Making the best of it.....

Spring storms are interesting in Tahoe.  The snow is crap until the temperature drops enough for fluffy flakes to fall.  If you lower your expectations & up the shenanigans the crap can actually be a blast.






I'm just learning how to embed videos.....this is my second attempt, the first was successful but did not include coding that is compatible with Apple devices.  Here I've conformed....BTW Apple, go fuck yourself.

Waiting Game

And now we wait.....another spell of false labor behind us.  Erin is getting impatient and I'm struggling with the concept that I just don't know when the main event will occur.  Will I be at work on Monday or holding our new babe?!  It's mentally worrisome, I'm anxious to have the babe out and Erin to be happy and healthy.  I'm also not used to having my schedule so open, we can't really make any plans.  Something needs to happen or I fear Erin will go stir crazy, she must feel like these walls are closing in on her.  I bet the 'Babe' feels that way too.....

A little while back I turned over my reviewed financial statements to the fella that provided a majority of the financing for my purchase of 25% of my uncle's company.  Being partnered with a former owner of a CPA firm means that I dreaded going over my financials with Randy.  You see when incorporating your company as a type 'S' corporation the companies tax bill essentially gets passed through to the shareholders.  That tax bill can be minimized by managing profits at the end of each year.  Reinvestment of profits into equipment and labor prior to year end reduces net income and thus the tax bill as well.  Bob has a lot of experience with this type of income management and in the last quarter of the year he squares away our situation prior to an outside CPA's review.  The result is a net income that gives me a feeling that I need to swallow my pride when I have my discussion with Randy.  It's frustrating, because the company is doing well, sales are up, morale is up, and outlook is great for this year.  There's a lot more to an 'S' corp than the financials.....

I've been working on a pretty trick job....it's the million dollar gate, not literally, but it seems that way.  I hope to have pictures soon....

Taco Tuesday

6:00 pm tonight....yum.  Time to visit with Sean, Jules and Emma....maybe mexican food will trigger a babe release...

Brown Chicken Brown Cow.....

Fatherhood.  It seems it's moments away.  Everyday that passes I can't fathom Erin's bump growing larger or getting any more uncomfortable.  Yet day after day....it grows.  Anticorrelation now exists  between my level of excitement and Erin's comfort level and grows with each passing day (x = time). Click on the chart below.

Luckily amongst the positivity and excitement my Mother has repeatedley pointed out how hard this task is going to be and how much my life will change, so I feel prepared.  At least somebody is honest about their experience.

"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't....you're right." Henry Ford

Sometimes I think I'm from a family of pessimists, I even catch myself being pessimistic, but truly the glass is half full....always.  I've done my best to be an optimist.  Adopting an optimistic sense of mind   includes the attitude of hope for future conditions unfolding to be optimal as well. The more broad concept of optimism is the understanding that all of nature, past, present and future, operates by laws of optimization along the lines of Hamilton's principle of optimization in the realm of physics.  I studied that in college....not the application of Hamilton's formulas so much, but his concept of optimization as related to problem solving.

What am I saying?  We are going to be fine.  We will loose sleep, the 'babe' might be colicky, it might skin it's knee.  We are two individuals who work 140 hrs p/week combined and deal with assholes and pre-madonnas constantly and while that doesn't soften the task at hand, it proves that we have a strong base because we work together, offer support, are codependent, share values and beliefs.  We are ready for the 'Babe' and will love the challenges brought on by one of our 'own'.

We can't wait to see the 'babe'.