So, it could not possibly have been longer since I wrote ANYTHING, or did ANYTHING with this here "blog." That makes me pretty WEAK as a blogger, eh? Considering I only have one follower - my husband - I'm sure there aren't many folks who can't sleep at night, waiting for my next entry.
However, I recently had a conversation with a friend from college - with whom I was reconnected via the Online Messiah (aka Facebook), about starting blogs. I was slightly embarrassed to admit that I, in fact, had previously started a blog, but had subsequently deserted it, like a rusted Ford Pinto in an unkempt corn field in rural Iowa. Take comfort though, that I am back. I DID start this blog b/c I really love to write, and b/c I feel like I have some wacko, and occassionally entertaining, insights to share, so - I at this for real. Let's see where this goes.
Let's also see what's new since March, when I last blogged... Well, I'm pregnant. Yes. Turns out, I'm fertile. Who knew!?! Remember in high school and college, you perceived that you, and every girlfriend you had, were somehow magically able to get pregnant by simply going into the ocean with your boyfriend for a swim? Of course, that's what "they" wanted you to think, but, it turns out, getting pregnant is a little more complicated, and while there are the WRONG girls getting pregnant all over the country (insert the popular "Teen Mom" series here - ah!!! Nightmare!!), the right women - and some of my closest friends - struggled mightily to get pregnant. I expected to struggle too, not wanting to assume that I would somehow be exempt from those difficulties, or be the lucky one who just up and gets pregnant. But...that was our experience. We were ready, and not trying, but not "not trying," as they ALL say...and TADA!!! We are now 5 1/2+ months pregnant. We chose not to find out the sex because I pretty much ruin every surprise there could possibly be, all unintentially of course, and this was one I really wanted. We would rather participate in a worm-eating-contest than paint a room pink or lavender, so - why do we need to know!?! We don't. And we can't wait to find out. We are due Dec 4...just in time for the kid's birthday to be overshadowed by Christmas. ;-)
What else? Well, we've had our house on the market since April. And that's all there is to say about that. The real estate market, even in typically-resilient DC, is really in the sh*tter. We love our agent and we know our house is fantastic - brick, four bedrooms, quiet cul-de-sac, overlooking a park, great paint colors...blah, blah...but we have stairs from the cul-de-sac that are daunting to folks. Apparently, stairs are not as in demand as granite countertops and Koi ponds. So, it's still on the market. Ho hum. We'll likely pull it off fairly soon so we can get the baby's nursery kicked into action, and focus on the birth of our kid :)
We have had an intense summer. We just got back from our 7th weekend out of town...phew! We spent 11 days in the Caribbean, on top of 2+ weeks in Eastern Europe (Russia, Poland, Sweden, Latvia, and Finland), as well as weekends away in NYC, Philly, Gettysburg, PA (wedding), Pittsburgh (wedding), and on and on. I am SO ready to be home for a change, and to be able to wake up in my own bed on a Sunday morning! It's the little things.
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