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May 02, 2006

Maybe I should buy a nice, soft baby doll to cuddle with for now

Today I spent 4 1/2 hours in the Cleveland airport. I used that time to burn my tongue on very hot tortilla soup and to reread the first 60 pages of The Kid, Dan Savage's book about adopting his son.

(Side note: I may love me some BSC, but even I know that it would be really loser-y for a 25-year-old to read BSC books at an airport. Plus, there's no way I could pack enough books to keep in the BSC reading for the next week. Plus I'm still missing #34 and am currently on #30, and am determined to read them in order. So I only brought one Super Special BSC book with me to Minnesota. Now back to the real entry.)

I also spent that time watching a lot of babies. Now, reading about adoption while watching babies is a fairly lethal combination. Especially when the babies have curly hair and big eyes. In the springtime, which is procreation season.

I think it's pretty safe to say that my I-wanna-be-a-mommy-NOW instinct is in high gear. Remind me why we're waiting a couple more years again? Even my zaide agrees. My mom was telling him (probably for the 108th time) how bored I am in Oberlin, and my zaide's response was, "So why doesn't she get pregnant now?" When my mom told him that we'd like to be a little more settled first, he said, "Why? People have babies all the time in all circumstances. The time is never exactly RIGHT."

Yeah, Zaide, you tell 'em.

Only how badly I feel about all the weight I've put on since we moved to Oberlin and I've done nothing but sit around and eat is keeping me from getting down on my hands and knees and begging Lauren to PLEEEEEEEASE go buy some sperm right NOW so we can start already.

I think I need to go to bed and think about something else, like banging my head against the wall until I get a job or my plot to take over the world. Seems safer, doesn't it?

Posted to Nesting at May 2, 2006 11:47 PM

Comments

I like your Zaide and his baby philosophy =)

Posted by: Mir at May 3, 2006 09:25 AM

Oh, how I know the feeling. Cute babies abound.

Your zaide is absolutely right about "perfect" planning being next-to-impossible. Of course, considering the extra hoops you and Lauren will have to jump through to conceive as a lesbian couple, there will *have* to be more planning involved than there would be for a hetero couple, regardless of what route you decide to take on the way to baby-acquiring. And that's not necessarily a bad thing :)

Posted by: Amanda at May 3, 2006 09:30 AM

Sorry to barge in, but I have a quick question - when you Paypaled me for the BSC books, is your primary Paypal source a bank account or a credit card? I've got someone who wants to Paypal with a credit card, and I'm not sure if it matters.

Thanks. :)

Posted by: Elizabeth at May 9, 2006 10:29 AM