I've noticed that in finding out I'm pregnant, there are various questions people like to ask.
1) When is your due date?
2) Is it a boy or a girl?
3) Have you picked any names?
4) Are you excited?
5) WHAT!?
If you didn't already know, the answer to question number one is July 29, 2007. There is a count down ticker above to illustrate.
I'm so tired of hearing question number two, because to me it doesn't matter. I don't care what it is as long as it's a healthy and happy baby. Is it going to matter to the person asking? I can't imagine how it would affect them. Wouldn't they be happy either way? Maybe I'm also tired of having to answer, I don't know, to this question.
Regarding question number three I haven't picked any names, I think knowing the answer to question number two will help me better focus on this one. The only things I have come up with are middle names, King for a boy and Elean for a girl. The King name was shot down by one of my closest friends who said he hated his inanimate object middle name (which I always thought was cool) and he responded so vehemently towards it that I wondered if I was offending him personally in some way. He asked how I could do that to my child. Please tell me if Blank King Coon is offensive so I can apologize to him. The Elean name is a combination of both of the grand mothers middle names, Elena and Jean. I'm trying to keep some family traditions and honor both grand mothers here.
I always excitedly blurt out, I'm so excited, to question number four. I can't wait! But in compiling this list of questions it's made me think. Why ask this question? Question number four now gives me pause, not because I'm not excited, I'm totally excited, I can't wait! Think about it. First off if someone wasn't excited about it there must be a very good reason, and it must be a difficult and painful situation to be in, not something some one would casually discuss. Secondly, are you implying that there is some reason why I wouldn't be happy about having a baby, I'm 32, I don't have any kids, I'm in a long term, stable, functional and committed relationship, having a baby is the only logical next step. (ok to some old fashion people out there the next logical step is marriage, but this is 2007 people) I guess that question just seems sneaky and underhanded to me. But then again I have been told that I read to much into things. Also lately (yesterday)I was very indecisive and angry, I don't know why, I have no reason to be angry but I was raging at the smallest of things. For example I couldn't decide what I wanted to snack on. I asked Tom to get me the bean dip and Frito's. I ate a had full of them and was done. I asked him to put away the bean dip. Later I noticed the bean dip sitting on his desk and I got so angry I was ready to scream and yell at him, but luckily for him he was in the basement, his favorite room in the house. I swear if the the TV was in there I'd never see him. I'm looking forward to the emotional roller coaster, so far I haven't been very emotional only heartburny, but that's not really an emotion now is it? So that might explain why a well intentioned questions makes me suspicious.
So since it's the number two question and knowing the answer to it will help with the the number three question, coupled with the fact that those who know me would say that not knowing the answer to a question drives me crazy. We now have a gender identification scheduled, although something makes me think that knowing the answer to number two will bring a repeat of the number four question.
The friend who vehemently objected to the King middle name is the one who asked me question number five upon hearing the news.
By the way we are half way home people.
