America's Next Top Model

So, the girls and me have been watching America's Next Top Model. The season premiere just happened to come on when I was doing home work with the girls and I just left it on. There has been a girl on there that is really a man. I don't know what the proper term is whether it's transvestite(I don't know if that's spelled right) or something else. When they were explaining that she was really a man I was watching for Ashley's reaction. I wasn't sure if she was really going to catch on to what they were saying. She looked at me though and asked "So, she's really a boy?" with a confused look on her face. I said yes and tried to explain that there are some people out there that are not happy with being a boy or a girl, and will sometimes dress up as the opposite. I didn't get into the whole surgery aspect of it, I didn't think that would be age appropriate. I was somewhat lost though as to how much I should say. So, next weeks episode came on and Ashley said "Yeah, I want to see when the He She gets kicked off." I have no idea where she got that term from. I didn't say it. I don't know if she came up with it on her own, or if she heard it somewhere else. I thought it was interesting that she would use that term. We've been watching it every week, and every week I wonder if I should really be letting the girls watch this. Not just because of that. I wonder if they could develop self-esteem issues from it. I don't know if I'm over thinking it. They ask though every week now is the model show on? So, we just continue to watch it. I don't know why they like it, but they do.

Pregnancy

Just have a little thing to say about the baby. Our count down to my due date on the left of our blog is supposed to show how the baby is growing and positioned. I can tell you he has turned like that. I can definitely feel him in my ribs now. It's not the most enjoyable feeling there is. I do love feeling the baby move though over all. The pregnancy so far has been one of the most enjoyable things I've experienced. I like being pregnant, and I never thought I would have said that. I thought it was going to be miserable. I always knew the outcome would be worth it, but I didn't think I would actually enjoy the being pregnant part.

Good Job Jason Again

Jason, since learning how to do half ponytails a couple of weeks ago, has already moved on to bigger and better things. He can now do pig tails and braids. He does them just as good as I can do, and it's not fair. There are very few things that I am better than Jason at, and hair used to be one of them. He is taking that away from me, and it makes me sad. He can't do french braids yet, so I'm still one up on him there. Give it a couple of weeks though and I'm sure I'll be posting about him learning those too. I'm kidding. I think it's great that he can do his daughters hair, and I know they enjoy it.

Good Job Jason

I just wanted to tell a little story about Jason. I was working and Jason texted me all excited that he did half ponytails for the girls. He's been doing whole ponytails for a couple of years now and he's pretty much mastered those. I guess he decided to move on to bigger things today. He said he should have me teach him how to do them the right way. I think he did a good job on his own. I don't think there are many Dad's out there that would try to learn how to do their daughters hair like he does. I thought it was really cute how excited he was and he sent me these pictures to show me. It made my morning.

Mornings Suck

I started a new shift last Sunday. I now go in at 6:30 in the morning. I have to wake up at five in order to have enough time to get ready and leave for work at six. My first week on this shift was pretty tough. I've been working swing shifts for about three years, so it had been awhile since I've worked mornings. Also, I really enjoy my sleep and for me to feel rested I have to go to bed around nine. I don't like to go to bed that early. It would be okay to get less sleep if I didn't have a job where I just sit and type. It's very difficult to sit there and not fall asleep when you haven't got much sleep. For some reason they frown upon sleeping at work, so I have to try not to. I imagine though it will get easier. It's nice to have evenings off though. I get to spend more time with the girls which is nice. I don't get to see Jason very much, which isn't so nice, but this is what we have to do so we don't have to find a babysitter. We hope it will be a temporary thing. Okay, I'm done complaining now.