Jefflog

Today, I have been able to visit the doctor for a physical, write several e-mails, and make this update to my weblog, far more than I would normally be able to accomplish while watching the kids. It is all thanks to today being Hong’s first day of maternity leave.

To some of you, this is the first word you’ve heard that we were expecting our third child. We’ve kept it decidedly low key from the get go. Simply put, our newer larger house seemed like it needed another child, and I was looking for a bigger challenge in my job.

We don’t yet know the gender of the baby. We’ve already got both girls and boys clothes in the closet so we’re prepared either way. We haven’t begun picking out names either, although Hong has already shot down all of my suggestions.

The C-section is scheduled for December 21. Hong gets four weeks of paid maternity leave and had a week of vacation remaining for the year, which means we have five weeks before the big day. That gives me five weeks where my job function is reduced, since Hong is around to help out. Five weeks to to get things done that I wouldn’t otherwise be able to do.

I might put some extra love into this website, maybe putting up some new videos, something I’ve neglected to do for over two years now. I’ll also take some time to visit the car dealer to get a new minivan. I’ve tried to see if it was possible to squeeze three car seats in our existing station wagon and its a no-go. It’s time for me to complete the suburban housedad experience and become a minivan driver. The excitement is almost palpable.

With the help of a Wordpress plugin, I’ve been able to make most of Jefflog open to the public again. However, some posts are marked as “friends only”. To view these, you’ll need an account and I’ll have to mark you as a friend in the system. Chances are, if you’ve been able to access Jefflog at all in the last six months, you’re probably already logged in as a friend and you’re already viewing the private posts.

I’ve been hesitant to post lately because of my attempt to learn the Dvorak keyboard layout has made typing a bit painful for me in the short run. But, my typing tests currently peg me at about 30 words per minute, which is not too bad. I’ll keep working at it and hope that I’ll eventually surpass my old typing speed.