Vaccinations.

I have never had a shot in my entire 18 years of life. The only time I was ever poked by a needle was the one time I gave blood. That means I'm an un-immunized member of society. Usually, when I tell people that I wasn't vaccinated as a child they say "Oh! Stay away from me! I'm going to get a disease from you!" and that makes me laugh. Because, honestly, if the vaccines really work then I should pose no threat whatsoever to someone who was vaccinated as a child. I must say, that as an unvaccinated person, I haven't been sick much of my life. Yeah, sometimes I get the common cold or a flu virus, I've had the chicken pox and a small case of the shingles and once I got the Mumps... But I got over it and really, other than that, not a thing. No measles or polio, diphtheria or yellow fever. Really. I've been fine. And I'm most positively not dead.

I recently read an article on Immunizations in Motherhood magazine, they don't have it online so I can't post the link, but it was an excellent article that represented both sides of the debate fairly equally and I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested (My mom got it at Sunflower Market). I don't understand why some people out there make such a big deal about the importance of pumping their hours old babies full of viruses and chemicals they probably do not need. One of the major things I don't get is why they give a baby a Hepatitis B shot. Why on earth would a baby have Hep B?! An STD! Really?! And another thing.. Most of the actual vaccines they give you, the disease they treat or prevent or whatever has died out in the U.S. If it has died out in the U.S. and you aren't going to a country that it hasn't died out in, why put the harmful virus/chemicals in you're/you're child's body? There's really no point.

The media has said that the link between vaccines and Autism has been disproved, but it hasn't. The number of children diagnosed with autism is about 1 in every 150. A new case is diagnosed every twenty (that's 20) minutes. 67 a day. That is a lot of kids. I'm not saying it's proven that there is a link between autism and vaccines.. I'm just saying its not disproven. There's still that risk of changing a child's life for the worse by vaccinating them. I don't think I want to take that risk.

Anyways.. This is the longest blog of my life. If you can't tell, I'm rather passionate about this. Hahaha Thanks for reading... It's probably really disjointed and kinda rambles on and on.. But whatever. :) <33

Beef Stew.

Sorry for not posting anything for so long!! I've been home for a month and a half. On Monday I have orientation at Pima Community College, then I just have to meet with my Counselor to register for classes. I'm so excited. School starts on August 26th! :))

Cinco.....

I'll be HOME in FIVE DAYS! I mean, seriously, time has FLOWN by!! It still is flying. Today only flew by mostly because I accidentally woke up at one in the afternoon... But still. Five days and I'll be back in Tucson, where I belong for the next year or so. Wow. It's pretty ridiculous. I'm so excited. I'm quite sad though. I'm already missing some people. It is most definitely a bitter sweet occasion. On sunday, I may or may not cry a little bit.

Graduation is in a week..

But for now, High School is complete. I'm DONE. It's extremely exciting. I have so much time, I don't know what to do with myself!! I guess I should finish cleaning the kitchen and then clean the bathroom... and my bedroom... but its SO relaxing to sit here doing nothing.... :)

Welp,

Two days left of school, Two weeks 'til Graduation, and 3.5 weeks 'til I fly back to that glorious sweltering sauna that I love so dang much. These last 9 and a half months have been awesome. It's crazy how fast time flew by. it seems like yesterday Aaron was picking me up from the airport. I love it here, and I'll be back as soon as I can. I promise, Melissa. I am so excited to get back and reconnect with a lot of people. It's a sweet and sour thing. I get my old friends back, but I lose all the new ones... Not really lose, but you know what I mean. It'll be a little hard. Not as hard as leaving my whole life behind, but close.

Happy Birthday..

TO ME! I am officially 18 years old, and my day was fantastic. :)

I Love Richie McCaw.

This is Richie McCaw. The New Zealand All Black's Captain and probably the best Openside Flanker in the world. Plus, he's hot. :)


These guys are my heroes. hahaha