It actually wasn't until pretty recently that I noticed how little people knew about PPD. A lot of women in my family have had it, and since the time I've been old enough to babysit a newborn, I've gotten the "If a friend who's just had a baby calls and says she needs help, drop whatever you're doing and immediately go and take care of the baby and help with the cooking or cleaning or whatever until either she seems totally OK or another adult gets there" lecture pretty regularly. I was completely stunned when I was discussing the Andrea Yates case with some friends, and one of them said, "I don't believe PPD exists. I mean, babies make you happy."
And yeah, really quite stunned at Cruise's comments right now.
Emmett's Mom had really bad PPD, and it was quite dangerous to both him and her. It's only because two of my close women friends were monitoring her closely that we were able to diagnose it and get her on ADs. It was really fucking scary.
It scares me that there are women out there who might read Cruise's comments and not seek help for PPD because of it.
ARGH. So, I"m doing covers/resumes for teaching jobs, and one wants a copy of a transcript. I go to the university site to print out one, and I find out I have a Incomplete in my student teaching. WTF? My prof emailed us, and told use everyone had an A in the course, and my portfolio was reviewed and passed.
I'm so pissed --what the fuck else can go wrong?
Oh {{{Erin}}}, how frustrating. Is it possible to contact your prof during the summer? I am sorry this is happening.
I emailed her, and if I don't hear back tomorrow, I'm calling her at home. I don't have time for this bullshit. It's fucking JUNE.
I hope you hear back quickly.
"Is Jesus your lord and savior?"
"For sure!" (thinking, well, if he exisited, he's a good guy, and damn, he came through with gas money today"
This made me laugh and laugh, because it's so exactly the way I would handle such a bizarre situation.
I didn't actually see Tom on Oprah, but the comments I heard made it sound like he was reviving his character from
Magnolia.
And that Katie Holmes looked like she was being held hostage.
Cereal:
Yuck. My cousin who just died had an 18 year old daughter, who has a boyfriend who is a Bad Sort. Apparently, when Bob died, so did their meal ticket. (He was on disability and they were living with him. Now she wants to have a baby to go on welfare. Yeah. Awesome.) My great-aunt has decided to change her locks because the girl has a key, and we don't doubt that Bad Sort boyfriend, now that he is banned from the house, will try to get in. He hung around the hospital while Bob was there, and saw us all going in and out, and I guess he started with my mother and aunts when they got to the hospital just after the death, were upset, and said they didn't want to see him. It's just all so
Cops.
Anyhoodle, the whole situation makes me a little nervous. I had the craxy idea that to get the women in the family into one of those simple little self-defense courses they have, I think at the hospital. I don't know how strenuous they are, but I'm wondering if a 70 year old woman could get anything from it. (Or if she could even take it.) She isn't particularly infirm, but while I don't expect her to be able to take a 23 year old man down, maybe she could get some tips? If I posed it as a fun family activity, she may buy it. Anyone have any experience with this kind of thing?
