The Latest Skinny



I presently sit in the calm between Space Telescope proposal storms, so finally I have some time to catch up on my blog-o-vation. I mean seriously, the last real post was a late posting about Christmas. So sad.

I hereby pledge that to make up for the serious let down I will post to this blog EVERY DAY this week. That is my solemn promise to you. If I fail to meet this goal you may punish me by tossing wet baby seals at my windows. I can not, however, be held responsible for any violations of the Endangered Species Act.

Today's picture theme is sleepy babies, although I throw a curve ball at the end.



So since we last met out here in the internets the girls have turned 3 months, a full financial quarter. You will be happy to know they exceeded expectations and they have been raised from a Hold to a Strong Buy. They are very much aware of their world around them now. They can make eye contact across a room or, more importantly, be entertained by a mobile or blinking lights for a good half an hour allowing us to put them down for a blessed second. They laugh and make noises, as if they were trying to talk back to us. Also very nice, they are getting better and better at going to sleep (12-6am the babies know is sleepy time) and, more importantly, STAYING asleep. We had our first full 6 hours of sleep.

Heaven.



I am back at work for reals this time. The first time (back in early December) was a half-assed affair, tucked as it was between Thanksgiving and Christmas. It really was just to keep me in the loop, rather than a chance to accomplish anything. We are just about fully adjusted to my working regularly, so therefore it is time to knock everything higgly-piggly again and send Candy back to work. She is due to return in early February (just around the corner) so chaos should continue to rule.


We continue to make baby steps (ha ha!) toward starting construction on the house, which I believe may be completed before man walks on Mars. Maybe. The actual "predicted" start date is now April. I will believe it when I see it. In the meantime, though, everybody wants more money. So that's cool.



Freaky-est thing to happen? The ignition in Candy's car jammed... with the car still running. She could take the key out and everything, but we had no way to turn the engine off. Eventually I had to start pulling fuses at random until I got to one that made the engine die. On the plus side, we are now AAA members. You can, in fact, join AAA and then immediately call for a free tow. With tows costing ~$60 (if you find someone not out to screw you), the $70 initial membership fees seem fairly reasonable. Not so helpful, perhaps, if your car stalls on the side of the highway in Death Gulch, New Mexico, but it worked fine with our car dead in our driveway.

Candy is also back performing her improv magic. The girls are very supportive, as you can see by the pictures below. And they haven't even seen a show yet! That is a serious fan base.




OK, there is Monday. I will see you all back here tomorrow...

Or a Baby Harp Seal will die.

S.