I got to visit with my older sister at the VT-Miami game this weekend. While I was there, she gave me the news that she went and got herself knocked up. She said that her and her husband (of 9 years) finally decided to start trying to have children. They had planned on the process taking a few months, but according to her it only took two weeks. I tried telling her husband that she was probably pregnant before they started "trying", and this was just her way of breaking it to him, but they are sticking to their story. My reaction to becoming an uncle was a bit muted (to say the least), but I really do wish them the best. As a single guy, it's just hard to get excited over those things.

This makes the third pregnancy I've found out about in recent months. Back in August, I found out about two of my friends who are also "expecting", so this makes three couples in my life that are "downloading tricycle motors" (to steal a phrase from Neal). This leads me to ask if there is some sort of baby boom going on, or do these things just come in threes?