Melanie A. Arnold

Diaries of a pregnant woman

Diaries of a pregnant women Serious thoughts Let us begin in December of 2019 where my husband and I began to have serious conversations about bringing life into this world. I’m not sure how everyone else felt about that year but I had noticed some unusual events. Just to name some that made a big splash in 2019. Cannabis was legalized in October of 2018, but it wasn’t until the beginning of 2019 that I began to see its effects. I’m stating what I saw. One morning in the bathroom of my college where I studied. Two girls looked up at me from the bathroom sinks where they had been rolling their blunts. Surprised they both asked me if I wanted some, which I replied no thank you. I continued onto the bathroom stall and went about my business. One girl told the other that I wouldn’t report them. When I was done, and I came out to wash my hands they were gone. They were right. I did not report them. That was because the college I was at highly respected personal choice and were behind on posting signs. There were no signs signalling where to smoke. Nor were there any signs saying they could not role their items in a bathroom. We received a letter notifying us once it had been legalized and that areas would be added into our school. At this point when I saw these girls, signs were absent. What might this one occurrence I had have anything to do with a child. Well before I continue to explain let us look at two other events. The Canadian government had previously warned us (students) about changes in tuition, funding and loan opportunities. In fact, if anyone signed up for loans, the small print specified that they could change policy when they desired. I guess it was more of a shock than anything else. However, those who take loans or will take loans in the future will have to begin paying back a percentage. Now most people were confused about whether or not there was still a grace period for the upcoming potentials that would apply for a loan. The truth is that it is still there but there are changes that occur during the grace period. In the past there may have been some charges pending or made from the federal government (let's call them interest). That would later be added in accumulation to the original full amount due to the loan. Yet the province was not applying any type of fee and the full amount (plus federal interest) wouldn’t be charged until after 6 months. It was called a grace period. The truth is that the federal government was still charging, and it would not be seen until the end. Reminder: I am a pregnant woman who got her information from all over the internet, so I just suggest you go look and find your own. Anyways back to the point, the loan still has its grace period, and everyone got confused for nothing (currently still am). It will have interest coming in from somewhere but does not have to be paid immediately after graduating. The last unusual event was the rise in shootings. From 2018-2019 the shooting cases increased and I’m not sure if we just hadn’t heard about them until then. Toronto Canada had some in Danforth, as did Hamilton and in July of 2019 there were more. First, when did guns become normalized in Canada and secondly why hasn’t anyone found out how they are being brought in. Among the increase in fame from YouTube, snapchat, Instagram and other rising media platforms that exposed some odd stories. My husband and I were concerned about what type of world our future child would come to. I think, and this is just a personal thought. That every couple thinking about having children may ponder about what type of world their child will come to. In all realism my husband and I discussed having a family way before we married. When we were friends those conversations came about due to our positions at the time. Myself as a youth worker who had worked with children as little as 8 to teenagers. My husband who had past volunteer and mentoring experience with children and people his age. It wasn’t until December 2018 that we were getting serious since our long journey of academic study was ending.