Well, due to some poor planning, I have spent the last three nights staying up late in order to start (Sunday) and finish (today) a two-phase commit protocol for my
distributed systems class. I'm not done yet, but the light is at the end of the tunnel.
May 2006 Archives
I really got to enjoy seeing Eriko every day at lunch time. The last few weeks
of her pregnancy, when she was meeting me at my office for lunch, were
especially nice. Now, lunch is a little lonely. Eriko's mom has been packing me
a lunch, so I don't have any reason to go out with my co-workers. Even the two
weeks I was eating out (when grandma was here), it still wasn't the same. If I
extend my lunch hour by 15 minutes, I might be able to casually take the bus
home -- but even then, Eriko probably won't be awake regular hours (until Jerry
is sleeping through the night), so it could be sometime before we have a family
lunch again.
Jerry eats, Jerry sleeps, Jerry poops. Some small but subtle changes -- Jerry isn't falling asleep as rapidly as he did last week. He also appears to have a bit of a rash on his face, which sure makes for a poor sight. Today is his two-week birthday and his mom & dad couldn't be happier.
Jerry is just a wonderful boy. He's sleeping well, he's eating well, and he's very pleasant for mom and dad.
I don't have much choice but to take a break from tracking my sleeping
trends... at least in the computer. Jerry is a good sleeper, but naturally
wakes up at least every couple of hours. =) He's been sleeping for the last
two, which is very impressive.
Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.
It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.
Every morning a lion wakes up.
It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.
It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle.
When the sun comes up, you better start running.
- African Proverb
Eriko called me at 2:30 pm to tell me that the her water had broken and I
was off and running. Zack drove me home, I put all our hospital things into
the car, and off Eriko and I went. Her contractions were still about 20 minutes
apart, so the nurse at the hospital didn't think it was time. After about an
hour of waiting, we were told to go home. We stopped off at the midwife where
she told me that she thinks Eriko's water has sprung a leak and so she wanted
to make sure the baby was OK. She thinks that delivery will occur today.
Right now, Eriko's contractions are about 6 minutes apart, although I don't
know if that is constant or just occassional. She woke up to call the midwife
about 2:30 and I haven't been able to get back to sleep since. Ah, sleepless
in Seattle. ;)