friends and babies

November 17, 2005

it seems as though we've reached that age. i never thought it would happen, but lo-and-behold, they're starting to pop right out without delay. a friend, my former roommate monica, emailed me yesterday from california with pictures of her newborn baby girl. this is a friend who within the past year and a half had moved to hawaii, met a guy, got married, had a kid and moved to california. she's a lovely looking baby, and i'm very happy for her and ryan, but what the hell is going on?! first oliver and now this bundle of joy...sure, not much now but i think it's going to be a landslide from here . i also recently, out of pure coincidence, ran into an old friend from the berkshires who i hadn't even talked to in 7 years. 7 years! and come to find out her brother, who i haven't seen in just as long, has been married for two years and has two kids. it's just insane to conceive the fact that this is actually happening. i don't know...it's a good thing. it's the next stage in life i guess, and i happy to be a part of my friend's children's lives. (r.a.- is that a proper usage of apostrophes?) and it's not as if i feel pressured to start having kids, which i'm not, but being apart of the lives of my friends and their children is begging to open my eye a little to the fact that i will most likely be there myself some day and my life will be completely different than it is today. that's just weird, frighteningly exciting, but weird. and on a related subject, because compliments are never said enough when due (thanks to t.z. for helping to remind me of this and its importance), so to m.h., if you're reading this: i have a lot of respect for you and s. to be able to juggle your lives and your jobs, being not only great parents to your awesome little o., but great friends to all of us. i think you guys are doing great.that's it.