My Top 10 Pet Peeeves

I can't stand it when... (remember: every sentence, except for the last, starts with "I can't stand it when...")
1...people chew loud (I will stay calm and not say anything for some time, hoping the person will get the hint (from the expression of my face, of course), but when the person keep chewing like a cow, I will turn ballistic on the poor soul).
2...companies list both their email and phone # on their contact page, and when you email them a loooooong letter with all your questions they reply and say, please call and give their phone number!!!! (Ugh!!!!!!!!! That company just lost my business. PERIOD. I got your email from the same page as your phone number. Why list the email address if you don't use it??? If I wanted to call I would have called, not emailed. HELLO!!! I am not blind, I just don't like being on the phone!!!)
3...friends are jealous of their friends having other friends! I did not marry you, I am allowed to have more than one friend.
4... friends compete with each other. I don't know about other people but I personally can't be friends with someone who constantly competes with me or makes me want to compete with them. Friendship is all about comfort. If I know we are competing I can never be open with you.
5...moms who think that they are specialists in childbirth just because they have kids to show for it. (If you have conducted enough research you know that every pregnancy and every childbirth is different and yours is not the only way. Teachers who teach childbirth classes report that first-time moms do best in class because they are more curious and pay more attention as opposed to 2+-moms who consider themselves experts in the matter. I wrote this one because some moms ask me about my childbirth plans and before I can utter a sentence, they jump in, interrupt me and say that I am wrong to think in this or that way (just because it differs from their experience). Read some books, do some research, watch some documentaires, take some classes people!!!!!!). As you can tell, this is a new pet peeve, lol.
6...people don't return their phone calls. (You didn't pick up, you're busy, I get it! You couldn't call that same day because you were tired after work/school/whatever, I get it! You don't return my call at all, ok, I'll let this one go. This repeats over and over again (without valid reason)...I won't pick up your phone calls any more. So don't act all surprised when I miss your calls over and over again. This surprise probably irritates me the most.
7...you argue with someone and to prove their point they bring up a fact from your life/personality/history that was told to them in confidence and when you were feeling most vulnerable. This is more than a pet peeve, I think. Do this to someone, and they will never look at you the same.
8...the following happens. You are extremely close with someone, you talk to each other any way you want: you can jokingly curse at each other, be rude to each other, basically act at ease with each other as if you were sisters/brothers/whatever, and then that person talks to you in that same way when there are other people around. And then when you're hurt (for a reason), they act as if they didn't do anything wrong, and your sensitivity is to blame.
9...someone donates to a charity or does good stuff for other people and others say, "Oh, he/she does that for tax return purposes". Ugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am not even going to get into this one. It is just too frustrating. (I mostly hear people saying this about my idol: Oprah, and it irritates me SO!!!!!) I hope you, the reader, are not one of those people. However if you are, comment below if you want to argue with me about this. I guarantee you an interesting argument!
10. Racists, ageists, sexists, other -ists, in short bigots, are my biggest pet peeves! I think everyone who knows me knows how strongly I despise bigotry!!!
The points are not in any particular order. They are not the only pet peeves I have either! I didn't plan this blog post. I just went with the flow and wrote whatever came to mind. Comment below if you would like to read more "top 10...." posts in my blog. Until then my loves!!!

One Fun Day!

Hi everyone! So yesterday we went to our first SOAD concert, and should I say it was the best concert ever!!!!!! We had so much fun! I probably rocked the whole time!!! This time instead of writing about it I decided to post a video. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did :) If you like my vlogs, please subscribe to my YouTube channel. Don't forget to comment :)

Dance Dance Revolution!

I have never felt as loved and cared for as I did yesterday at a friend's birthday party. After my pregnancy announcement on facebook most people were seeing us for the first time. Upon entering the restaurant everyone would come give us a hug and congratulate us saying how happy they were for us. It felt so great! We were like superstars :) As the party went on and everyone got up to dance, I also left my chair to join the others on the dance floor. I was so excited about that part of the party because I have so much passion for dancing! I can dance for days without ever wanting to stop :) The first dance was kind of slow, then mid-tempo, then it all began with the third dance! I was in the middle of it when someone whispered in my ear that I needed to take it easy. Then others started to call me to talk to me about the dangers of jumping around. I have massive education in pregnancy because I have been reading books about pregnancy and child-bearing since I was 15, took prenatal/postnatal classes at UCLA, have been doing research since we decided to conceive; so when they told me these ridiculous things about how "the baby is going to fall out of my uterus", I...let's just say I didn't laugh, because the person who told me that is someone I have so much love and respect for. I just told them that it was ok, that they should not worry because I knew what I was doing. I felt so touched though that there were so many overprotective people around me.Voicing their concerns and opinion about how I should take care of my pregnancy is completely fine with me. I have no problem with people worrying about me!!!!! Who doesn't love it, right? Concern equals love, and if I have that many people to love me, then I'm the richest person in the world! But when it gets to a point where someone almost grabs you mid-air and pulls you back...come on! Really?! It happened so many times I lost count! I'm dancing, having the time of my life, then next thing I know I'm in someone's arms who grabs me from my behind and gives me another lecture about how I should take it easy!... Let me describe how that made me feel. Everyone knows a girl like this: she is kind and smart and great and you all love her, but she changes 360 degrees when drunk. You love her so much you don't want her to do something stupid at a party, like get all over someone else's husband, so you are always next to her to make sure she doesn't embarrass herself in front of others. I felt like that girl yesterday, I swear! Another thing I felt was as if I was a 14 year old girl who thought that one becomes pregnant only when having intercourse during her period (she probably has a dog for a pet, lol, sadly there are so many uneducated teens like that!) and is suddenly surprised her tummy's getting bigger for no apparent reason! Now she knows she's pregnant, she goes to a party and wants to have the time of her life. Everyone's watching her on the dance floor to make sure the silly little one doesn't do anything irresponsible and uneducated again. Again, all that attention was so flattering but after telling them a couple of times that I didn't need to be babysat and still having to face the same thing over and over again...I guess I was just hurt at the lack of trust towards my good judgement :(
Let me bring up another interesting point :). Why is our worry and concern for others so much stronger when the responsibility lies exclusively on them? What I'm trying to say is...all that smoke in that little room was so much worse for my developing baby but no one seemed to be worried about that! I'm in no way saying I'm better than anyone else. If I were in their shoes I would act exactly the same. I would push the thought of a pregnant lady to the back of my mind not to feel guilty about smoking in the same room as her...I'm at a party, right? I'm here to have fun and be a little selfish! I get all that. I'm not trying to point fingers at anyone....All I'm saying is either care completely or not at all. You can't pick and choose! Jumping around and dancing is bad for my baby but a room full of smoke is fine?!
For those who don't have the proper knowledge about miscarriages, here's a tidbit of information from the American Pregnancy Association:

Why do miscarriages occur?
During the first trimester, the most common cause of miscarriage is chromosomal abnormality - meaning that something is not correct with the baby's chromosomes. Most chromosomal abnormalities are the cause of a faulty egg or sperm cell, or are due to a problem at the time that the zygote went through the division process. Other causes for miscarriage include:

Hormonal problems, infections or maternal health problems
Lifestyle (i.e. smoking, drug use, malnutrition, excessive caffeine and exposure to radiation or toxic substances)
Implantation of the egg into the uterine lining does not occur properly
Maternal age
Maternal trauma

Also, to make everyone have the certainty that I am fine and nothing has happened to me or the baby, I'm going to see my OBGYN this week, but meanwhile I talked to one of my UCLA professors and described everything in detail and had quite a long conversation with her. She confirmed everything I already knew. She says I'm fine. I should listen to my body and unless my body tells me otherwise, I should not alter my lifestyle :) Thanks for worrying and caring so much about me but seriously I'm not a teenager, I know what I'm doing hehe :)))))))))))))
P.S. The most curious thing....I think I liked the whole experience yesterday 'cause if there is one thing I love to do is shock people and be controversial lol. I actually enjoyed being thought of as crazy lol!!!!!!!!! I know that this might not seem crazy or controversial to other cultures but Armenians are a little too overprotective about pregnancy.....
P.S.2 I've been smiling the whole time while writing this blog; there is no anger or hurt in it, just humor and some food for thought hehe. If my writing does not demonstrate that, I wanted to make sure that you knew and felt the happy vibe in it :)))))))

Who Am I?

I always feel like I have so much to say but there is no outlet for me to really let these thoughts out. I've been thinking about blogging for a long time and actually attempted to open one a couple of times but never actually did. I think the reason was because I was trying to do it for others, that is to entertain or inform others. I suppose the reason I did it this time is because I am doing it for myself. I hope that this blog will help me figure out who I am and what I want. I'm pretty confused right now and I truly hope that it will be of therapeutic significance to me.

If I had to describe myself in two words I would probably choose the following, "a professional worry-er". :) Sometimes I feel like the weight of the whole world is on my shoulders. And it is not because I live a life full of problems. Some would even describe my life as carefree, and they might be right. I have the greatest husband, I got my education at one of the most prestigious universities in the United States, I have parents who love me, I travel multiple times a year, I have not felt the devastating effects of current recession ....overall my life really IS care free...but there is another side to my carefree life that is not "available" to others...and I use the word "available" in the meaning that some just don't get it...I wish I could describe what THAT is but I can't because there is just so much to say and not enough room to write hehe. I guess I'll get it out throughout multiple blogs. Until then....bye-bye :)