Waiting at the Junction

Today at the Junction I learned about waiting and babies.  And pregnancy.  And the joys of motherhood.  And the parts they don’t tell you either.  Here recently I have felt the pains of “baby fever”.  My husband and I have been married for some time and we are stationed on an Army Post.  I feel like they should just ask as an in-processing question “Hey are you knocked-up?”   But being polite gentlemen as most soldiers and Civilian workers try to be its stepped around.  As well as my family.  Im from a good ol’ southern family that has two goals in life: 1.  Work hard.  2.  Populate the world.  And being a good ol’ southern girl myself I realize that it was only a matter of time after I got “hitched” to my sweetheart that baby fever would set in.  And it has.  But here recently I have been thinking all about babies.  I have read the book What to Expect before your Expecting and even watched Movies like “The Pregnancy Pact”.  I have made friends that have small children and I have taken an interest in offering free baby-care to give this a trial run….  I have learned two things:  1. They smell.  They have more bodily substances than chickens have feathers.  2.  They are cute for about a minute and then they start to smell.  Now I don’t want y’all thinkin’ I am against babies.  I love them.  They are Gods special creatures.  One day I might be mama-material, but until then, im going to continue to read my books, watch other peoples kids…. for about a minute, and enjoy my glass of wine with za’ hubby, and the dog.  So today at my junction, Im learning to wait and have fun doing it!