Stuff, Things, etc.: Friday things, 11/8

1. To piggyback off of my post from Monday....I had some deep thoughts worth sharing and I'm interested to know your opinion:

Concerning having two kids...I feel like I subconsciously felt a lot of pressure immediately, having both a boy and a girl because that was always described to be the perfect family make-up and I worried I would screw it up.

Has anyone else ever heard that? I remember a teacher in school telling us that having a boy first and then a girl was the "perfect family". I literally cannot look at a family composition without thinking about this.

The second thing I've noticed recently is that so many friends of mine are having 4, 5, or 6 kids. It used to be "two". Two was the number. I told the fertility doctors "two" when they asked what our goal was. We figured two would fit us. And then I was perfectly happy with Wells until I realized he'd never have a sibling if we didn't have another. Now I see why people have 4+! Especially years and years apart. I get it. I'm not going that route because pregnancy is a lot when you've had one high-risk delivery. But I do find this trend of having 4+ kids over like 10 years kind of fascinating. I don't remember that happening 10 years ago. It used to be that you had them back-to-back or you stopped at two.

Honestly, I think being in the classroom and noticing trends over the years has contributed to me thinking about this topic.

2. We took a field trip to the state capitol on Wednesday. I had about 4 hours of sleep going from Tuesday to Wednesday. Then it was an hour bus ride and I get super nauseated on these backroads (it's an hour away via backroads).

3. This week has broken me. Tornado watch + flooding + a Chiefs win on Monday night. Out of the classroom for a course on Tuesday. Election Tuesday. Field trip Wednesday. Veteran's Day celebration yesterday. Teacher work day today. (That Chiefs win really ticked me off.)

4. The older I get, the less I am Team Christmas in November. What about you?