Saturday, January 22, 2011

6 months sober!

I just wanted to say that today I am 6 months sober. It's been a long journey and to be honest if I didn't get pregnant I wouldn't have stayed sober. So my words of wisdom are just hang in there even though things get harder before they get easier it'll all work out. I'll post about my experience with drugs before but right now I don't want to think about that I just want to be happy and give you all the hope that you can be there to(:

Friday, January 21, 2011

I just love how;

after three years of getting screwed over it just keeps coming. Every single high school stereotypical event happens to me. I had to go through clinical depression, drug addiction, having my parents come home early to a party, high school pregnancy, getting my heart broken by the guy of my dreams, getting knocked up by a guy I could care less about, and now to top it all off I got a speeding ticket today. I swear I'm so done with all this bullshit happening.

My life is just one big drama novel exploding into my life. I wish I could find the time to actually work on my writing and music again and do all the things that use to make me happy and help, but now it just feels like my life consists of working, school, pregnancy side effects (pain, aches, eating, peeing, & sleepiness), and trying to still have a social life. I feel like one of those girls on degrassi except I got all their problems thrown into one.

I'm just sick and tired of getting the bad while my brother (whom dont get me wrong I love to death) got the highschool life of being like #3 in his class, honors/AP classes, got into NC State for engineering, speeds all the time and never gets caught, has the typical highschool non backstabbing druggy friends, and just the simple life of simplicity and perfection while I got the short end of the deal. I think I'm going to write a book on my life and it will be the Chronicle of a High School Screw Up. Sounds bout right? It seems lately I only have time to complain on here; I'm sorry I promise my next post to be happy or helpful. Thanks for listening whoever actually reads this!!!

Exams, SAT, && stupid schools.

Let's start with exams. I find it funny how 99% of the students in my school dont remember the first thing they study in their class (including me). I mean seriously. In english it's hard to remember EVERY single poem, short story, author biography, and so on that they have you read. Not only because you're half alseep as you pretend to pay attention, but because the way we're taught is to learn it, take a test on it, erase, and repeat. I just find it ridiculous how they expect us to take an exam on 18 weeks of that process. Same with math. Formula after formula. I remember a lot of them, I really do, but in pre-cal you get like 343545983 formulas that all just mush together. And also how many times are we going to learn new ways to solve triangles? Geeesh. Alright exam rant = done.

SAT: this isn't really just complaining just information for any other high schoolers out there reading this. I'm planning on taking this test in the spring and have been using the college board site to actually do the study questions/ questions of the day and it is honestly helping. I usually don't study for tests like those because theres not much you can do, but here you can practice for all of the subjects and even take practice exams. Just thought it's worth you guys checking out!

Stupid schools. Oh lord this will be a mouthful. So theres two things bothering me. One; I attend a local community college for my first two classes where I do cosmetology. First off, our teacher leaves us so we have this 60 year old substitue who is racist, deaf, and believe my phone is a calculator... Yeah need I say anymore? Also we have to clock in with an id badge which isn't to hard, but when you switch your scrubs to clothes between schools and switch your scrubs EVERY day it's hard to keep track of the id badge, so if you don't have it you have to stay for no reason and get NO hours. Today I lost my badge, I left though however I will not reveal my excuse, BUT it's just stupid because I could have gotten the 3.5 hours if they just gave them to me without the badge. Especially since I'll miss so many at the end of the year due to being due on May 25 (I get out of school June 10).

To go with the previous paragraph would be my english teacher. So I'm a writer as a hobby and slight profession. I have lyrics professionally recorded and a book going through the process of getting a publisher so please explain how I got a D on my english paper. OH! wait; it's because I got 20 points of because I didn't have proper in text citations (which if she read my rough draft would know I didn't understand how to do in the first place). So she takes 20 points of for that, contradicts herself in multiple sections of the rubric, and doesn't say one positive thing about my 6 page paper on the legend John Lennon. And because this paper was about him (my idol) I worked SOOOO hard on it, on top of a honors math paper, other classwork/hw, and being pregnant so she needs to just learn how to grade/teach. PLUS we NEVER did any writing or essays in that class so how should we know what we need to work on? Oh wait we wrote in journals every day but she never read them. I know this because I cursed like crazy in them and she never caught it. Oh well that's my big old speech of how schools suck.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

22 weeks!!

Five and a half months down! I can't believe I only have 18 weeks left, I remember when I found out and I thought oh my god I'm already a month and now it's OMG I have only 4 months left. It's the scariest and most exciting feeling to be pregnant, not only at 16 but at any age. You get filled with fear about going through labor, being responsible for another life, what if somethings wrong, and so on, BUT you also are screaming with excitment and joy and just waiting for that little bundle of joy to get here already.

I feel like my house is slowy being taken over by baby things. Yesterday I bought some up&up brand diapers and cloth diapers (for burping). I've heard a lot of good things about the up&up brand not only that they're cheap but they're really good. So in about 4 months I'll let you know if it's true! I got a pack of 50 for 5 bucks yesterday, even though those will last me like 5 days when hes little it still is a lot cheaper then the like 8-11 dollar packs for the same amount. I also bought Nuk brand bottles. I really like them because they don't have a zillion pieces like the other ones, however I can't really give a proper review until a few more months.

Well that's all I have to ramble about right now! My exams start tomorrow and if Mason finally stops kicking me maybe I can start getting some studying done. Wish me luck.
xoxo Jess

Pregnancy belly button rings

So before I had posted about the belly button ring I got from bodycandy.com and how it looked and felt weird. Well the other night I gave up on it. I was at work and the bottom charm kept falling off and wouldn't stay screwed on. Also it kept sliding up and down and felt like it was ripping out of my skin! It hurt so bad that I finally just put in a simple surgical steal one with a diamond. I know people who kept there belly button ring in until the day they went into labor and they turned out fine so I guess I will too. I just found it so irritating! If anyone has had better luck with them please let me know!! I also think I'm going to try it again when I'm a little bigger.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

SCREAM

Broken and breaking my whole life is shaking,
What am I to do?
Each turn I make does no good to me.
I end up the same as before.
My heart gets torn, my eyes get full,
of hot burning tears.
I try and I try,
but it's never enough.
Because everything I do isn't for me.
I do it for you my little boy.
I do it for you my pride and joy.
One day It will all make sense,
but until then I'm stuck crying in sin.
I'll lock my door like I did before,
and cry, so peacefully to sleep.

Yes; a little sinister and not my best poetry since it was pretty much a rhyming vent. I'm sitting here crying my eyes out in all honesty because life's hard. I'm not going to lie and sugar coat; it's fucking hard. When you get pregnant at 16 you have to grow up fast. You can't party, can't date (you can but its complicated), can't go a day without worrying about your baby, can't spend your money on what YOU want, can't stay out all night, can't do anything you use to be able to do. I spend my time at work and school and sleeping and the other 1% trying to still be a 16 year old.

I advise you NOT to get pregnant at 16 (dont get me wrong my baby boy already means the world to me). Obviously I didn't plan this. I did what I could to prevent it, but things happen. And like i said I won't sugar coat it; it sucks. You cry out your eyes and no matter how many tears fall there is no fairy god mother coming to make it better. Reality bites you in the butt and you're done, you grow up and move on. And may I say reality bites HARD.

Within all honesty if the babys father was around I feel this would be easier since it wouldn't all be on me, but theres no chance in hell of that happening so its me against the world, better hold on tight.

Exhausted

For the past days I've been working every single day. Pregnancy + working in a resteraunt sucks because for 4-7 hourse (never knowing when you get off) you have to stand on your feet, you can't sit down for a second and trust me, when you're 5.5 months pregnant it's not your ideal occupation. I've got to stick it out though. I need the money. I got a baby on the way and I got to continue to support my "teen" needs. aka; gas, car insurance, the money I spend going out with friends, etc. Sometimes I wish I was like all the other kids around here where their parents pay for EVERYTHING; from clothes to movies to gas to insurance to anything their heart desires. Then I rememberr I was raised to be independent ( & not spoiled) and handle my own money. I put my money into my savings all the time, but sometimes I fear that won't be enough for my little boy :/ Guess we'll see. I can't wait till I can finish high school, go to ultra sound tech school, and start my new job of not making 3.25 an hour. That's my vent of the morning now I have to go to work.