That said, apparently a lot of folks are curious about my expanding waistline (thanks Mom). Here I am, on the right, obviously, just last night, 2 days shy of 35 weeks. Kavita (left) is almost 38 weeks. With any luck, Jocelyn, our dear friend and OB/GYN resident, (middle) will deliver us!
1. While he has no money to repay even small debts, he somehow now has an iPhone.
2. He only calls back during the workday when I can’t talk to him.
3. While calling me to brag about his new cell phone, Bob’s service cut out.
I went to the post office yesterday to mail a couple of packages. It was kind of a controlled disaster (albeit a most friendly one) in that the “machines were down”, leaving only the electronic kiosk open. All the same to me, I bypass the line and use the kiosk every time I go anyway.
Not surprisingly there was a longer than usual line at the kiosk and there were a bunch of post office employees around to help, including a really cute old Filipino lady who kept telling everyone waiting in line, “debit or credit only!” (She seemed perplexed that no one left the line based on this revelation.)
When the gentleman in front of me finished, there were no staff to direct him where to leave his package (the envelope slots being too small). And then, without missing a beat, he says “I didn’t bring lubrication.”
I nearly died.
So within the last month, our close friends and family have welcomed four new babies. The next “round” includes our little bundle and three others (end of August). But thats not the biggest news. Since June, we’ve learned of 9 10 MORE babies en route. Plus we have fingers crossed for plenty of other couples we know to be trying.
Needless to say, we find ourselves talking about pregnancy and parenthood quite a bit. Its especially nice to think about second generation friendships between families, but on a more practical note, I’m thinking this news of a boomlet is completely legit. Have you heard this? More babies born in 2007 than at the height of the post WWII baby boom (4.32 million vs. 4.30 million in 1957)? Only a boomlet because the trend is only growing by single-digits every year.
Just to be clear. This means that aside from the normal economic challenges we will all face in our own family units (paying the bills, college, etc), we as a generation will need to take responsibility for our parents generation (social security, medical care, etc), AND set into motion a set of policies that will leave our children better off than we find ourselves now (totally indebted, major environmental/energy issues, etc).
The upside? LOADS of leadership potential…
Our minimal obligation? VOTE!
