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Wednesday, 04 August 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wanna know what I don\u2019t like? That my kid was born in the middle of the summer.<\/p>\n

I know, I know. It\u2019s not her fault. We certainly could\u2019ve had a baby born in May again, or even this coming September, but instead, we chose the hottest month of the year. Yech! Never again.<\/p>\n

Let me whine about some of the problems inherent in having a newborn in July:<\/p>\n

Do I want this tiny little body up against mine? No, not really. It just makes me hotter.<\/p>\n

Should I turn the air conditioning on so we\u2019re all comfortable, but so that she\u2019s freezing? Or should I leave it off, so she overheats? Hmm. Decisions; decisions.<\/p>\n

And did I just say turning on the air conditioning makes me comfortable? Sorry, I lied. I hate air conditioning. It\u2019s such phony air. It dries me out, the noise is irritating, and I can\u2019t sleep with it on. Of course, when dealing with (first) and pregnant wife and (then) a newborn baby, my preference doesn\u2019t account for much. Central air, incidentally, is fine, if it\u2019s regulating such a big building that it, somehow, becomes natural. I\u2019m not sure what the difference is, but I hate air conditioning in my own and other people\u2019s homes, yet I\u2019m fine with it at work and at really big places like malls. Most small stores and restaurants are also annoying, as they keep the place too cold.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the bottom line is: future babies (if any) will not be arriving in June, July or August.<\/p>\n

Thursday, 05 August 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

Isla received her first non-family visitors today. Our friends Ryan and Esther came over, with gift and dessert in tow. They stayed longer than our last bout of company, which was fine because A) they\u2019re calm people, and B) we were getting bored with no external interaction.<\/p>\n

On another note, I still don\u2019t have any regular internet here at home. It\u2019s frustrating, because I definitely have some time to do some things online, but I just can\u2019t seem to get online. When I first start\/open up my computer, then I have a connection for about five minutes. This is just about long enough for my emails to come in. In the meantime, I\u2019ve taken to responding to emails and just letting them sit in the outbox until the next time I open my computer. I\u2019ve also been updating this blog in Word, which works decently enough, but doesn\u2019t allow me to make sure I got everything right or to insert links, videos, or images.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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