… so that means: BLOG PARTY!!
Prior to Pru’s being born and our getting married, much of any given day could be spent composing blog posts in my head. I could roll around a phrase until it was polished enough for public consumption. I was able to really work through an assertion and get a final product that I was fairly confident would stand the critical eye of the hoards of people who frequented AGoCh. I could actually sit down and read Latin. It was a beautiful time for prose, really.
After Pru, however, my thoughts have been composed of lists of things I do/don’t want Pru to do. Samples from the last few days:
A List of Professions We Don’t Want Pru to Consider When She Grows Up:
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Thief
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Porn star
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Welfare Queen
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Contract killer
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Lawyer
A List of Things We’d Like Pru to Do Right Now:
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Nap
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Sleep
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Actually Eat and Not Snack
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Doze
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Nap
A List of Things Pru Does:
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Smile
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Be Cute
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Be Super Cute
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Pet Calvin (with help)
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Eat
A List of Things Pru Doesn’t Do:
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Nap
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Nap
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Sit Without Being Held
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Nap
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Nap
A List of Things That Just Don’t Get Done Around the Apartment Anymore:
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Sweeping
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Laundry
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Sleeping
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Kitchen counter cleaning
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Sarah/Pru Getting Dressed (usually one or the other happens but rarely both See: A List of Things Pru Doesn’t Do)
So basically, blogging tends to get lost in the shuffle. Which is not to say there aren’t blog-worthy things happening. We have big plans for our pitch for C-SPAN’s primetime programming. (Teaser: it’s a contest reality show) We definitive critical takes on No Country for Old Men and the ending of There Will Be Blood. We have so much awesomeness to share it’s just insane. But, sadly, the blog comes last on the list of things we can do reliably. We can either feed the baby or we can blog. It is just impossible to do both. And if you think it’s an easy decision between the two, you’re wrong.
Dwyeropolis 
Dude…you totally forgot to add Social Worker to the list of professions for Pru not to pursue!!! Don’t you know that all of us Social Workers are twisted?!?!?!?
Being Jewish I couldn’t agree more. Jews are the root of all evil, eiapcselly me. I am responsible for more famine, wars, earthquakes and green-checkered underwear then anyone else you can possibly imagine. Stuff that my sister caused in Africa…you don’t want to know.We take great pride living in a country which in relative numbers saw the most Jews killed in Western Europe.Luckily, most of the famliy didn’t survive the war and hose few who did always regretted not having been gassed, shot, thrown out of the window or having their brains smashed by bricks. I feel badly about Israel, I think it is a great shame they use violence to defend themselves.Obviously everybody in the world hates them. It would be anti-semitic not to: They break with tradition. And those poor Palestinians! Think about all the wonderful ideas they have to kill Israeli’s, and still the Jews don’t want peace. You really wonder what the heck is wrong with them.We never had suicide bombings, kidnappings, rocket attacks and other such exciting stuff back in the good old days. Wonder what they will come up with next…I heard Iran is working on a atom bomb, that could solve things. We gotta ask Palestinians though to leave Israel first (’cause we don’t wanna hurt no innocient people) and then cheer that Iranian nuke.Damn, it’s really gonna suck if that Iranian missle malfunctions or the Israeli’s shoot it down. Israel could wind up being an Arab free country.Now there’s a thought 😉
Indeed I did forget social worker. Consider that profession moved to the tippy top of that list. Welfare Queen looks pretty fantastic in comparison, honestly.
You might want to add oboe player to the list. Believe me, you don’t want to deal with THOSE kind of people. 😉
Oops … that last comment was mine, Sarah.
I have O(ld)boe Brain and there is no cure.
:*There are certainly a lot of deatlis like that to take into consideration. That is a great point to bring up. I offer the thoughts above as general inspiration but clearly there are questions like the one you bring up where the most important thing will be working in honest good faith. I don?t know if best practices have emerged around things like that, but I am sure that your job is clearly identified as a fair game. Both boys and girls feel the impact of just a moment’s pleasure, for the rest of their lives.