All Fools' Day

Do you know what it feels like to secretly not be happy for your friends when they announce their pregnancies because you've struggled to conceive or maintain a previous pregnancy? Then feel guilty for uncontrollably feeling resentment when you should be feeling happy for your friends and their excitement on bringing a new life into the world... you beat yourself up a little for the pain in your heart and in your belly only to find out you just experienced internal conflict because your friend is an insensitive All Fools' jerk?

Yes, I am in the camp that you should not make others suffer because you think that kind of joke is funny.
It's not funny... it's old, played out, and quite pathetic. 

Some people, especially non-breeders, are quite harsh on the concept that you should maintain empathy when having a little bit of fun. I don't like April 1st because it's just turned into another day to teach children it's okay to lie as long as it's for fun. This kind of stuff has never been fun to me. Today is just a headache for people that genuinely care about other people. The internet has made a day that's suppose to be fun into rubbish. Don't get me wrong, I am all for pranking and silly hoaxes. When I worked at a Girl Scout camp I was the Queen of Pranking (we called it 'camping' and nailed people with 'Just Been Camped' written in shaving cream and glitter). I love painting bars of soap with clear fingernail polish, wrapping toilets in clear plastic, stealing stuffed animals and putting them up the flag pole with your favorite bra... but because our society has moved to virtual pranks instead of physical ones; today is just a bust of fake news articles, imaginary deaths, pregnancies that don't really exist, and eye rolling. For two seconds I thought being the first leaky boob in space was kinda cool until I realized there was no way in hell they could ship milk to Earth. Then some asshole tried to ruin The Walking Dead by fictitiously canning Norman and that was an Oh, HELL NO! moment. For the gullible and people that aren't capable of deep thought, today might seem innocent and fun but come on, it's really just lame, inconvenient, and rude.

Do yourself a favor and go wrap a toilet instead.

yeah yeah yeah I am going to try my hand...

I am going to attempt to use this as a place to create memories, voice concerns, spread awareness, and make my life seems interesting. 

I am not very technologically advanced so we will see how far I can throw this blog. 

So without seeming super cheesy....
I am Amy and a transplant to Washington state from South Carolina. 

I married a nerdy nuke three months after dating him. 

Four years later, we have two hippie boys named after characters in a video game. 

I am very passionate about birth, leaky boobs, donating breastmilk, informed consent, human rights, genital integrity, animal rights, essential oils, peaceful parenting, and being awesome. I also like babywearing, researching all sorts of crap, traveling, experiencing new things, play dates that keep me from going insane, keeping in touch with my friends and family back home via the internet, and Korean Dramas. There's lots more that I'm interested in but I guess we will get there naturally later.

This is officially one of the most awkward things I've ever done... almost as awkward as writing letters in advance to send with my husband when he leaves on the submarine. 

My little nerdy bunch.