And you thought it was bad THEN

How pregnancy is like ninth grade:

Forehead once again breaking out

Body doing new and unpredictable things, and therefore must be covered up with giant plaid shirts and combat boots

Can [and usually do] go from hysterical high-pitched giggles to fits of sobbing in a matter of seconds

Want to don headphones and block out entire universe with Smashing Pumpkins

Convinced everyone is pointing and laughing

Racy dreams involving sitcom characters

Nine months of initiation [and occasional hazing] before officially becoming a member of group [upperclassmen or mothers, take your pick]

Spend A LOT of time reading and crafting to make up for the lack of social engagements

Think nobody understands me

Know, on an intellectual level, that it doesn’t last forever … but it sure feels like it.

Maybe your freshman year of high school was all roses and football games, but mine was awkward and generally unfulfilling. Thank God I had 10 years of relative normalcy before my hormones went buck-nuts again.

Of course, neither ninth grade nor pregnancy is always as bad as I like to make them out to be, but then again I’ve always been a fan of hyperbole, exaggeration and fishing for sympathy. So shoot me.

This post brought to you by: You Do It To Yourself from the album “The Bends” by Radiohead.

July 31, 2004 | Filed Under neuroses

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Comments

3 Responses to “And you thought it was bad THEN”

Mike Wolf on August 2nd, 2004 11:33 am

in a month or so things will settle out… and you will feel more yourself.. only a clumbsy version of yourself… who cant remember anything
Baus on August 3rd, 2004 3:32 am

You have my sympathy. And moral support.

I am totally proud of you for being a mom. I’m sure it can feel like a thankless job. But I want you to know that I don’t take you for granted. You’re doing a great thing.
You deserve all the Cheezits you want and more.
seadragon on August 5th, 2004 4:01 pm

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