Averting Natural Disaster
March 5, 2010 
Am I the only one whose reproductive system was jump-started by seeing Jim & Pam welcome their new baby girl into the world last night?
(On The Office, in case you didn't watch. And if you didn't watch, you should. Unless you don't like The Office. But if you don't like The Office, you should.)
(I'm bossy this morning. Bear with me. It's the hormone surge. Brought on by watching The Office.)
It was so beautiful... Jim worrying. Pam contracting. Michael intruding. Dwight deconstructing. And then there was a perfect new fictional baby in the world.
Sigh.
To say the whole thing didn't have me thinking about babies and birth and the whole crazy thing would be a lie... It was intense... The womb longed to feel a little one kick inside. The arms longed to hold a fresh, new baby. The nose longed to smell that newborn-baby smell.
Mark my words... There WILL be a spike in birth rates about nine months from now all across the U.S. And it will all be due to The Office.
I know I'm not the only one who felt this way.
I liken the whole wave of emotion to a tsunami... Rare, massive, potentially catastrophic, and then...
Gone.
Over.
Leaving behind disarray and destruction.
The wave of emotion was quickly nipped in the bud by a long night of caring for a sickly three-year-old.
And a new wave of emotion took over... It was also intense... The eyes longed to remain shut. The mind longed to remain unconscious. The body longed for -- still longs for -- rest.
And as long as that second wave remains firmly in place, The Office holds no power over me.
But that's the thing about waves...
They never remain in place.
Reader Comments (4)
I can't "go there" in my thinking, having had a hysterectomy. I have of late though, started imagining what it would be like to have......*gulp*.........grandkids! Hopefully they are still a long way off in the future, but I think it is really just that "baby-lust" rearing its head in a different way :-)
Hope Little Blue Eye's feels better soon. I enjoy your posts! You're right...baby fever is contagious and spreading fast! ;-)
Hope the little booger feels good soon.
Oh dear... my little man has torn a groin muscle. Poor darlin'. Hate it when they hurt. These pics are really lovely! He has gorgeous eyes...
:-)
BB