Can't wait until April 10th...

Well if you didn't know already. I'm going on eight months in my pregnancy.I know what your thinking "I'm just another statistic" but I intend to prove all you stereotypical people wrong. Just because I'm having a baby at a very young age doesn't mean that I won't live a life of success and happiness. A lot of people think that once you have a baby at a young age that your life is officially over and that your never going to be able to become anything because the baby will hold you back. I'm going to show them that having a baby shouldn't be a hindrances on your future but a motivation. I feel now I have to strive even more to be a good role model for my baby and show him or her that you can do anything if you really put your mind to it and to never give up no matter what obstacles are in your way. I'm not going to just sit around and depend on my family and friends to help me get by in life,(like every other teenager who got pregnant) I'm going to get up and do it on my own. I know they will always be there but I want to try this mother thingy on my own. Life would probably be easier if my baby's father was here to help support me financially but I choose to keep him in the dark about the whole situation. I'm Very excited and scared at the same time. I know that I'll be able to do it because I practically raised my two nieces and two nephews. Its just that my doctors are telling me that I might have to have a c-section and my sister got one here in Samoa and shes was in so much pain afterwards and about two or three months later here cut got infected and opened up and she bled all over her bathroom floor. It was really gross. She wasn't able to push her son out because he was to big, he was 10 pounds 10 ounces. Yup, he was a big fat baby that's why she didn't have a natural birth. As for me, my doctors tell me that I might need to have a c-section because I'm only 18 years old and my pelvis or something is not fully developed, but after what happened to my sister I'm going to try my best to give birth naturally. My original plan was to go off island to give birth but I found out for sure that I was pregnant when I was about 6 months (because I'm big I couldn't tell..hehehe...sad but true..lol..) and by that time your not allowed to go on an airplane when your that far along. So yeah I guess I'm stuck. I wasn't able to find out the sex of my baby either because these lazy doctors down here don't know how to do anything. I went in for my ultrasound and waited in the waiting room for about four hours for them to call my name and when they finally did I went inside and they told me that something was blocking my baby butt so they couldn't see if it was a boy or girl. I was so pissed off. I really wanted to know so that I could go shopping for baby clothes,toys,and start decorating his or hers room. Since I don't know all of that is put on hold. If your wondering why I can't wait until April 10th it's because that's my due date..duh! This is a life changing experience that I hope I can handle. I know that probably means no more hanging out with my friends as much anymore and coming home right after classes, being responsible for another persons health and well being. That just sounds like a lot. I know I have my family and "dA oNeS" whom I know will always be there for me when I need help or just someone to talk to. Another good thing about having "dA OneS" is that I'll have a lot of babysitters to choose from when I finally want to have a break and go out.hehehe! I just can't wait to see what he or she looks like and how motherhood will be like.

**Singing**Taking you back to memory lane.

*Five favorite memories while attending Tafuna High school:

-1. Mr and Miss tafuna pagent, when my friends Rachel Sunia,Manilyn Sanchez, J.R. Fuifui, April Peric, and Kona Mahuka ran. It was very exciting watching my friends run in the pagent. They all did it for fun so nobody was really hurt when they didn't win. It was a fun experience to go through with my friends and you would think that a competition like this would break up our friendships but it only made ours stronger.
-2. When my friends and I showed off our talents: when Ariel Galea'i and I participated in The Christmas Idol, we only audititioned and performed once then we quit,well just look at it this way we knew we could sing and we just wanted the rest of the school to know that and when they did and all the compliments started that's when we dropped out of the competition.Another time was when J.R. Fuifui and Nene Sanchez participated in the dance battles they had at lunch and won everyone they participated in. Only one word to desribe our crew ("dA ONeS") and it would have to be that we're BOMB.
-3.When the time for report cards came around and I actually had descent grades.
-4. All the times my friends and I skipped school.
-5. All the times my friends and I spent at our turf, which is located under the tree right next to the big tafuna monument thingy by the fence on the right of the left front gate.


*Five of the worst memories while attending Tafuna High School:

-1. All the times my friends and I got caught smoking on campus.
-2. When Ruth Tofiga and Samoa Samoa left Tafuna High School and our new principal changed all the rules.A load of bullcrap if you ask me.
-3. Almost getting suspended for something I didn't do.(I know what your thinking, yeah yeah that's what they all say, but the thing is I really didn't.)There was a rumor going around that I started a petition regarding the rules being changed which was so untrue. I know who the person was but I'm not a snitch. So I had to drag my mom all the way down to my school and tell the principal that I didn't do it because I really didn't. So yeah it was all basically a big waste of time just because our new principal put my name on the do not admit list before she even questioned me.
-4.All the times spent sitting through boring assemblies. I swear they seemed like they would never end.
-5.When report card time came around and I didn't have grades that my mommy would be happy with.

If you didn't already notice the majority of these memories were shared the people who made my years at Tafuna High School the best I could ever had, the people whom I know will always be there for me through thick and thin, 'till death do us part...lol...no but for real they are the people who showed me what true friends really are "dA OneS".