Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock

I remember when I was young, and I first learned about what actually is involved in giving birth...and I wanted nothing to do with being ripped open to allow another living, breathing creature to populate the Earth. No sirree, adoption would work well for me, if I ever got around to having kids.

Until I hit my 30's.

The biological clock started working a few years ago. Suddenly, I found babies to be amazing. I looked into adoption, but found the costs to be very high. I understand the need for some costs, but $20,000? Also, my work at the time would only give two weeks maternity leave for adoption, which I found biased, since a pregnant woman got 12 weeks. It can take 12 weeks to get a baby in some adoption scenarios.

So, I started to rethink the whole human body as incubator situation, and realized that I probably could handle getting myself knocked up and popping out a little person. Hey, and it would be covered by insurance! And then, my siblings started knocking up their girlfriends and continuing the Jeziorski name.

Finally, last January, my sister, who used to swear she never wanted kids, popped one out! And wants more! And after spending ten days with my niece full-time and my nephew part-time, I realize that kids are just amazing little people. I still want one of my own, but I'm getting old and it just isn't happening anytime soon!

I never thought that I'd be the one kid in my family to be childless and single at my age. What is wrong with me? Answers are more than welcome!

Oh, and to all cute boys out there: no worries, I am safe in bed and am not looking at you only for baby-making futures. I'm not that desperate!