Arrival is Imminent

Just when this blog was on the verge of death and disappearing into the abyss, I have come to snatch it back. To raise it up to the prominence it once enjoyed. In this season, when the world seems like it is headed for breakdown, when blogs are popping up left and right, come to Bloggy and find hope, life, and love.

Lots to catch up on, lots to share, and lots to make fun of. As most readers know Horton v2.0 (bigger, stronger, more Hortony) is expected in the next few weeks. Amie and I are very excited and can’t wait to meet him. Perhaps the worst thing about people knowing you are going to have a child is all the advice/stories you here. For all the stories we have heard about people with “birth plans” and “this is how we had planned it”, it just makes me want to laugh. I think the best advice that I have never received is “Be prepared to not be prepared.” Also, this is a great preparation video too (the end is gross/not funny, but the rest is pretty good)

Amie and I went to a birth class (which was funny in many ways, sad in a few, and gross throughout). Funny in that we seemed to be one of the only couples ok with not “knowing” everything. I swear that you could probably take a class on just about anything and some of these people do. This also qualifies as one of the “sad” things. Other sad things included everyone at the class being quiet/anti-social. It was a room of like 5 couples and it was quiet and awkward most of the time.

As I am writing this right now, my father is dancing around the room while listening to the CD/DVD that Rachel got him for Christmas. I just thought it was worth noting. Thanks Rach!!! I wonder if C.S. Lewis had to deal with this. I doubt it. It isn’t annoying at all. They should make a gameshow called “Who Wants to Be a Writer.” and lock them in a house with Carlos when he doesn’t have to work for 2 weeks and see who still wants to be a writer after that.

So anyway, back to birth class. I am aware that it is a lovely extraordinary event, but it is also gross and I don’t understand why people videotape it. Do they ever pull it out and are like “Hey kids who wants to watch their birth?” I just don’t want to, and I will abide by Amie’s strict no picture in the delivery room policy, but maybe she will be too drugged up to notice if I snap a few post birth pictures.

Other notable events from the past month:

1. My company party. It was awesome. We have yet to feel the “crunch” of the economy although I am sure it will happen sometime. But we had a lovely time at the City Museum with free drinks/food. It was a very enjoyable experience and everyone seemed to have a great time. Too bad Amie couldn’t participate in all the activities, but she enjoyed herself nonetheless. Our first “date” post baby will definitely include a rare steak and a mixed drink for her.

2. Amie’s company/school party: while not nearly being as fun as mine, it was still enjoyable and never fails to provide stories/exchanges/experiences I would never ever have except at a Christian school party. The things are all the more humorous in that my work is pretty much the exact opposite of what I hear from Amie’s school. It is enough to make me hate politics (which I do), both sides Kool-aid taste equally terrible but they don’t get it. Enough about that.

3. Driving to IKEA for the day: I don’t think I can really talk about how awesome Amie has been with RHv2.0. We drove to IKEA for some furniture for our new place. We didn’t want to stay in Chicago so we drove up and back the same day. It was 9 hours in the car (stopping quite a bit) and 3 hours at the store. It was totally worth it, we were able to buy another piece of furniture with the money we saved on shipping. We like the stuff and perhaps I will post pictures if when we get internet at the apartment. Also, I am thinking of starting an IKEA courier service to Saint Louis, I wonder if that could work.

4. Moved to a new place: we left 407 and our now in an apartment which cuts my commute in half (which is awesome) and allows us to save some cash and get back in the swing of paying bills and such again. I don’t recommend moving when your wife is 7-8 months pregnant, just not a good idea, but we made it work and luckily a lot of our furniture can be moved by one person so that is nice. The bad things are that we have signed up for internet service and won’t have it installed for another week. This will mean we have lived there for a month without internet/TV. Welcome to 1995!!!! Really, it sucks. I think Internet is probably the best invention ever; it is so awesome that they didn’t even believe of putting it in Back to the Future.

Speaking of Back to the future check out this Teen Wolf parody (it is funny, but the language is pg13/R rated so keep it away from the kids).

I will be setting up a calendar/pool, not for money as much for the fun of guessing the baby’s birthday, so comment on when you think XM will be born and you may win a prize of my choosing. The due date is January 12th so keep that in mind. Happy Christmas and don’t forget to get your votes in!!!