Moving Rooms

Recently I moved rooms from the basement to a bedroom upstairs right next to my little sister's room. I was just on Thanksgiving break so Jillian was quite excited to have me home. Here are a few of my Facebook statuses about some of the hilarity that ensued. I'm thinking about starting a Twitter feed about things Jillian does...but don't tell my Public Relations Professor - I'll never hear the end of it.

After the 10th time my little sister has passed by my door in 20 minutes saying "Hi Julie" I'm getting the impression she is pretty pumped my room moved upstairs right next to hers. Sister love.

This morning Jillian talked loudly about me in her room till I got out of bed. The adventure continues.

It took my sister 3 minutes to blow her nose because she stopped to ask me why I had the audacity to leave my room and sit in the kitchen. Sorry I'm not sorry?

Every time I come in the front door now Jillian immediately asks me how long I will be staying at the house, just to make sure.

Every time I greet Jillian as she gets off the bus, she comes running up the driveway singing loudly "Julie, Julie, Julie do you love me! Julie, Julie, Julie do you care! Julie, Julie you drive me crazy!" (Julie Do Ya Love Me - Bobby Sherman)

What Does Reddit Say?

I was curious about what would be the first few things to come up on Reddit about Down Syndrome because it is a good way to see what people are discussing about the topic. When I have a little more time I will post my reactions to the threads. Right away, I couldn't bring myself to click on the very first thread asking if someone should abort or not. Perhaps shamefully, I was afraid what I might find.

The first few threads to pop up under "relevance" (in order):

1. Reddit, You're about to have your first child. You get a test done, and it says that your child will have bad down syndrome. It's still early enough to abort the pregnancy. Would you abort or not? Why?
2. A story about how an entire island got even on two guys harassing a girl with down syndrome.
3. I have down syndrome. AMA
4. I don't tell anyone on reddit about my Down syndrome, because I'm afraid they'll hate me.

The first few threads to pop up under "hot" in order:

1. TIL that more than 90% of women who learn that they are carrying a baby with Down Syndrome, will choose abortion over keeping their baby
2. TIL that over 90% of fetuses diagnosed with Down's Syndrome in the UK are terminated.
3. Detroit community beats alleged rapist of 15 y.o. girl with Down Syndrome after slow police response.

/r//Downsyndrome:

1. New parents of a beautiful little boy.
2. This is my blog about Stephanie, my little sister who has down syndrome. I made it to tackle the sigma and show people what a wonderful quality of life she has.
3. Is it bad that I feel very uncomfortable around people with down syndrome?