Inside The Blogger’s Studio

by Leslie

My witty and wordy friend Jen was offering up personal interviews to all of her blog readers and I asked to be included. Below are her questions and my answers. (Please note: Everything in bold should be read in the style of James Lipton.)

1. How did you and Dave meet?

I’ve blogged about this before. You can read the whole story with all the gooey details, including the photos I posted with my personal ad, here.

Yeah, I met Dave through the Yahoo! Personals only to discover that he lived in my apartment complex. We were in different buildings, but our apartment balconies faced each other. I was on the 8th floor and he was on the 3rd. We had both moved in on the same weekend one year prior to meeting on-line because we were both going through divorces.

I had a co-worker who used to say, “It’s just like the movie You’ve Got Mail!”

Well, no. No. No, it really isn’t. But I do think you could say it’s just like fate.

2. What were you like in high school? Which cool kids did you hang out with then?

I was insecure and gullible and way too into my looks. But, I was also kind and fun and maybe just a little bit cool and a tiny bit smart. I got good grades. I was involved in a lot of extra-curricular activities. I was a JV cheerleader and a volleyball player; I played clarinet in concert band and was in the flag corp. during marching season; I was a National Honor Society student, a peer educator and a HOBY Ambassador; I was president of my church youth group and traveled from church to church as a crusader in the summer. But most of my time was spent with my three best friends - Heather, Tricia and Vicki. We were nicknamed ‘The Brat Force.’ And we had the highest hair in the school.

3. Of all the hysterical things that Julia has said, what is the number one thing that you will NEVER forget?

She was 20 months old and saw a woodpecker for the first time. We sat in the yard and watched it hammer on a tree for about ten minutes. She thought it was amazing. When we went back inside, she couldn’t wait to tell her Daddy what she had seen. She ran up to him and burst forth with, “Daddy, I see a PEEPECKER!”

Dave and I still laugh about it. And we’re pretty evil, because we’ve never corrected her. She still calls them peepeckers. And it will never stop being funny.

4. How is this pregnancy different from your pregnancy with Julia?

My pregnancy with Julia consisted of exactly two weeks of mild morning sickness. I didn’t even begin to show until the end of my fifth month. And I felt sexy. I was a love goddess. I had more sex in my second trimester than I’d had in my whole life up to that point.

This time, I had morning sickness that lasted all day, every day for the first 14 weeks. At 19 weeks pregnant, I’m still having morning sickness, although it has eased up a bit. And I looked pregnant at the end of my third month. As for the sex? Well, Dave and I both have had enough time on our hands to do NaBloPoMo. What do you think?

If you’d like to join the interview fun, let me know. I’ll e-mail you a set of personalized questions for you to answer on your blog!

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Comments

9 Cool Kids Came To Play

Jan on November 25, 2007 1:09 am
Love your answers. these interviews really help to know the writer more. I’m loving them.

Jan
Mommy the Maid on November 25, 2007 1:48 am
I want to be one of the cool kids! Interview me I am not sure if you still hav emy e-mail…cuddlemonkeycreations at comcast dot net
Jen in MI on November 25, 2007 5:44 pm
Loved it, Leslie! Thanks so much for playing!
Jerseygirl89 on November 26, 2007 12:19 am
Oh, I want to be interviewed! That would be awesome. And I LOVE the peepecker story. That’s great. And I’m sorry you’re not over the morning sickness thing yet. I hear you show earlier and earlier with each kid. From the way I popped with Lovebug, I think if I get pregnant again I’ll show the day after I conceive. Because the end of the third month? That’s is so not bad. I did that the first time!
Pam on November 26, 2007 6:05 am
Oh do me do me Leslie!!! Wait…that doesn’t sound right… interview me Leslie!!!!
Sam on November 26, 2007 5:31 pm
I would love to be part of this. Ask me the questions you want to know. Oh, and I’m not shy so ask away….just keep in mind that my mother-in-law reads my blog:)
Daddy Forever on November 28, 2007 8:34 pm
Small world. I met my wife in our apartment building. She lived above and use to drive me crazy with her loud music.
Karly on November 30, 2007 9:43 pm
Seriously…have I been gone this long? Dang.

I love how you and Dave met. It made me all warm and fuzzy feeling.
Fourier.analyst on January 23, 2008 9:20 am
I knew you were a cheerleader! And in the band? And the flag corps? Yep, definitely out of my league to hang with! But it sounds like you had fun.

I too love how you and Dave met. Ain’t fate grand?!