I feel like in this day and age, being a housewife is looked down upon by society, but especially by the women in society. Such a weird start to 28 - we were getting ready for church this morning and felt an actual earthquake! Lauren DeStefano’s viral tweet nails why we all need to stop thinking about and framing rapist Brock Turner as a star athlete or student gone awry. Rachel West lives in the Virginia mountains, where she dotes on her loving partner and their two cats and works in a job that is much less exciting than writing about boys in love. You might get ALL DAY sickness or 24/7 torture or round-the-clock nausea but you will NOT get any such thing as a considerate sickness that kindly restricts itself to the morning hours.

Little did I know how much I would enjoy ogling beautiful ladies and couples who were not ashamed of their sexuality. But “I went all natural” bragging rights are not enough to persuade me at this point UNLESS I get a plaque made in my honor and can successfully mention it in every conversation I have till death or menopause, whichever comes first. Perhaps you want me to dream of being a brain surgeon, or a nurse, or a grocery bagger or a cow herder, but none of those things interest me.

AND THEN, to be sure that I was fully aware of my condition, she decided that it would be best to make a formal announcement because you know, even though I was standing right there looking at the scale, she reckoned that it was always best to be crystal clear about these things. In this case, I asked her how she liked the hospital (since I’ll be delivering at the same one) and she responded by saying, ‘Well, you know, I WENT ALL NATURAL and I labored at home for 8 hours before I got there. As usual, the appointment began with the command to pee in a cup whereupon I proceeded to give one of my worst performances to date (I was running late and didn’t have enough time to drink the gallon of water it would take to satisfy those cut-throats).

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This is just sad – I’m so ready to give birth that CRAMPS sent me on the emotional high of the decade) Exhilarated and eager to intensify the contractions which I’d been having for about 3 hours, I decided to go on a walk.

It felt like I was having the worst cramps in the history of cramps but at the same time, someone was torching my lower back and uterus from the inside. I have a feeling that I’m going to break all the rules I read about and adopted before I had a baby – no formula and no pacifier are already out the window. I still need to find a good meatloaf recipe, but I’m also excited about trying to cook Shepard’s Pie. I don’t know how else to phrase it so I’m just going to go ahead and say that the first few days at home with Ella were horrible. I want my husband to know that I love him, and that the most important thing in my life is our family, and supporting him in his dreams.Anywho, I’ve been holding off on this particular post until today because I wanted to take pics of this dress on a day when I was actully going to wear it… I mean I guess I could have worn it around the apartment lol, but knowing we’d be going to church on my birthday (outdoor service, I’m still uneasy on crowds) I decided today would be a great reason to dress up!