balance

Work / Life
i'm back in the office. it's a lot like i left it... messy, warm and dark, and nearly silent. it seems the world is still sleeping at nearly 8am. i know, from experience last week, that the homestead is still in silent slumber... for at least another half an hour (the absolute earliest the baby will wake for the day is 8:30, and when she does that she's grumpy by noon).

i learned a lot about my daughter over the last week that i thought i already knew... but weekend days with your kid are a lot different than weekday days. for example, she only really likes breakfast when it's weekend breakfast (bacon or sausage, omlettes and toast or pancakes or french toast, and orange juice). on cereal week days that are punctuated only by the inclusion of a few slices of strawberry, or some fresh blueberries... she mostly just east the fruit, drinks some milk, and declares herself "done."

there are a lot of those little nuances that i never really knew about because the only times i've been home with her through the entire course of the day were when she was a nursing infant, weekends and vacations (which are really just extended weekends, and usually not even at home).

Checkbook
i never make as much money as i could use to pay bills, buy groceries, and occasionally spoil my family with little surprises. this time i actually included a new pair of jeans for myself (as my own are falling off my body and hanging in particularly unseemly sags). i have a whopping $20 left in my account. that should cover fuel costs until i get paid again on the 15th and the second half of the billing cycle happens to me.

Health
i'm feeling better. mom and daughter are feeling better... it only stands to follow that husband and father appear to be suffering the ravages now. i think that were i to work from home until we were all of sound body, i might as well just start taking the income tax deductions for home office.

my co-workers are beginning to drop like flies. fortunately, i can say with relative self assurance that this has nothing to do with me.

Mental
i will never willingly admit to any mental imbalance. i may, from time to time, agree that it is a very serious challenge to maintain it, but that's as much as you'll get from me.

Now that i'm back in the saddle you can anticipate something along the lines of daily updates.