An imaginary conversation

B: Are those vitamins in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
Me: I AM happy to see you, but yes, I have vitamins in my pocket.
B: Wow, that's a lot of pills. How come they're in your pocket?
Me: Yeah, I know it's a lot. I don't know if they help or not, but I figure they aren't hurting, and I have been in less pain since I started taking them. Problem is the multi-vitamins make me puke if I take them on an empty stomach.
B: Didn't you eat breakfast?
Me: Yeah, but it was like 2 hours ago now.
B: That's still an empty stomach?
Me: Apparently... Hey, should I be taking prenatal vitamins if I'm only thinking about getting pregnant?
B: I have no idea. I thought those were for when you actually ARE pregnant.
Me: Yeah, me too. The acupuncturist gave me these when I asked for a refill. I didn't notice that they were prenatal until I got them home.
B: Maybe your acupuncturist knows something you don't.
Me: No, I'm not preggers, yet. But she knows that we're sorta kinda trying.
B: How do you sorta kinda try?
Me: Well, you know, I'm not taking the anti-baby pill every day any more. But we're not, like, tracking my ovulation or anything. So, we're not trying NOT to get pregnant, but we're not actively TRYING to get pregnant, either.
B: Oh, okay, I get it. Hey, wait, weren't you thinking of having that surgery on your eye this summer? You can't do that if you've got a bun in the oven, can you?
Me: No, I don't think I can. I haven't scheduled it yet. I think maybe I'll just schedule it and see what happens. They'll do a pregnancy test before they let me into surgery.
B: Shouldn't you plan it a little? I mean, isn't your husband going to get new orders in a little over a year?
Me: Yeah, he is. We might end up in Norfolk or Jacksonville, or possibly Hawaii. I guess we should plan it a bit. I mean, I don't want to be due to give birth at the same time that we're meant to move.
B: Weren't you going to try to take a trip to Israel before you report to the next duty station, too?
Me: Well, yeah, we talked about it.
B: Sounds to me like you should sit down with a calendar.
Me: Well, yeah. I guess. I'm afraid if I think about this whole thing too much I'll chicken out altogether.