Hello. June 9, 2008

So lately I’ve taken up the hobby of blog-reading.  I love them.  It’s like reading a good book, but you can go back and check on the characters from time to time.  I started with alittlepregnant (found by googling TTC blog), moved to Julia, and then to flotsam.  I start at the beginning, and read voraciously until I catch up to current events, adding them to my bookmarked daily check list.

Obviously, I’m attracted to the blogs of women who are trying to conceive after an infertility diagnosis.  My husband and I will soon be trying to get pregnant and so I thought, why not add another voice to the already packed world of fertility blogs?

How about a little game of “40 Things?”

1. My name is Amanda.
2. I’m 27.
3. I was born in Japan.
4. I am not Japanese.
5. My brother was born in Germany.
6. He is not German.
7. My brother and I are 8 years apart.
8. My parents have been married for 30 years.
9. My Dad was in the Air Force for 20 years.
10. From preschool to college, I attended 12 different schools.
11. My first job was at McDonald’s.
12. It sucked.
13. I studied English for 4 years at a state school.
14. I never got my degree.
15. My husband’s name is Paul.
16. I met him in June 2003.
17. We got married September 15, 2007.
18. My brother was my Man of Honor.
19. I live in New England.
20. I work at a printing company.
21. We print magazines and medical journals.
22. I’m in customer service.
23. I’ve always worked in customer service.
24. I hate customers.
25. In fact, I can’t stand most people.
26. Except babies.
27. I love babies.
28. I think I got baby fever when I started puberty.
29. I’ve been pregnant once, in college.
30. I’ve miscarried once, at 6 weeks.
31. I’ve been off birth control since December.
32. I’ve ovulated once since January.
33. Paul and I will start “trying” in September.
34. Paul doesn’t really care for babies.
35. Paul loves kids, though.
36. He thinks the world is overpopulated.
37. He thinks each couple should only have 1 or 2 kids (if any at all).
38. I’d love to have 4 kids.
39. We’ve settled on 2 (hopefully).
40. My biggest fear is infertility.