Monday Madness: Grandma Booty Shaking???

I've been slacking a lot lately and haven't blogged much, but I'm trying to do better. Things have been pretty calm, so not a lot of madness going on, but I did want to mention something that happened this past weekend.

The family gathered at my Aunt's house on Saturday to celebrate my Uncle-in-law's 50th birthday. We ate and talked but it got boring fast, so we turned the music up so everyone could jam a bit. We played a little bit of everything: Cha Cha Slide, Electric Slide, some reggae, some dance music, you name it. My 15 year old cousin and my 23 year old sister were there as well so they requested some new jams, i.e. Teach Me How to Dougie, and the likes.

Now, they say you learn something new everyday and this night didn't fall short of that. I was told that the new style of dancing among youngsters these days is similar to that of booty shaking done in strip clubs. Yes, you read that right, I couldn't believe it myself. Apparently the Adult Entertainment World has an influence on our youth; well, it was just a matter of time.

So, my sister decided to do a demonstration of this which fascinated one of my Aunts and the mother of my Aunt's friend, so we're talking about a 40+ year old and a 60+ year old grandmother. According to Grandma, she had to learn this because she had to keep up. Huh? Keep up with who? (Side Eye) Ok, no judgment from me. So, the 'trick' to doing this is to shake your thighs to get your posterior moving in a clapping motion. My aunt doing this just looked awkward. Grandma doing this resembled an elder person with a cane struggling to get up some stairs, nothing but trembling legs. It was hilarious, I couldn't control my laughter. I think some things are just better left alone, but it does show how much influence the youth of today have on elders, go figure!

Tuesday Madness!!

In celebration of the 4th yesterday, I didn't do a Monday Madness post. But I think today warrants a madness post.

Today, Casey Anthony was found not guilty on all charges except 4 counts of perjury, which will more than likely be satisfied with time already spent. WTH! Mr. M thinks the prosecutors went too hard. They were so hell bent on seeking the death penalty, but the evidence was lacking. The prosecutors failed to present a cause of death. Defense attorneys maintained that the child drowned in a pool and that Anthony and her father panicked and covered up the death. Why would you try to cover up the accidental drowning of your child? Why did it take you 31 days to go to the police about it? How can you, after finding your child dead, not be remorseful but choose to go out partying instead? Do you really expect people to believe that this was your way of dealing with it?  I honestly can't believe the jury bought this.

But I guess the decision had to be based on evidence, and it just fell short. In some cases, our justice system works, but in far too many it fails. We have mothers who lie to send their kids to a better school outside their district going to jail for 3 years, but she only gets charged for perjury. Come on now!!

Madness!!!!

Monday Madness!!

So, last week in my Monday Madness I mentioned that my sister was pregnant. Once again, her pregnancy will be the focus of my Monday madness.

I guess my sister has been having some serious morning, no scratch that, all day, sickness from the pregnancy and isn't really able to keep anything down. So she boldly told my mother yesterday that she doesn't think she can go through with the pregnancy because the symptoms are too much, and she and her boyfriend spoke about it and they're thinking of doing an abortion.

Ehh?? Abor-what??

When I think of myself and all the women struggling with infertility, who have been trying for years, and/or have tried countless treatments and still aren't able to get pregnant, this really hurts my heart. We would gladly accept morning, or all day, sickness with no hesitation.

How can you sit there and say you want to do an abortion because pregnancy symptoms are too much? How is it that you can do an ultrasound, get annoyingly excited about seeing the heartbeat, and then say a few days later that you don't want that anymore? Madness!!!!

Monday Madness!!!

This past weekend I found out that my 16 year old cousin who I thought was about 6 months pregnant (her mother supposedly found out about it a month ago) is actually about 8 months pregnant. I found out at my sister's graduation so I didn't have time to really process the information, but I've had some time to think about it today. So my question is this, how the hell do you hide a pregnancy for 7 freaking months? Are you kidding me? I'm not a very judgmental person, but that makes me question my aunt's parenting. Well, several other things have made me question that in the past anyway (like allowing her to get a tattoo for her 16th birthday) so I guess I shouldn't be too surprised. But how could you be so clueless? You guys live in a two bedroom house, not a mansion. It's not like you don't see each other everyday. I just can't understand it.


And to add to today's madness, my sister went into the ER earlier today because she had been throwing up all night and into the morning and was worried that her colitis might be coming back. But, it's definitely not that. My mom called this afternoon to tell me that the fish she had been dreaming about was for my sister (Jamaican superstition that when you dream about fish then someone close to you is pregnant) Apparently her period was late but several HPTs came back negative. So she's about 6 weeks pregnant. This was just another kick from IF when I was already at a serious low.


F U Infertility!!!