Merry Christmas Eve Eve!

After being pregnant and having a baby, I realized even more than before how that little fetus inside is a unique life and that abortion is unfortunate.  But I also found out how complicated and scary a pregnancy can be, and I understand how an abortion could be a medical necessity in certain circumstances.  So if the following is true, I am really irate at the state of Michigan right now.  "This new law forbids private insurance companies from covering abortions unless a woman buys additional and preemptive coverage, even in the case of...medically necessary dilation and curettage (D & C) procedures for planned pregnancies that went wrong."  Now, I didn't read the actual law, so I'm just going on what this article says, but it seems trustworthy.  Of course, there is room for interpretation in the phrase "went wrong".  If they mean that the child has a disability, I think that abortion is not necessary.  But if they mean that the mother's life is in danger and they won't cover it, it's horrible.  I don't think that the mother's life is worth less than the baby's, or that it makes sense to let both of them die instead of saving one of them (the mother, in this case).  Ugh.

Baby girl is adorable, by the way.  I can't imagine my life without her.  She screams and babbles and gurgles and waves and smiles and laughs.  She's simply the best.

And I'm such a dork.  I spun around in the rocking chair and my foot hit one of two cups sitting on the floor, knocking it over.  It happened to be the empty one and not the full one that I knocked over, and I said, "wow, that was fortuitous".  And I couldn't come up with the word "lucky" until I looked in the thesaurus.

Merry eve of Christmas Eve!  I hope everyone has a happy and relaxing holiday week spent with family and friends.

On a side note, I can't believe I'm going to be one of those idiots rushing around tomorrow trying to get my shopping done before the stores close at 6.

Jingle Bells

I was finally able to submit the healthcare application.  I had tried to submit it a gazillion times, but it ended up that I had to delete the previous application and start from scratch.  Blue Cross is complete crap.  You want me to pay how much so you can cover nothing until I shell out how many thousands?  Bah humbug.  I'll definitely need to look at this a little more.

Christmas is less than a week away.  And I have a cold.  Lovely.  The tree is up, most of the presents are wrapped, I've been watching Christmas movies, and I've been listening to Christmas music.  I wanted to make more Christmas baked goods, but I don't want to contaminate them with my cold.  Claritin is useless.

Christmas Season

I usually like to begin Christmas shopping early, and I prefer to be done by now.  This year, I got most of my shopping done without even realizing it.  Strangely, I've come up with a ton of gift ideas for my dad and relatively few ideas for my mom.  It's normally incredibly difficult to figure out something for my dad.  And I haven't even added coffee to the list yet!

In years past, I began listening to Christmas music about the time I started collecting Christmas presents (September).  This year, though, I've barely listened to any Christmas music.  Am I finally tired of it?  Did I overdo it last year?  Maybe, maybe.  I guess I just need to start listening to it and see how I feel about it.

As if anyone cares.  But I don't care because it's my ridiculous blog and I'll write about stupid stuff if I want to!