Interesting Times

Everybody, thank you. It's certainly been an interesting twenty-four hours or so, making announcements, with responses ranging from "It's about time" (my mother) to "Do you feel pregnant?" (my doctor), to insane giggly shrieks transcribed in an email (best friend), to the cryptic "Good" (boss), to the politely cautious "How does your partner feel about it?" (colleague).

And it does seem a little comical being congratulated for something that, well, we really didn't put much thought or effort into. It's a strange experience. I feel almost fraudulent. Skribe and I have somehow achieved this amazing thing, as if we'd been bashing rocks together and against all odds produced a Faberge egg.

Well, we've been "practising" making babies long enough, and our practice-child test subject is still alive after five years of our attention, so I guess we're as ready as we'll ever be. On with the show.