People are funny. I know that’s not news, but going through this process is interesting. It’s always interesting to see the confusion on people’s faces when I tell them my current life plan and adventure.

This weekend, I had a moving company help me shuffle the furniture out of my condo and into the house on Saturday while dear sweet kind wonderful friends helped me move furniture that used to be IN the house out of storage the following day. To be noted: I now have far too much stuff and will happily be making a “please get out of my life” pile to be sold in a yard sale or handed out to people who might want it. When we were almost done moving into the house Saturday, one of the movers asked if I had kids. Most likely this was based on seeing the Calvin and Hobbes artwork I have, among other things.

I said no, but that was the plan. The guy said “oh, you’re engaged, huh?” And I said, as matter of fact-ly as I could, “no, I’m just going to do it on my own.” He blinked and raised an eyebrow. I was like “you know, get inseminated, have a kid alone.” He leaned back and said “naahhh girl, you can find someone to put a baby in you!” I laughed and said “yeah, but then I’d have to deal with that guy forever – and I’m not really up for that right now.” He shook his head and kept saying “naah….” Soon after, I was walking outside to get something out of the car and I saw the guys talking to each other by the moving truck. The one guy said “what do you call it? Insem-ah-what?” I laughed and yelled, loudly “SPERM DONOR!” The other guy looked quizzical but it didn’t come back up.

I’ve also had male friends offer to help with the process – and I’m sure that 90% of them are saying it in a not-trying-to-be-creepy-way. I have to politely decline. Although I am choosing an Open Donor, I don’t want to have strings attached to someone I know, have the stress of keeping someone in my social circle a “secret,” or dealing with “that’s your dad but he’s not part of our life” if I don’t have to.

I know nothing about being a parent is going to be easy, but I’ll have to politely decline that kind of help at this point.