Baby's Coming

2/27/2008

Let me tell you about The Winder. We met in the spring of 1999. We were two single young hot things amongst a sprightly neighborhood of families. We were both out of our element and I was newly re-converted, so naturally the Relief Society President of that LDS ward assigned The Winder to visit me each month. To keep me on the straight 'n narrow so to speak.

We became friends instantly. Everyone thinks it's because we're both runners, but our running couldn't be any more different. See The Winder was an All American Collegiate athlete who ran short distances (100 to 400 meters) while I was a weekend warrior wannabe athlete who ran long distances (my runs were measured in kilometers or miles, not meters).

Shortly after our introductory visit, I invited The Winder to come to a Jazz game with some of my work cronies. She said sure and we go. At the game, The Winder sits down next to my favorite drunk bald friend (from work that is.... as opposed to all of my other drunk bald friends). He turns to The Winder and says, "Are you a lesbian like all the other girls Rabid brings to these games?" The Winder looked at me as if to say "I thought I left my dyke image at College!" I had a Subaru Outback so I fit the part.

Nine years later, we're both married to men. I've had two Yahoos and she and her hubby tried for six long years (or was it seven?) to have a Yahoo of their own. After 85 different medical procedures, 52 dollar-store pregnancy tests, 17 pounds of clomid, and one blissfully positive blood test, the Winder is pregnant. And due in three weeks.

Here's your Baby's Coming playlist. Enjoy.

1. Yesterday's Mistake - Oi Va Voi
2. Woozy - Faithless
3. Going Fetal - Eels
4. Wasted - Brandi Carlile
5. The Water - Feist
6. Watch Out Below - Echo & The Bunnymen
7. Visions of You - Jan Wobble's Invasion of the Heart
8. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others - The Smiths
9. Tug of War - Stretch
10. Under Pressure - David Bowie
11. Your Time is Gonna Come - Led Zeppelin
12. I Get a Kick Out of You - Frank Sinatra
13. Time Is Running Out - Muse
14. The Scale - Interpol
15. Love and Marriage - Frank Sinatra
16. Can't Help Falling In Love - Andrea Bocelli
17. I'll Tumble 4 Ya - Culture Club
18. You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
19. What You Waiting For? - Gwen Stefani
20. Wonders Never Cease - Morcheeba
21. Hymn to Her - The Pretenders
22. When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
23. Carry That Weight - The Beatles
24. Beauty of Uncertainty - KT Tunstall