I have to start this post with a few things to bring you up to speed and what has lead me to feeling like I need to post this. First off, let's talk about how many pregnant women surround me right now.... probably 100. Actually when I stopped to count the number of pregnant ladies I currently know the total was 12. TWELVE. That's a lot and it sure feels like 100, and each year at any given time that number seems to fluctuate between 3 and 15 because I'm pretty sure we are in that stage of life where it's almost everyone's next logical step. Second, the number of women I know who have recently had a baby (within the last 12 months is what I'm considering recent) is around 15 when I do a quick count- but is probably closer to 20 if I really thought about it.
Ok, so now that you know those two things we can get to the heart of what I want to talk about today: Maternal Instincts.
You guys- when you meet me you may notice that I'm not the "girliest" girl you've ever met and you may even think that I might be lacking maternal instinct. I don't get all excited over new babies (unless you are my best friend or a really close family member) and I'm definitely not the first in line to hold a new baby. It's not that they make me uncomfortable or that I don't like them... it's just that I don't have that strange pull that makes me want to touch your offspring and cry when I see their baby-fat leg rolls (which I actually do think are super cute). I'm just not like that. If you need a break, I'll gladly hold your baby, but does your baby really want to be held by 1,000 strangers? I won't even begin to pretend to know what your baby wants, but I know that if it were me I would not like it one bit.
I guess I'm just feeling a little judged recently being surround by babies and soon-to-be-babies and women who want to do nothing but talk about babies. I think baby clothing and accessories are super adorable. I think babies are pretty darn cute. But I also think that babies are crazy hard work and I know that I am just not ready at this moment to handle all of the extra responsibilities and sacrifices that come with them. This is not to say that we won't be having kids... eventually we will, but until that time we are focusing on things that we want to do while we are young and still can. Anyhow, please don't be offended when I'm not jumping over other ladies to hold your baby. Please don't think that I don't like babies or small children because I'm not cooing over their every movement and expression. Please don't think that I completely lack maternal instincts because I'm not currently seriously interested in having kids. Just know that we are doing things in our own time.
Monday, July 29, 2013
Monday, July 22, 2013
A LONG Overdue Update
Ok, so it feels like I died or something and I feel that I've completely neglected the old blog, but life sometimes gets BUSY and I've had weeks-going-on-months-now where all I have time to do is keep things afloat. So here is my attempt to update you all on what the Mr. and I have been up to since mid-April.
May:
Summer sort of started in May, just how it always teases us, so we decided that we would do a fun Memorial Day weekend with friends and camped on the coast. It was a soggy, wet mess and our poor dogs hated every minute of it (they aren't very fond of being wet, ever) but we got to spend some quality time with our friends and with the Tillamook Cheese Factory, so all was well. Mr got ready for the end of the school year and our schedule was packed with things pretty much every day... none of which I can actually remember at this point.
June:
We were still being toyed with by the weather, but Mr and I decided to start doing day hikes on the weekends, so we did a few of those on Saturdays and Sundays and realized how much better shape we needed to be in if we were going to climb any mountains this summer. I planned what felt like a million offsite meetings for work so that kept me pretty busy. School ended for Mr so we took a few days off together to just veg out at home, go on some hikes and organize our disastrous home. Then work kicked my but with all of the meetings we had, but totally made up for it when Postal Service played live for us at an outdoor company picnic. You guys, I have the best job in the world. Then our favorite restaurant in Portland closed so we had to go there on their last night ever for our favorite dinner.
July:
Mr and I took our first ever road trip together and went to visit my best friend in Utah and see her new cute baby. I got a totally gnarly spider bite that I eventually had to go to Urgent Care for because it got so swollen and itchy and gross that I was afraid my leg might fall off (it didn't). We had an awesome week in Utah hiking around and swimming in ponds. The bugs in Oregon totally ate me alive when I returned (I still have visible bug bits from that weekend) but we had a nice relaxing few days back before going back to work. Then last week I went to Atlanta for a week for work and I got food poisoning the first night. Talk about not fun. I felt fine the next day, once all of the offending food was out of my body, but spent the rest of the week eating really lightly just in case. This week (and for the next few weeks) I'm taking part in an elimination diet to see if I have a wheat or gluten allergy or intolerance. You guys, I just want some bread. You don't realize how quickly liquids go through you when you aren't eating breads and pastas.
So there is a super brief update of our past couple months. And now for the picture parade:
May:
Summer sort of started in May, just how it always teases us, so we decided that we would do a fun Memorial Day weekend with friends and camped on the coast. It was a soggy, wet mess and our poor dogs hated every minute of it (they aren't very fond of being wet, ever) but we got to spend some quality time with our friends and with the Tillamook Cheese Factory, so all was well. Mr got ready for the end of the school year and our schedule was packed with things pretty much every day... none of which I can actually remember at this point.
June:
We were still being toyed with by the weather, but Mr and I decided to start doing day hikes on the weekends, so we did a few of those on Saturdays and Sundays and realized how much better shape we needed to be in if we were going to climb any mountains this summer. I planned what felt like a million offsite meetings for work so that kept me pretty busy. School ended for Mr so we took a few days off together to just veg out at home, go on some hikes and organize our disastrous home. Then work kicked my but with all of the meetings we had, but totally made up for it when Postal Service played live for us at an outdoor company picnic. You guys, I have the best job in the world. Then our favorite restaurant in Portland closed so we had to go there on their last night ever for our favorite dinner.
July:
Mr and I took our first ever road trip together and went to visit my best friend in Utah and see her new cute baby. I got a totally gnarly spider bite that I eventually had to go to Urgent Care for because it got so swollen and itchy and gross that I was afraid my leg might fall off (it didn't). We had an awesome week in Utah hiking around and swimming in ponds. The bugs in Oregon totally ate me alive when I returned (I still have visible bug bits from that weekend) but we had a nice relaxing few days back before going back to work. Then last week I went to Atlanta for a week for work and I got food poisoning the first night. Talk about not fun. I felt fine the next day, once all of the offending food was out of my body, but spent the rest of the week eating really lightly just in case. This week (and for the next few weeks) I'm taking part in an elimination diet to see if I have a wheat or gluten allergy or intolerance. You guys, I just want some bread. You don't realize how quickly liquids go through you when you aren't eating breads and pastas.
So there is a super brief update of our past couple months. And now for the picture parade:
My made-up hair wrap, which was really just my shirt, but it was too hot to have my hair down and no hair tie. Lesson learned- always bring a hair tie.
Goodbye, Berlin Inn!
And now the SPIDER BITE PICS...
Salt Lake Temple
Hiking at over a mile above sea level- hard work!
The ATL!
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