Whenever I get headaches as a result of stress/anxiety/excitement, I always describe the pain as what it would feel like if I had a big fat man sitting on my face. Picture it? Would you want to feel that uncomfortable pain? I think not.
All of those emotions have banded together to form this big fat man who has so kindly planted his wide heavy butt right between my eyes. He only begins to stir and move when I take lots of different medicines – which I don’t like to do – so therefore he stays. And snores away. Couple him with a sleepless night and you have one bag-eyed groggy sloth-like bear.
Picture my face in the place of that chair. Stupid mean fat man.
Today I cannot be groggy and slothlike. Today is my first day in my classroom organizing and decorating!! Sadly I am NOT teaching yet (that can wait until Aug 30th). I am super excited, but a bit nervous that I am not going to have the resources and materials I need!
Which is obviously one of the reasons I’ve had a headache for three days now…
I spent my gray, rainy Sunday, eating Eggos in bed and watching the new season of Teen Mom.
Do you watch Teen Mom?
All the girls are a crazy mess (if they weren’t they wouldn’t be on this tv show), but I do feel bad for them. It is so sad to see these young chickies struggling to buy diapers and go back to school, especially when I know that I have a choice as to when I want a baby and they didn’t.
Mr. Bear and I had quite the convo about teen pregnancy. I was taking the stance that girls need to be more careful and just NOT have sex, while he said that you have to take into consideration that a lot of girls can’t afford birth control, or are those few that are very fertile and get pregnant regardless of b.c. I agree with him, that birth control isn’t something that anyone can get, but girls AND guys need to be careful. Sex is a big deal- not something you can just do without thinking of the consequences. Our kiddies are going to wear electric chastity belts that go off when anyone goes below the belt line. =0)
What are your thoughts on teen pregnancy?
Well the chastity belt is a novel idea you should consider getting a patent on it.LOL But seriously, it is too bad young girls don’t know the right thing to do until it is too late.
I hope your head feels better and remember keeps smiling things will get better. Just give it time 🙂
I don’t think bc is that hard to get…there are free clinics EVERYWHERE! And I think education is key. But some people just don’t care…or even want to be teen moms…and there’s not a whole lot people can do about that.
Anywho, good luck with the organization–I hope you feel better soon!!
I watch Teen Moms and it also saddens me that these young kids who really ought to just be young themselves and enjoy being that age before a time comes when they have to make decisions like buying diapers and things like that. I don’t know what the solution is but for me, it would be to abstain, I think sex is too much for the average teenager, already dealing with those pressures to then pile onto their plate.
Thanks for the comment on my blog!
Teen pregnancy is a tough subject for me. I worked with pregnant & parenting teens for 6 years. Teens just aren’t wired to think about consequences. While birth control is pretty available, kids might not get it because mom or dad might find it/find out or if they do get it and it’s not used correctly 100% of the time or if it wasn’t explained how to use it correctly, whoopsies do happen. I have so many other thoughts, but my mind is fried after work. 🙂 I do love to watch Teen Mom. I think MTV is doing a decent job of showing the realities of being a teen parent. Hope you are finding all the things you need for your new classroom & that your head is feeling better!
I could not agree with you more! As a labor and delivery nurse, I have had way too many teenage patients. It’s so awful and really is an epidemic. BC is incredibly easy to get (even for free) if you know how. Teens need more information about free clinics, planned parenthood, etc. which provide BC for next to nothing. It’s also so hard to see the same girls make the same mistake over and over. So often I see girls who had their first child incredibly young (at 15 for example) return pregnant with their second or even third child before they even turn 20!