Quirky Corner of Common Sense

After 9 (long but wonderful) months of growing this little child inside of me, nurturing him with my love and food, today begins the next phase of our adventure! As a gestational diabetic, my placenta has been working overtime to ensure the correct levels of nutrients and glucose are being passed to Ethan. My doctor decided that 39 weeks is long enough, and there is no need to carry him to the anticipated 40-week timeline. So, tonight, Michael and I head to General Hospital, where the doctors and nurses will set me up to be induced. Thankfully, they'll use a foley catheter - instead of drugs. I'm hoping to do this entire process naturally... we'll see! But, getting it started natrually makes me feel a little better. It's been so exciting, not knowing when labor would start; I was a little less than ecstatic when I was told I'd be induced. But, now it's exciting knowing that we'll have our son with us by the end of tomorrow! Life will change for us for...

I'm going to blame this one on the hormones... although I really feel this way most of the time... There are some truly delusional drivers out there! I mean crazy people who make dangerously poor driving decisions every single day. I see it at least a few times a week on my way to and from work (which is only a 2-mile drive). For example: When the light is turning red, and traffic ahead of you is stopped due to road work, why in the world would you pull into the MIDDLE of the intersection... hoping you just might inch forward enough to keep the tail end of your vehicle from getting hit by oncoming traffic? People - it never happens that way, and you end up blocking traffic (and looking like a fool). Or, what about the tailgaters. You know the ones... people who drive so closely behind you that you can't see their headlights. What is the purpose of that? Living on the edge, perhaps? It is BEYOND dangerous - no matter how slowly we're driving. Human reaction time j...