Update
Things are good. The baby is almost here!
Joel is ridiculously cute. He is crazy about the baby. He talks to Anne's belly button with sentences like: "Hello baby, come out and play with me." We love it.
I think we are almost ready for this kid too. There is a lot of work to do, but it is not emergency stuff (like it was last time).
Dissertation work is great. I got a huge draft rewrite/revision to my adviser a little while ago and got back all the comments. It looks like my reinterpretation (which was a heck of a lot of work) went over well. On a personal level, I like it quite a bit and believe in it to be really true. Previous versions left my mind a bit unsettled--that has been filled in with a sense of experience and positivity.
Work is great. I actually kind of like what I am doing now. The old project that I driving to Detroit for is almost completely done (one project keeps rearing its head, but it will be done very soon). The work I have moved onto is a lot more fun. I wish I had some time to work on it though.
Random stuff:
-Anne got Weird Al tickets (at the Toledo Zoo) for my birthday. This is taken as further evidence that I married well.
-Joel learned about accordions today (related to the point above).
-I had a great time seeing Casey and the gang from down south. You guys are a lot of fun and really wonderful to share ideas with. You have a great groove going down there.
-We are up to about 4 dozen eggs a week from a local agriculture instructor who keeps about 60 hens. I love these eggs.
-I have been hunting for a newer car on craigslist. I keep going back and forth about it because my car is stinky, bad with oil, and makes me wonder how long it could sustain this sort of life....but on the other hand, it is absolutely reliable and I understand it well. I am waiting for something really great to pop up on there (and I will get that low-mileage 1991 4WD Civic Station wagon as soon as it does!).
Here are some pictures:
Joel, tired after a big robot-building session.
He is still drumming a lot. This is his "Swiss Top Secret Drum Corp" hat.
Joel looks like he is ready for spring (he is ready for it, by the way).
Joel took these pictures when he unsupervised-ly got his hands on the camera (he took 27 pictures of randomness/himself being curious as well as 18 interesting short videos). He looks so darn curious. I love it.
Joel is ridiculously cute. He is crazy about the baby. He talks to Anne's belly button with sentences like: "Hello baby, come out and play with me." We love it.
I think we are almost ready for this kid too. There is a lot of work to do, but it is not emergency stuff (like it was last time).
Dissertation work is great. I got a huge draft rewrite/revision to my adviser a little while ago and got back all the comments. It looks like my reinterpretation (which was a heck of a lot of work) went over well. On a personal level, I like it quite a bit and believe in it to be really true. Previous versions left my mind a bit unsettled--that has been filled in with a sense of experience and positivity.
Work is great. I actually kind of like what I am doing now. The old project that I driving to Detroit for is almost completely done (one project keeps rearing its head, but it will be done very soon). The work I have moved onto is a lot more fun. I wish I had some time to work on it though.
Random stuff:
-Anne got Weird Al tickets (at the Toledo Zoo) for my birthday. This is taken as further evidence that I married well.
-Joel learned about accordions today (related to the point above).
-I had a great time seeing Casey and the gang from down south. You guys are a lot of fun and really wonderful to share ideas with. You have a great groove going down there.
-We are up to about 4 dozen eggs a week from a local agriculture instructor who keeps about 60 hens. I love these eggs.
-I have been hunting for a newer car on craigslist. I keep going back and forth about it because my car is stinky, bad with oil, and makes me wonder how long it could sustain this sort of life....but on the other hand, it is absolutely reliable and I understand it well. I am waiting for something really great to pop up on there (and I will get that low-mileage 1991 4WD Civic Station wagon as soon as it does!).
Here are some pictures:
Joel, tired after a big robot-building session.
He is still drumming a lot. This is his "Swiss Top Secret Drum Corp" hat.
Joel looks like he is ready for spring (he is ready for it, by the way).
Joel took these pictures when he unsupervised-ly got his hands on the camera (he took 27 pictures of randomness/himself being curious as well as 18 interesting short videos). He looks so darn curious. I love it.
posted by Neil at
5/07/2008 09:53:00 PM
2 Comments:
So cute!!! I was just thinking about publishing some of our kiddo's first photos, too, LOL - it's so fun to see what they think will make an interesting photo! Fingers crossed & prayers your way for Baby's safe arrival! :-)
You'll have to post your dissertation or something, too - sounds highly intriguing by now! ;-)
By
Unknown, at 5/08/2008 3:03 PM
Hi Neil,
Those self-pictures are great! They look like they came from a big game camera.
How's life?
By
Jeffrey of the Jungle, at 5/16/2008 12:38 PM
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