Been a little while since my last post, but at least I have a good excuse; no really I do. This isn't the usual death of new blogs that occurs once the blogger realizes that he/she isn't as funny/opinionated/insightful as they once believed. (Actually I'm a loooong self-deluded way from realizing just how worthless the crap I write is.)
The reason I've been so remiss lately is... here it comes... : We're PREGNANT! (well, to be precise its my wife Ruth who is pregnant, but it makes me sound more progressive to use the "we"). I'm pretty scared about the whole thing--terrified really, but also pretty excited. In most ways I feel ready to be a dad, but the thought is still a little freaky. We only found out a little over a week ago (Oct. 2, which is, by coincidence, our anniversary), so I still have plenty on time to get settled into the idea.
Ruth and I have decided that having us as parents will be so traumatic so as to leave our child emotionally scarred, and that the only responsible course for us is to start a psychiatric care plan in lieu of a college fund. But maybe the college fund is better so that the kid will be able to afford his or her own therapist and Zoloft when the time comes.
I am really excited about this, but also a little saddened. My mother died just a few months ago (after a long, brutal fight with brain cancer), and I would have really liked her to have known that she would have been a grandmother again. It was my idea to wait as long as we did to start a family and part of me feels that if I would've let us start sooner my mom could have known her grandchild. But I know that I can't really go around feeling guilty for every decision I've made. I don't dwell on it much, but once in a while I get a little down thinking about it.
Sorry, that last paragraph was a bit of a buzzkill. On a more cheerful not Ruth and I have already started the long process of trying to name the Progeny. Obviously "The Progeny" isn't quite going to work, although "'The Progeny' Stewart" does have quite a ring to it, in a evil overlord kind of way. Somehow I'm not too sure Ruth would go for it though. It is simply amazing how many people (you know who you are) have "the perfect" name for our baby. Usually we just nod and smile, and pretend that we might actually take their advise in choosing a name, as if!
That's enough for now. I'll post some more pregnancy stuff soon. Also I'd like to do some more tech posts, and maybe throw in a book review in the not too distant future.