I am addicted to Crystal Light Lemonade. 
Can someone please do something about this awful humidity???
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BE CAREUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
Part 1:
When I was in high school, I was THE neighborhood babysitter. Booked weeks in advance, could set my own price. I loved kids and babies and got a reputation as a "baby-whisperer", one of those people who can instantly sooth even the crankiest baby. I thought I wanted LOTS of my own kids.
Fast forward to college. One accidental pregnancy, terminated freshman year b/c we were way too young. I worked as a part-time nanny for a wealthy family in Dublin, Ohio. When I started they had 2 kids. By the time I left, they had six, including a set of twins. One of them is my goddaughter. Another accidental pregnancy, this time miscarried in the fourth month.
Afterwards, somewhere along the line I lost the desire to have kids. Not that it was a bad experience; helping raise the kids was lovely in fact. (Being pregnant was miserable though...) Rather, I had a kind of been-there, done-that feeling. So I figured I would lead a child-free life.
Fast forward to two years ago. Eleven of my friends had babies in 2003. Eleven!
As my child bearing years began slipping away, I started to question my decision NOT to have kids. It was a major factor in breaking up w/ my boyfriend of 10 years (well that, and he had like -zero- libido... 
). For the first time I believed in the biological clock.
So when I moved to NY last year, all my friends were waiting for the big announcement from me, wondering, would she get knocked up? or adopt???
BE CAREUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
To be continued...
--l*P
Can someone please do something about this awful humidity???
****************************************
BE CAREUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
Part 1:
When I was in high school, I was THE neighborhood babysitter. Booked weeks in advance, could set my own price. I loved kids and babies and got a reputation as a "baby-whisperer", one of those people who can instantly sooth even the crankiest baby. I thought I wanted LOTS of my own kids.
Fast forward to college. One accidental pregnancy, terminated freshman year b/c we were way too young. I worked as a part-time nanny for a wealthy family in Dublin, Ohio. When I started they had 2 kids. By the time I left, they had six, including a set of twins. One of them is my goddaughter. Another accidental pregnancy, this time miscarried in the fourth month.
Afterwards, somewhere along the line I lost the desire to have kids. Not that it was a bad experience; helping raise the kids was lovely in fact. (Being pregnant was miserable though...) Rather, I had a kind of been-there, done-that feeling. So I figured I would lead a child-free life.
Fast forward to two years ago. Eleven of my friends had babies in 2003. Eleven!
As my child bearing years began slipping away, I started to question my decision NOT to have kids. It was a major factor in breaking up w/ my boyfriend of 10 years (well that, and he had like -zero- libido... ). For the first time I believed in the biological clock.
So when I moved to NY last year, all my friends were waiting for the big announcement from me, wondering, would she get knocked up? or adopt???
BE CAREUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
To be continued...
--l*P
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toothpick:
A pierogi?
seantastic:
I've been sitting outside in a towel and flip flops. My deck has turned into my own personal sauna.