The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

THE GOOD

I went on a hot date with Morgan tonight to see Tangled at the dollar movie.  We ate lots of popcorn and candy and had a lot of fun.  He was so excited and when Morgan's excited you can't help but have a fabulous time.  Plus, such a cute movie!  Double Plus, I didn't have to watch March Madness!

THE BAD

I'm not technically even pregnant yet and the negative side effects of pregnancy are already affecting my life.  Let me start by saying I DO NOT love being pregnant.  In fact, I view it as 9 months of torture.  I'm not one of those people who feels great when they're pregnant.  I'm not one of those people who at least feels pretty good during their second trimester.  I feel miserable every single day.  Yes, I understand the miracle of life blah blah blah...I don't need a lecture or a pep talk (which always come from the women who feel great during pregnancy by the way).  Obviously I understand what the end result of pregnancy is.  I pay a LOT of money and go through a LOT of pain to get pregnant.  Most people just have a little fun.  Plus I love my sweet little boys more than anything in the world.  So yes, I get it.  But the end result doesn't make the nausea go away or make it any more tolerable.  I'm just sayin.  So to get back to the point...I had to give up Dr Pepper.  I used to never drink caffeine unless I had a SUPER BAD headache or it was vital that I stay awake (like driving during the night on a trip to Texas or something.)  But now that I only get 5-6 hours of sleep per night when my body requires about 9 and only sometimes get a nap during the day and I have to get up at 4:30AM and then drive to North Salt Lake every morning: pretty much every morning became VITAL to stay awake.  Should I be drinking caffeine every day?  Probably not.  But is it better than falling asleep in the car on the way to work and killing myself and possibly someone else?  Absolutely.  But now that I could be pregnant, bye bye Dr Pepper.  It's been quite difficult trying to get more sleep and I have to munch on something all the way to work to try to keep by body awake.  It's not fun.  Second side effect: I woke up this morning with the first symptoms of a cold coming on.  My first symptom is always my throat and I woke up wanting to drink an Emergen-C.  So I jumped on Google to see what it said and "Nope, sorry, not only can you not take anything to help kick the sickness in the butt before you're miserable, you can't even take anything when the sickness kicks you in the butt and you want to die, but have a nice day."  Awesome.  I hope more than anything that I am pregnant right now but man the next nine months are going to be long ones.

THE UGLY

Walmart put out a new coupon policy that let me use my Walgreens register rewards.  It was so freakin awesome.  I coupon because I have to.  We don't have a large budget so anywhere I can save money is good.  But Walgreens makes it so difficult to shop there that you want to pluck your eyes out even when you're getting stuff for free.  I had sworn them off for good but Walmart's new policy came out.  I went to Walgreens, got all the free stuff, and then spent all my rewards at Walmart on stuff I was going to buy there anyway and it was the best!  Now Walmart put a new coupon policy again that takes it back away.  I was perfectly happy with Walmart before because I wouldn't expect them to take Walgreen's register rewards.  But now that they've giving me something fabulous and then taken it away they are on my serious bad list.  It's like giving candy to a little kid, letting them take one lick to see how good it is and then taking it away.  Don't they know you can't do that?  Grrrr!  Curse Walmart!!!

And since I can't leave this post focusing on the negative aspects of my day, here are some pictures of my adorable boys:

Teagan enjoys a little icecream and brownie before bed

Morgan and Miles (our next door neighbor) are only a few months apart and both love the same things (like Buzz Lightyear). It's going to be so much fun watching them grow up together. I hope they stay close.

Poor Morgan wasn't feeling very good and fell asleep sitting up in the rocking chair

Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity

Does this really bug anyone else?  I'm only thinking about it because I keep hearing updates on the Brian David Mitchell/Elizabeth Smart trial and it just annoys me. 

1.  Just because you're crazy doesn't mean you're not guilty.  You're still guilty of the crime.  Maybe you shouldn't be held accountable in the same way a "normal" person would be because of your particular mental illness but you probably still need to be kept away from society so you don't do it again.  So yes, you're guilty, but maybe your sentence is in a mental hospital instead of prison.  But still guilty. 

2.  If you go on a killing spree aren't you a psychopath by definition?  If you can cut up little children you're obviously crazy.  If you think it's ok to rape, murder, assault, etc I personally think you have some mental problems upstairs.  Normal people don't commit these crimes.  So again, you kind of have to be crazy to commit the crimes so doesn't that mean that everyone is "not guilty by reason of insanity?"

3.  Why are all mental disabilities lumped into "insanity."  A person with autism or cerebral palsy that does something wrong but doesn't understand what they did was wrong vs a sociopath that does something wrong because they're sick and think it's fun are TOTALLY different.  I'm not trying to make light of mental disabilities.  They are real and they are a very hard thing for a lot of people to deal with.  But it bugs me that the sick and twisted and totally evil out there try to sit in the same boat as the innocent victims of mental disabilities. 

4.  I don't think delusional should qualify as "insanity."  I think Brian David Mitchell is completely delusional.  But so are 95% of people that audition for American Idol.  Seriously, you honestly think you can sing?  And you're not deaf? 

Do I think Brian David Mitchell is a nutt job?  Absolutely.  Do I think he is guilty as sin?  Absolutely.  Playing crazy is offensive to me for all the poor people who deal with mental disabilities each day of their lives.  He made evil choices that he understood full well.  He is not a victim.  Lock him up and throw away the key.