Baby!!

Ok, so I am a day late on posting this, but I have an excuse. I've only slept 2-3 hours in the last 40 hours. Wifey gave birth on 11-7-13, 8:10 pm. 6lbs 12oz. Michael Patrick Lamm III. He is beautiful. And he bonded with me quickly. Whenever I pick him up he calms down. Hope he doesn't get spoiled. But even through all this, I was able to get through my first chapter in my Windows Server class. Talk about a dull dry read. 

Just a quickie post tonite. See ya soon!!

The carpet between my toes feels so good!

I've been living in my house for over 10 years and we finally decided to get carpet. See, when we moved in the carpet was so nasty it wasn't worth saving so we pulled it up and lived with hardwood floors ever since. But now that the baby is almost here I thought it would be a good idea to get some sort of padding. And it feels soooooooooo good. Its been too long since I was able to go barefoot comfortably. Plus I won't freeze my feet off this winter in the morning!! Winning!!!

Speaking of baby, hes almost here. But tomorrow is going to be difficult. Go to school until 2, rush home, get to the doctor by 3, admit wifey by 4, rush home to eat dinner and change, work by 6, then after work shower and finally rush BACK to the hospital to stay the night. And to top it all off, the medication they are going to give her can put her into labor anywhere from 15 minutes to 24 hours. So I may have to drop everything as soon as I get back to town to go right back to the hospital. DAMN!! Pray for my sanity!! But at least she and the baby are all I have to worry about now. I aced my final for Security+. Two classes to go and I graduate!!!! Winning!!!

I'm in a weird mood tonite. Tired, but excited. Overwhelmed, but still hungry. I am mentally and somewhat physically exhausted, but I want and am ready for more. Is this weird? I am excited over the whole having a kid thing, but I just want the build-up to be over with.........  I know, weird.

Damn time change

I hate this time of year, but only for two days. Don't get me wrong, I love the fact that it gets darker earlier, but I feel like I am up an hour later than normal. I'm just not used to going to work when the sun is setting. And speaking of work I've been bad this year. 

I promised myself after taking a part time job at Domino's I wouldn't gorge myself on the pizza. Sadly I failed at that. I'm still at my lard ass weight, but I haven't gained anymore either. I am certainly glad I am a "glass half full" kind of guy or I would just extremely depressed right now. I keep making excuses in my head about it too. "I'm busy, school and work, preggo wife." I really need to stop doing that. I really need a better job. I really need to get away from Domino's. 

Hopefully that'll happen soon. My instructor mentioned he wants to start a work study program at the school. Have the IT students run the IT at the school, under his supervision of course. 20 hours a week at $10 an hour. I'll take it! It'll get me work experience and help me build my confidence. 

As I am writing this, Domino's just called. One of my deliveries handed me a counterfeit $20 bill. Luckily I had very few cash deliveries tonite so I knew exactly who it was. The cops are at the store right now and they needed a description of the people in the home. I hope they get their asses arrested. They had their kid hand me the money. He couldn't have been more than 7 years old. And they're probably gonna say well the kid gave him the money, not our fault, the driver should've known. Scumbags. There is a special place in hell for people who use kids to do illegal things. 

Dude, do you even BLOG?!

Hi all! Its been way too long, but I think I have enough time to come back on a regular basis to keep in contact with all 7 of you. Well, hopefully still 7. I would love to hear how you been doing, but I'll start with me. First, recent news, wifey is about to pop. That's right, four more days until the baby arrives. I am very excited and scared at the same time. I know I'll be fine and I know I shouldn't worry so much, but I can't help it. It also doesn't help when I am not getting much sleep, but that's a different story. See, wifey has been in and out of the hospital for three weeks. Not by her choice either. Let me tell you those fold out beds in L & D aren't very comfortable. But I suppose they make em that way to keep the daddys alert, too. Shes doing fine, so that's good. They were just precautionary stays.

Once the baby is here I will have two more months of school left. I am STOKED!! I have learned so much from that school and my instructors, I am very grateful. I've already gotten one certification under my belt. TestOut PC Pro. It's a new certification, but its more hands on than A+. Next up for me, however, will be A+. I plan and hope to take it before I graduate. Why? I need a job!!!! No one will hire a green IT Professional with no experience. But if I earn my A+ that should get my foot in the door, at least. And speaking of which, I have a final tomorrow. Security+. I feel good about this one.

That's all I can think of right now. I know 5 months of events can't be summed up in two paragraphs, so I'm not going to try. Plus I'm not used to this time change. I'll keep y'all updated!!

00101100

My brain hurts. So many ones and zeros. So many acronyms. TCP/IP, SONET, DSL, subnet masks, and 802.11a/b/g/n, just to name a few. The wonderful big world of NET+. It is difficult, about as hard as I expected, but I know I will succeed. It'll just take time. It took me months to get into the groove of being a warehouse manager, so I suspect the same will be true as an IT professional. I did get some good news from school. I made the deans list last month. Yay me!! Lets see how long I can keep this up. 

Ever since I found out wifey was pregnant I've been bustin my ass getting the house fixed up. We're now at about the half way point. All walls, except for the bedrooms are painted. Kitchen and dining room done, except for the flooring. It's been keeping me busy, but it's all worth it. Wifey keeps joking that she should've gotten pregnant sooner, because all this work would've been done sooner. So I just give her my evil look and she says, "Lovvvvvve youuuuuu!"

Another benefit of her being pregnant is that she has had no choice but to eat healthy, which by default, means I eat healthier. Sorry, but I'm not going to have Ben and Jerry's ice cream when she can't eat it. That's just cruel. So we've been controlling portion size, cutting a lot of carbs, eating mostly proteins. Although I do sneak in the occasional piece of chocolate. And since I've been laid off, I've worked part time at dominos again. I have barely touched the pizza there. MAYBE 2 slices in two months while working. That's an achievement for me. I maxed out this winter at 228. Damn. I'm back down to 221. I need to keep this going. Not for me. Not for wifey. But for the child growing inside her. My dad had his first heart attack at 36. I'm 34. I don't want that life. 

Enjoy your day, 7 peeps!! I may have to work tonite, but no school on Fridays, so Carpe Diem!! And I don't want to lose any readers this weekend either, so have a safe Memorial Day!!

First Final

Today is finals day for my first class. Nervous. Did my traditional study method too. Hope it works!!!


......update.

Aced it!!!

First month

It's been almost a month since I started school, and I am loving it. I have learned so much in such a short period of time it's amazing. Although I really could have used this knowledge of Microsoft Office Suites at my last job, it's better late than never. Some nights my brain does turn to mush, but that's ok. It means I'm learning.

Thank you all for your response. I guess the consensus on raising a kid and knowing what it needs is just to wing it. Go on instinct. My instinct with older kids is pretty solid, but babies..... I guess I'm just afraid I'm gonna break em. Then again, an old friend told me that's tough to do, that they bounce right back. I hope she's right, but I don't think I'll test that theory.

Speaking of old friends, these past few weeks have been an adventure in the past. Three old friends have come out of the woodwork to say hi. It was very exciting to speak with them again. We shared so many great memories, awkward looks, inside jokes, and OMG moments. Just catching up and hearing everything they've done over the last 10+ years is worth the wait. I just don't want to let another ten years go by again without them in my life.

Next, the housing project is going smooth again. Kitchen was torn up on Saturday, and I thought it was going to be a one day job. NOPE!! Didn't get done till Sunday afternoon. But it's done right!! There is a funny story about the cooktop, but I'll get into that later. And another funny story about how I tried to electrocute myself too. I can be dangerous at times. I am tired, but I am not doing all this for me. I am doing it for my child. They deserve a home worthy of living in.

Finally, I teared up yesterday. Wifey went for another sonogram and the office made a DVD of it, since I couldn't be there. Her first trimester is almost over, and some features are becoming visible. But what brought me to my knees was what I saw. I saw the baby move. I almost lost it. There will soon be a little version of me running around the world.


.........my friends should be frightened.