OK, so it's been two weeks and thus it's probably time for a new post. While there have been some new topical developments in the world (health care proposals, new financial regs, the Iranian election) I am not currently in the mood to dive into any of them yet, so instead I'll just give a brief update on my life the past couple weeks.
The 30th b-day party on the 13th was a lot of fun. All week leading up to it the weather forecast just kept looking crappier and crappier and I woke up on Saturday morning to some dark skies and some pretty bad rain. So it looked like our outdoor extravaganza would be turned into a house party. Fortunately though, the weather cleared up significantly around 1:30 and it turned into a really nice day. We fired up the grill and got the ladder golf going and I even got to do my first (and probably last) keg stand. We headed inside at about 8:15 and started playing some poker. Admittedly, that's when the evening starts to get a little hazy for me and I started to do some really smart things like forgetting how many cards are on the board in Texas Hold 'Em. I did make it till almost 5:00 A.M. though and I was the last one awake, so that's something of an accomplishment (right?).
Last Wednesday I went to the Cubs/Sox game with some work friends. If you're wondering which game that was, it's the game right before the Cubs decided to have 3 miraculous comeback wins in a row. Other than the outcome of the game, it was a lot of fun. The Cubs had been 4-0 in games I attended this year so my streak finally ended, which was kind of a bummer. As of right now I am only scheduled to go to 1 more game this year. If that holds, it will be the least number of Cubs games I've gone to in probably 9 years. I'm still convinced that the Cubs will make the playoffs and it will be game 5 of the NLDS when Anabelle will decide to make her appearance in the world. Of course, for that to happen the Cubs would have to actually win a playoff game, something they've failed to do in their last 9 attempts.
This past weekend I went down to Houston to visit all my peeps down there. Played golf a few times (terribly of course) and took the nieces and one of my nephews to see Up, which is now probably my favorite Pixar movie after Toy Story. Other than that, just did some relaxing and tried to stay out of the 100-degree/85% humidity heat.
The big mission over the next couple weeks is to finish the conversion of the spare bedroom/my man-cave into Anabelle's room. We're planning on doing all the painting and adding the chair rail (and if you know what that is you're ahead of where I was 10 days ago) over the 4th of July weekend and then I get to build the crib, which came last Wednesday. Hopefully, all my years of IKEA furniture-building have honed my skills. I have yet to have a piece of furniture that I've built collapse on me, but I most definitely have built some contraptions that I wouldn't trust my daughter's life with. Hopefully, it's somewhat idiot-proof.
Finally felt Anabelle kick for the first time last night. My juvenile mind instantly conjured up a scene from Billy Madison ("You feel that kick; he's gonna be a soccer player. Yes he is") and then I started picturing her with a little forehead light, whistling the theme from The Great Escape as she tries to figure out a way out of her temporary home.
Yeah, I'm definitely mature enough for fatherhood . . .
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