First Blog

Well, this is my first blog ever. And as the blog title implies, I suppose now is as good a time as any. Why have I started a blog?

I want an outlet with which to talk about myself and what's going on in my life without boring friends and relatives with mundane details that I don't mind sharing here - because "Internet People" can read this if they're interested, or not if they're not.

Let's start with this. I'm 25 years old, in a great relationship with the most wonderful man alive, and 15 weeks pregnant. It was quite a surprise - Scott and I have only been together about a year, and have only lived together 5 months. So when we found out I was pregnant (after not thinking I'd EVER be pregnant due to cysts I'd been told I had on my ovaries), we knew we were in for a ride! Of course we got (and are still getting) plenty of questions about OUR relationship - and from some more conservative relatives, the questions are more like heavy suggestions. We've talked about getting married, especially since finding out I'm pregnant, but have decided that our relationship is solid and neither of us is going anywhere, so our time, energy, and money will be better spent preparing for Baby right now than planning a wedding (even at the JP Office) and buying rings. While it would be nice to share a last name on the birth certificate, it's just not as important as being as prepared for this little one as best we can financially - he or she deserves all we can give right now!

I don't mean to make this a long introduction post, but I suppose it's turning out that way. I think the true reason I want to blog is so I can moan and groan about this whole pregnancy thing - and maybe someone out there will read this and tell me that they've been there and they understand! Scott is GREAT about doing all he can to make me feel better, but we're the first of our friends to have a baby, so my girlfriends just have their sisters as a reference and our  moms were pregnant so long ago they don't remember a lot of the little day to day things.

So, there's my basic story - I have a feeling I'll be making another post later today, because I tend to be really gung-ho about new things, and then I let them die off completely. Maybe I'll be different about this - maybe my pregnancy blog will turn into a mommy blog in April. We'll see...