Happy Easter?

            So happy Easter? Well, I guess it’s just happy Sunday if you’re Jewish. IDK, holidays are just kind of pointless in my life at this point. When I was little we’d go to my grandmas and there’d be lots of family. Then most of the family died off and/or got too old to travel; so it’s really just my grandparents, my family, and my aunt, uncle, and cousin at this point. My holidays pretty much consist of getting to my grandma’s house 2 hours early, sitting on her couch not socializing all day, waiting forever to eat, then going home.

            All the old “traditions” have officially stopped too. We used to do Easter egg hunts. As the big kids got older my grandma just wouldn’t hide eggs for them. But nope, no egg hunt this year. I stopped getting baskets years ago. I stopped trying to look nice for holidays years ago. No one in the family is my age so I pretty much sit there on my phone while the rest of the family socializes. At this point I see it as almost pointless.

 

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I Broke my "Party Hard" Virginity

            I guess I actually partied hard last night. It was fun, and I’m proud of myself for “letting lose”. (I’ve been told recently that I need to do that more often) Yeah usually I don’t party hard. Or at all. Honestly, beforehand I was genuinely scared for what I was getting myself into. But it was fun. Although I guess now I’m initiated and expected to party hard more often. Oh well, I’m in.  

 

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Angry Rant- Your Plans are NOT the Most Important

            The world does not revolve around you and your plans. Just because you planned something doesn’t mean that it’s going to work for everyone, so you better be quick to accept that. Last Tuesday I was suppose to go on a field trip. Come Monday the forecast wasn’t looking good so the trip had to be postponed. A few days later we found out it was rescheduled for this Wednesday. The original trip went only during the school day, so we didn’t have to worry about it interfering with our outside lives. The first problem with the rescheduled trip is that it doesn’t. The rescheduled trip goes from 1-7 pm.

            Well 99% of the people going on the trip have to be back for an event at school that starts at 7. This event was scheduled way before the first field trip was rescheduled. But the teacher of the first field trip things that her event is the most important thing ever and that we can just be late to the other event. Umm, hello, she scheduled her event on top of the other one! You can’t schedule something on top of a pre-planned event then tell us to just be late to something we’ve already committed to. That’s just rude!

            On top of that she’s now angry at as for “setting a bad example” for other schools because we want to leave the field trip early to get back to school in time. Don’t you think arriving late to the event at school is rude? Don’t you think that blaming us for making plans is rude? We paid to be a part of the event at school; therefore we have no reason to be forced into staying on an optional field trip instead.

            She needs to suck it up and accept the fact that life isn’t perfect, she didn’t plan perfectly, and we are mature enough to choose which event we would prefer to attend. She’s lucky we’re trying to make both work to start with instead of backing out of the field trip completely.

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Too Young for Victoria's Secret?

So the other day Good Morning America did a story about a mom-blogger that made a statement saying she was okay letting her 9 year old shop at Victoria’s Secret once she became a tween. This sparked a lot of controversy across America, as many people were appalled saying she was sexualizing her daughter, etc. Here’s my take on all of this.

First off, her daughter is only 9. She did not say that she currently lets her daughter shop at Victoria’s Secret, but would in the future. Second, she made a valid argument that the main purpose was that once her daughter began to have to change in the locker room, she wanted her to have options so she wouldn’t be embarrassed about her underwear. I understand that we don’t all want to walk around in Barbie underwear.

It’s not like she’s forcing her child to wear thongs and push up bras or sexy lingerie. She’s simply allowing her daughter the future choice of wearing cuter underwear. Personally, I think if she’s willing to fork up $10 for a pair of bikini briefs, then more power to her. I love my pink polka dot VS undies, but I’ve never bought a single pair from the company (however, I do redeem all my free coupons).

Those are my thoughts. Here’s the link to an ABC article on the story. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2013/03/mom-says-victorias-secret-okay-for-tween/

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