The hormone hCG is released in urine when women are pregnant

too bad I did not know that for my human sexuality midterm last week. But now I do. And that is what home pregnancy tests are measuring. They are about 25% incorrect, usually a false negative. And did you know, there are now home ovulation tests.. used to determine when a woman is ovulating and when the woman has a better chance of getting pregnant. These tests measure the amount of LH (Lutin hormone) in the urine. You can also tell when a woman ovulates because her temperature spikes by about 1 degree from normal... these things will all be helpful later in my life. but for now, I will stick to trying to avoid kissing as best as I can. Oh and I watched a video of a woman giving birth today. Seemed more graphic than what we saw in High school (the miracle of life??), but maybe I just forgot. but as disturbing as it was, it was amazing too. To think that one day I will be able to have a little life in my body. We are amazing creations. Fearfully and wonderfully made.

Moving from sex... I learned a lot about catholicism in class yesterday. Sociology of Religion class, not sex class. There were six major topics in post-Vatican two discussion. Most revolving around sex, actually. Pre-marital sex, birth control, homosexuality, divorce, abortion, and one other thing that I have completely forgotten. There were two Catholic girls that discussed how they related to the issues and what they were taught when they were younger. They said they learned that "Catholics are Christian, but Christians are not Catholic." It made me feel a little close minded. Like we Christians are like, no, you aren't one of us. But at the same time they said that they did worship Mary, which would be considered another god, kinda. And you are not supposed to have idols. But it was interesting to hear there stories. And also to learn about the origin of a lot of catholic beliefs. Like being homosexual is not wrong, but the act of homosexual sex is wrong. because homosexual sex is not procreative. so you can be gay and living with your partner, but not having sex. weird. also that any sex without the intention of childbearing is wrong. but what about song of solomon? where it talks about how wonderful sex is and it's a gift from God for marriage. they also said they had not learned why you shouldn't have pre-marital sex... they just were taught not to. and most of their friends are not practicing catholicism anymore, and are out having sex and being on birth control and such. i found it interesting, that my friends, for the most part, who were not in religious school, still have the same beliefs. Most of us are still waiting for marriage for sex, however we were taught that birth control is okay in a marriage, actually i dont' think we ever talked about it. just that marriage is a gift of God to be enjoyed by a married couple. but i was asking them (there were 3 people presenting) about how they related to the book on catholicism that they were reporting on. and just trying to figure out a lot. But i talked to my professor today and he thanked me for my contribution to the class, and that another student had said they liked that i was wrestling with the issues and asking the presenters personal questions about how they related to the issues. so it felt really good to know that another student appreciated what i was saying and didn't think i was just trying to impress people or something. I like how this ended up being about sex too, oh well.

Matthew is coming home with me for Thanksgiving. I am excited. So is my grandma. hehe

3 midterms down

one to go... and I got into the habit of calling them finals... I cannot decide if it is because they stressed me out as much as finals. Or if it was a Freudian slip, dreaming that it was the end of the semester instead of the middle.

I cannot believe I am almost done with college. Today I registered for my last classes as an undergraduate! Crazy! And sadly I missed the signups for History of Wine... well there is always a waitlist!

Anyone have any good ideas for a birthday present for Matthew? I need to get him something amazing, but I just do not know what...

I hate midterms

They make me go crazy and suffer emotional breakdowns... you don't want to be around me when finals come in December.... ugh! I also hate being a girl, because that makes me more likely to have emotional breakdowns where I just cry in my boyfriends arms.

I am just such a happy person today. haha I wish I could put this into better words. But I cannot think of anything. Oh well, back to diagnosing people with Multiple personality disorder and sexual sadism. haha

back at the job

So I got Matt to go with me to the Falconer (a pub in Redlands) last weekend, for my little Salzy reunion. He was reluctant to go, but then had fun. I was being the social butterfly that I am, bouncing back and forth between my table with Matt, Kev, and Linds, & the Salzburg group. Seeing Wendy was awesome. She also came to the game on Saturday night to watch me cheer, because, let us be real, who goes to the Redlands games to watch football? haha But I definitely fell off of my box during one of the cheers, go figure. It was really funny. I just looked up at her and Caitlin and Pat and started laughing. Then I got back on the box and did a hurkey off of it at the end of the chant. Matt did not notice because he was talking to Brenna and Chris. Oh well. He could have had something to make fun of me for awhile, but he missed it! haha We have a game on Saturday, my goal is to stay on the box. My goal for the team is that they have no more injuries (they had 2 pretty bad ones last week... one of the guys dislocated his shoulder, the other tore his MCL and ACL... ouch!)

I took this picture at the Falconer and for some reason I really love it. I don't know why. It is just spamazing (That's a new word in Spaaanglish, Lindsey and my's new language... and it has nothing to do with spanish...)



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