel it lol. When the baby kicks now it can be distracting because it's a much stronger movement than I'm used to. I just lay there in bed and enjoy it :) I am so excited because I got an appointment at that 3D ultrasound place in Sudbury for February 1/2008. I will be 30 weeks along and the person who made my appointment said that's the perfect time to get one. I can't wait!! I am just hoping against hope that the weather is safe that day (we're just going for a day trip).
2007-12-13 (23 weeks)
Hoping for a special memory I should say I'm hoping for another special memory, this pregnancy itself is a wonderful memory! I am excited because I'm going to try to get an appointment at an ultrasound clinic in Sudbury that does 3D ultrasounds. You get some pics of the baby, they will tell you the gender, and also a DVD recording what the baby was doing for thirty minutes. Of course the video would probably bore other people but not mommy and daddy :)
http://www.uc-baby.com/en/contact/index.php
That's the link and I am going to try them again later today to try to get an appointment for late January. Also, you can bring your own music for the DVD, and I told Pete I would accept anything but Weird Al. LOL. It's bad enough that I have a due date near April fools day. If I go into labour on April 1, I will try to hold the baby in until 12:02 am so it's birthday will be April 2 instead! A good plan I think.
I'm looking forward to spending some time with my niece and nephews today, I think my sis wants to head out to do some Christmas shopping with her hubby so I'll be heading over there. I am also excited about Christmas, but I gotta say it's gonna be a lean Christmas in the Rachel house this year! Lean lean lean. But it will be wonderful to spend time with family.
I have my OSAP appointment scheduled for January 7 in the am so hopefully everything goes fine with that. I was excited about a perfect apartment in my neighbourhood but they won't accept pets. My sis suggested I give my dog a sedative and make him appear all old and pitiful and tell the landlord the dog doesn't have much time left. Pete was horrified by this plan lol.
The nurse at my doc's office told me it's too early to go for another ultrasound, which ticks me off because by the time I would get it there would be two months between ultrasounds, it's already been a month. My doc said I could get up to four ultrasounds, so when would they do them all, the last week??? I am pretty upset about this, why would they put up obstacles to me when OHIP will pay for four ultrasounds? Well, hopefully I get my 3D appointment then I will be happy as a clam :)
(Is there such a thing as a pregnant clam?)
2007-12-11 (23 weeks)
Slow down please So now I've noticed that I walk much more slowly then I did even two weeks ago. After walking around Wal Mart for a bit, my tummy and pelvis is feeling tender and needing a rest lol. It might have just been last night though, maybe I was going through a growth spurt or something! But I am starting to sway side to side when I walk instead of a normal forward motion walk. I think there's a name for the new way I walk.....waddling!!
Well I'm sorry but it's the only way to minimize the pulling feelings in tummy and pelvis. Poor Pete, last night at WM I asked him to slow down I can't walk that fast, and he slowed down to a snail's pace, even a pregnant snail's pace. It made me laugh but I told him from now on I will walk beside him and set the pace. Slow and steady wins the race! :)
