Blah blah blah blah blah
So, this is how my ticker looks this last week of not passing my due date:
*snorts* If he's anything like his dad, he is feeling extremely snuggly and he'll be late for his own party.
Bunch of political discussions on my f-list, no surprises there. The talk about taxes amuses me. I was discussing finances in depth with yfrontz the other day, but without getting into particulars, let me just tell you that in Denmark we have a tax rate of just below 40%!
And you know what? A lot of us gladly pay it. Because in the end we have all those pesky perks that are so totally worth it and for most of us it's a whooooole lot cheaper to pay a few percent more than to have to privately pay for all those things that should be rights rather than privileges. Our standard of living truly is better than so many other places, including the US. And, you know, if you don't earn a lot of money, you pay less, while if you earn a LOT of money you pay more. So it's really only the rich bastards that have a problem and honestly? Apart from the fact that many of them usually don't really around here (I know, shocking) it's hardly going to send them to the work home and they can suck it up. They get the same benefits plus a real pride in a country that will actually educate all of its children and give everyone medical care - not to mention that everyone can get a higher education because the government will pay for the tuition and give you a monthly grant plus a cheap monthly loan if you should so choose. Hell, I'm on a one year's paid maternity leave right now from studying. Maz also gets six months' paid paternity and daycare for Kupo will be guaranteed from he's 6 months old and it will be free due to our low income. Need I go on or do you get that this is good?
Taxes when properly applied and not used on stupid, expensive never-to-be-even-used military apparel? Will give you bang for your buck. GO TAXES!!! I'll be happy to pay my due. And yes, there are those lazy mooches that never get off their butts to do anything productive. Big deal. They'll be everywhere. This is why you do have rules and regulations associated with the Free Money(TM).
But we're a bunch of socialists and I know that's not the idea that the US was founded on, which is more along the lines of "if you work hard, you can make your own life better" (how's that working for the majority btw?), so I guess I'll shut up now. XD People (a.k.a. our moronic government that totally idolize the US) have been trying to emulate all of that around here, cutting taxes so that the average person has a tiny amount more to themselves each month and through this new lack of funds they're beginning to send the health care section to hell, which could ultimately mean everyone will have to get some expensive private health insurance. Kitty is not amused.
ANYhoo... Back to baby stuff.
I took some pics of the cot and the carrycot today. Because, I don't know, I felt like it?
It looks sort of funny because it has those reflective things... O.o
This is the carrycot without the outer stuff. The duvet and pillow are all... stuffed... into it, because they're actually quite a bit larger than the carrycot itself. This bed linen is funny because it's not tied on the duvet down at the bottom, but a bit up and all... decoratively. O.o
The cot. With all the bells and whistles. Really, we're not going to invest in everything matching like this. But we figured that since we had this matching stuff (everything but the drape-thingie came with the pram/cot pack), we should use it now where people might be dropping by to ogle the bratling. Here's to him not peeing through it all on the first night. (Although, to be honest, we aren't even sure that we won't just use the carrycot as his bed for the first few weeks at least...)
I think Maz is beginning to get that it'll be soon. He was like "I don't really have a change of clothes to bring to the hospital, we should do a load tomorrow" and I replied "Sure... if there's time..." and he was staring at me.
DUDE! Running out of "tomorrow"s! GET. STUFF. DONE!
*rolls eyes*
But can hardly do laundry at 11pm. Our neighbors wouldn't be amused. The washer is rather noisy. He should have thought of it earlier. Say, maybe even yesterday or the day before that. :P
I'm certainly not going to keep track of his boxers for him. I've been managing mine and Kupo's clothes, he can manage his own. >_>
But then again, that's a tiny grievance.
Last night at like 1:20am I got a text from my mother. Drrrrrraaaaaama. Been quite a while since I've had to deal with drama from that front. She was having a fight with her husband and blah blah. I didn't really respond to it, I was too busy rolling my eyes at how grown people in my family act like teenagers sometimes. Yeah, so her husband turns into this really childish prick when he has something to drink. Solution? Well, since he can't handle it, he obviously needs to be responsible enough to just stick with the non-alcoholic stuff. :P And, certainly, it's inappropriate for my mother to text me about it! I also had her on the phone today, telling the whole story, and I was all the while wondering why she was telling me any of this. I do wonder if I've suddenly gone from daughter to girlfriend with my pregnancy or something. I had it fine down in the daughter box, really. Don't need more people's drama.
I mean, I find it hard enough to be nice to my brother. He was asking me what I was up to these days and I said "Dude, I'm nine months pregnant, what do you think I'm up to? I'm partying 24-7!" and he went off on a huge whine on how I was the meanest person ever and all the mental issues I was having etc etc until I told him to quit it or go away. He chose to go away and has since been sporting an emo message on msn and tried to call me twice. I don't pick up when he calls, he knows I don't pick up when he calls (due to the massive headache just picking up his calls gives me) so I don't get why he doesn't just leave me an IM message. Like, say, "hey, sorry I freaked out, sis".
I guess that wouldn't be dramatic enough.
I'll be looking into updating Bracelet later tonight. Depends on how much I hate the chapter when I go over it again, how long it'll take me to tweak it.
And yay, my little silver is a girl. Just what I wanted. ♥
♥
You know why I even posted today? Because I feel like if I don't update, people will think I've gone into labor. XD Scary that I even had so much crap to say. O.o
*snorts* If he's anything like his dad, he is feeling extremely snuggly and he'll be late for his own party.
Bunch of political discussions on my f-list, no surprises there. The talk about taxes amuses me. I was discussing finances in depth with yfrontz the other day, but without getting into particulars, let me just tell you that in Denmark we have a tax rate of just below 40%!
And you know what? A lot of us gladly pay it. Because in the end we have all those pesky perks that are so totally worth it and for most of us it's a whooooole lot cheaper to pay a few percent more than to have to privately pay for all those things that should be rights rather than privileges. Our standard of living truly is better than so many other places, including the US. And, you know, if you don't earn a lot of money, you pay less, while if you earn a LOT of money you pay more. So it's really only the rich bastards that have a problem and honestly? Apart from the fact that many of them usually don't really around here (I know, shocking) it's hardly going to send them to the work home and they can suck it up. They get the same benefits plus a real pride in a country that will actually educate all of its children and give everyone medical care - not to mention that everyone can get a higher education because the government will pay for the tuition and give you a monthly grant plus a cheap monthly loan if you should so choose. Hell, I'm on a one year's paid maternity leave right now from studying. Maz also gets six months' paid paternity and daycare for Kupo will be guaranteed from he's 6 months old and it will be free due to our low income. Need I go on or do you get that this is good?
Taxes when properly applied and not used on stupid, expensive never-to-be-even-used military apparel? Will give you bang for your buck. GO TAXES!!! I'll be happy to pay my due. And yes, there are those lazy mooches that never get off their butts to do anything productive. Big deal. They'll be everywhere. This is why you do have rules and regulations associated with the Free Money(TM).
But we're a bunch of socialists and I know that's not the idea that the US was founded on, which is more along the lines of "if you work hard, you can make your own life better" (how's that working for the majority btw?), so I guess I'll shut up now. XD People (a.k.a. our moronic government that totally idolize the US) have been trying to emulate all of that around here, cutting taxes so that the average person has a tiny amount more to themselves each month and through this new lack of funds they're beginning to send the health care section to hell, which could ultimately mean everyone will have to get some expensive private health insurance. Kitty is not amused.
ANYhoo... Back to baby stuff.
I took some pics of the cot and the carrycot today. Because, I don't know, I felt like it?
It looks sort of funny because it has those reflective things... O.o
This is the carrycot without the outer stuff. The duvet and pillow are all... stuffed... into it, because they're actually quite a bit larger than the carrycot itself. This bed linen is funny because it's not tied on the duvet down at the bottom, but a bit up and all... decoratively. O.o
The cot. With all the bells and whistles. Really, we're not going to invest in everything matching like this. But we figured that since we had this matching stuff (everything but the drape-thingie came with the pram/cot pack), we should use it now where people might be dropping by to ogle the bratling. Here's to him not peeing through it all on the first night. (Although, to be honest, we aren't even sure that we won't just use the carrycot as his bed for the first few weeks at least...)
I think Maz is beginning to get that it'll be soon. He was like "I don't really have a change of clothes to bring to the hospital, we should do a load tomorrow" and I replied "Sure... if there's time..." and he was staring at me.
DUDE! Running out of "tomorrow"s! GET. STUFF. DONE!
*rolls eyes*
But can hardly do laundry at 11pm. Our neighbors wouldn't be amused. The washer is rather noisy. He should have thought of it earlier. Say, maybe even yesterday or the day before that. :P
I'm certainly not going to keep track of his boxers for him. I've been managing mine and Kupo's clothes, he can manage his own. >_>
But then again, that's a tiny grievance.
Last night at like 1:20am I got a text from my mother. Drrrrrraaaaaama. Been quite a while since I've had to deal with drama from that front. She was having a fight with her husband and blah blah. I didn't really respond to it, I was too busy rolling my eyes at how grown people in my family act like teenagers sometimes. Yeah, so her husband turns into this really childish prick when he has something to drink. Solution? Well, since he can't handle it, he obviously needs to be responsible enough to just stick with the non-alcoholic stuff. :P And, certainly, it's inappropriate for my mother to text me about it! I also had her on the phone today, telling the whole story, and I was all the while wondering why she was telling me any of this. I do wonder if I've suddenly gone from daughter to girlfriend with my pregnancy or something. I had it fine down in the daughter box, really. Don't need more people's drama.
I mean, I find it hard enough to be nice to my brother. He was asking me what I was up to these days and I said "Dude, I'm nine months pregnant, what do you think I'm up to? I'm partying 24-7!" and he went off on a huge whine on how I was the meanest person ever and all the mental issues I was having etc etc until I told him to quit it or go away. He chose to go away and has since been sporting an emo message on msn and tried to call me twice. I don't pick up when he calls, he knows I don't pick up when he calls (due to the massive headache just picking up his calls gives me) so I don't get why he doesn't just leave me an IM message. Like, say, "hey, sorry I freaked out, sis".
I guess that wouldn't be dramatic enough.
I'll be looking into updating Bracelet later tonight. Depends on how much I hate the chapter when I go over it again, how long it'll take me to tweak it.
And yay, my little silver is a girl. Just what I wanted. ♥
♥
You know why I even posted today? Because I feel like if I don't update, people will think I've gone into labor. XD Scary that I even had so much crap to say. O.o