if it was last night, i would have responded with "in a toga, on my way to eat chinese food and watch porn with the rest of my floor."

Around this time of year, every year, my life gets incredibly hectic. I work in sports publishing, and as any sports fan will admit, everything starts rolling in the fall. Football starts, baseball playoffs start, hockey usually starts and all of the prep for basketball begins. Normally, in an average August, I get 4 to 4.5 hours sleep a night. I then work from around 9:00 am until around 11:30 pm. Then I relax, eat and then try to go to sleep. Every day. Including Saturday and Sunday. Well, this year is a bit different. Being a father has made sleep even more of premium, as Calvin must eat EVERY THREE HOURS. His stomach is more accurate than an atomic clock. So regardless of whether it is actullay my turn to feed him, his cry is enough to wake the dead. So now I get, on average, 2 hours of uninterrupted lseep a night. I am physically exhausted, mentally drained, and now, as of last night, even more at a loss. Lisa had an ear infectioon since around the 8th month of pregnancy. Since she was pregnant, she just had to suck it up. Well, after she had to stop breast feeding she took some antibiotics and thought everything was going fine. Nope. In fact her infection just lessened. So yesterday morning, Lisa awoke with severe pain in her ear. This was followed by her ear drum rupturing. So, she is in a ton of pain, and groggy from pain meds. With that inmind, I have now taken an additonal feeding shift in the night. Needless to say I never sleep anymore. But I am not really complaining, just explaining. I am not complaining, because I wouldn't trade any of it. Not a bit. FIrst of all, nothing is as amazing as being a dad. Nothing. Calvin smiles at me now, and he tries to crawl around which is hilarious because he cannot control his arms and legs at the same time so he just pushes his head with his feet, then moves his arms forward and then repeats. It is so great to watch. Plus he mumbles baby talk and looks like he is trying to have a conversation. It is really adorable. And on the Lisa end of things, she is the one that takes care of him the most. She is the one who changes more diapers, washes and sterilizes the bottles, feeds him 5 of his 8 feedings etc. So I really just have to suck it up if she isn't feeling well, and that is what I am doing.

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Originally posted by melissa:
in a toga, on my way to eat chinese food and watch porn with the rest of my floor.

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heh, chinese food, porn... a jedi craves not these things !

Anyways, weird way to mingle ! At least you can get clues about who's a freak and who isn't.

[ September 09, 2004: Message edited by: Colonel Klink ]

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Originally posted by ***norm:
he smiles and pulls hair, he doesn't like to burp, and thinks his farts are funny.

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Hey!!! I COULD be a baby !!

Seriously I dunno how you do, Norm. I used to sleep 4-5 hours a day as well, but with no baby and no ill wife. But it looks like I'm paying back this kinda extreme life I was having. I'll personaly try to sleep more.

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Anyways, weird way to mingle ! At least you can get clues about who's a freak and who isn't.

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Originally posted by Jody:
I am blown away by the fact that Calvin is 12-14 pounds.

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What's even weirder is that i have a cat named Calvin that weighs 12-14 pounds(maybe a little more).

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Originally posted by Daniel:

What's even weirder is that i have a cat named Calvin that weighs 12-14 pounds(maybe a little more).

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