I think I’ve gotten spoiled. Not only that, I think I’ve spoiled my children as well.
What brought on this epiphany you ask? The air conditioning broke in my car on Friday.

We in the northeast are experiencing a heatwave right now. It is disgustingly hot and humid and riding in a black car with no air is miserable. I’m whining, the kids are whining, and we’re all hot and sticky.

Now, I can remember when I was maybe 7 or 8 riding in the back of my parents’ Toyota station wagaon, in the way back mind you, all the way from CT to Missouri with NO AIR CONDITIONING! The cars didn’t even have it then. I was crammed into the car, with black vinal seats, along with my two sisters for a 20+ hour ride. There were no DVDs in the back or Game Boys or anything else, just the license plate game and poking at your sister until mom screamed for entertainment.

Have we gotten soft? Is the fact that I did as many errands as I could early this morning without the children a sign that I can’t handle the same difficulties as my mother?

You betcha!

I made an appointment for the car to go in on Wednesday even though I don’t get paid until Friday and I leave Sunday for Atlanta. If I could have gotten it done today I would have. . .

Stay cool!
Ari

I feel the need to vent. A lot.
Maybe I’m just grouchy from the heat and humidity, or maybe I’m just a little annoyed because I’m running around like a lunatic, but something today seriously pissed me off.

I was loading my millions of dollars of groceries onto the little conveyer belt and I spotted a tabloid with the title (this isn’t exact)
The Bump Watch.
Motherhood, the new Hollywood trend.

MOTHERHOOD IS NOT A FASHION TREND!!!!

I don’t necessarily believe that you have to be married to have children, although I do think it helps, but creating a life is not something you do because it’s fashionable!!!!

I have three daughters whom I love more than life itself. Even when they make me want to pull my hair out, I’d still walk through fire for them. Having children was something my husband and I talked about and thought about and considered at great length–and we still weren’t prepared!

I hope the tabloid was just making a splashy headline and getting pregnant isn’t the next “in” thing for the rich and famous. If it is, I hope to God there is someone there for those children when it’s no longer fashionable. . .