New to Everything

Hello Interweblings!

I'm new to this blogging thing.  Many people discovered it's wonders years ago. I never really "got it".  That is, I thought it was neat to read the obscure thoughts inside peoples minds, but never really thought myself to be interesting enough, or a good enough writer, to host my own published journal.  But something has recently happened in my life that makes me feel more interesting.  I gave birth.  Not to say that my entire blog is going to be about my baby.  Some posts may be, but a majority of them will revolve around how my brain feels.

You see, pre-pregnancy Julia always had a great memory.  I remember things that happened in Pre-School, peoples names, where they sat, who was the shortest kid in class and where that kid lived, you know... creepy things like that.

During early pregnancy, I noticed something different about myself.  I felt dumber.  Yes.  Dumber.  Like, all of a sudden, my brain decided to take a hike and I couldn't remember jack squat anymore.  I would be carrying on a typical conversation with my husband, stop talking mid sentence, stare at him blankly, then say, "I'm sorry, what was I talking about?"

The first time this happened, it was funny to my husband, but throughout the 40 week journey to parenthood, Mike eventually dismissed any humor behind it as it became a normal everyday happening.  Thats how I know he is my soulmate, also a blog topic for a different day.

So I also hope to write to maintain my sanity.  I am on maternity leave until mid-January and a girl can only handle so much non-cable TV.  Yes, thats correct.  We don't subscribe to cable or satellite.  Call us crazy, but we call you crazy when you get charge every month to channel surf when nothing is on.

Which reminds me of something else.  Those channels you pay for on the TV, you know you can catch your favorite shows online the day after right?  I pay $20 a month for internet and I can watch all the crappy episodes of Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant I want included in that price.  To redeem my credibility of television show choices, I also watch American Pickers and NOVA.

See...  We've already gone from blogging, to my Pre-school days, to how dumb I feel sometimes, to my husband, to outrageous cable prices, to my favorite tv shows.   This is how my brain feels.  I am a space cadet.  I can't stay on topic to save my life.  Thats why I feel this blog will be at the very least, slightly entertaining to those who choose to read it.

Anyway, the point I am trying to make is that I'm not starting this blog to just talk about my baby.  Although he is cute,  I don't have much to say about him yet.   He is 2 weeks old.  He poops, pees, cries, enjoys my boobs, and stares at the wall.  We are still getting to know one another and until we do, I will use this as an outlet for posting my thoughts which as mentioned before, have gotten a little out of hand.

And now I just remembered that I was going to use this "First Official Blog" to explain my Blog name and blog address.  And I realize, if I have to explain it to you at this point, you're the one that needs help.  :)