so, this year, because of my astounding grades and wonderful service, i get to be in the national honor society, aka the NHS. this is great for me because it gives me all sorts of opportunities for scholarships and whatnot. today was the first official meeting of the NHS. all we did was nominate and vote on the presidency. so all of a sudden i was nominated for VP by my wonderful friend elissa. after a quick vote, you are now reading the blog of the PGHS NHS VP. um, random.
i am currently at a babysitting job right now. i know. i'm a junior in high school and i'm babysitting on a friday night. i swear, i have a social life, but i like these kids and they are the only ones who call me to babysit. since i have to pay 250$ for choir tour still, i figured i should take every money making opportunity i can get. :) the kids are in bed so i'm taking the next three hours of waiting for their parents to get home to blog.
i totally like babysitting. i love kids so much. i can't wait to be a mom. BUT, i am very very glad that i still get to have 5 or 6 years of my life without having kids. over fall break i babysat some kids for 3 days while their parents were in CA and i seriously thought that i could never be a mom and i cried ALOT. it was bad news. but, these kids tonight are not the ones that i watched for 3 days and this whole night i have been sort of thinking about mom-hood and myself as a future mom.
the kids i am watching tonight are all three adopted. the oldest two are from the marshall islands and are so cute. the 10-month-old is from hawaii and he is SOOO adorable. i just want to eat his chubby little cheeks! these kids are easy to babysit. we played a little some star wars game cube game while i fed the baby his bottle, then we had mac-and-cheese for dinner.
side note. i have inherited a total sweet tooth from my fantastic grandma horsely. so the kids wanted ice cream for dessert and i dished it out and pulled out an ice-cream sandwich for myself. what started out as an ice-cream sandwich ended up as much more than that. 2 scoops of ice cream, with my ice-cream sandwich cut into pieces all over it, plus oodles of raw cookie dough that was just chillin in the fridge, plus chocolate syrup, plus whipped cream. yuck. i feel nauseous just thinking about it. when i was half-way done eating it, i thought to myself, "there is no way i will be able to finish this". don't worry, i totally did. and i wonder why i've gained weight since i stopped running. mmmm it was worth every calorie though!
anyway, basically we just watched prince caspian and while the older kids watched it i fed the baby again, (he's a porker by the way. future enormous Samoan football player)and put him to bed. then it was to bed with the kiddies too. and now i am here.
while i was juggling making dinner, cleaning up hot chocolate spills, dishing out those gerber-baby-graduates-banana-flavored-puff-things to porky, playing diplomat, and scarfing my face on unhealthy dessert, i just felt like a little mommy. it didn't scare me exactly, but it just made me appreciate motherhood i guess. i don't really know how to describe it. but i am very grateful to motherhood in general and my mom in particular. sometimes i wonder "how the HECK" am i going to be able to be a mom someday? that is ALOT of responsibility on my shoulders. i don't want to mess up." but, the great thing is is that all i will be able to do is my best and then everything else will be compensated for.
ah, life. what does it have in store for me?
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4 comments:
Congradulations on being the VP in the Honor Society. You are going to be one great mom SOMEDAY Amberly. And I will be one great grandma SOMEDAY. Enjoy every stage of your life. I have for the most part. I have very few regrets and that's what I hope for all my children. Come what may and love it. Is that what Elder Wirthlin said in his last talk? I totally trust his advise. It's worked for me. I love you.Mom
Amberly, you are such a sweetheat. What an honor be appointed VP of NHS. You will have such great experience in that role which will add to your responsibility to be a mom. And as every mother will tell you, "it is always easier with your own kids." Love and kisses, Aunt Maria
You are so mature for your age. Don't worry when the time is right you usally get kids one at a time and you start with babies and then watch them grow. I do have to agree that motherhood is the best gift God has given us. I LOVE being a mom.
I just adore you girlie.
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