So I get a call from Big Dan tonight. Dan is one of my best friends from back in college; he is also a jerk. Why you ask? Because he spends his summer as a fishing guide up in Colorado, then comes back to Texas for the winter for various local guide services. So instead of spending most of his time in an office staring at a computer, and toiling around in 100 degree Texas summer, this is his “office”:
See what I mean? Total jerk. Anyways, he calls to check in, say congrats on the new baby, and all of that good stuff. We had already exchanged a few emails after Susannah was born, but he said he felt the need to call me after reading an New York Times article about a family in Austin getting rid of all of their possessions and moving to a cabin in Vermont. He said it made him think of us, given our recent “hippie” birth at a birthing center as opposed to the traditional hospital. I told him the idea of “voluntary simplicity” sounded nice, except no way I am taking a 1 week old to live in a cabin in Vermont. (Ed. Note: yeah right, that’s the ONLY reason I won’t go. Sure. Still a nice and noble thought though).
Funniest part of the conversation though had to be when he asked what I had been reading lately. I gave him the honest answer, Secrets of the Baby Whisperer. Quite the fun-filled page turner. Its great being a parent. All joking aside, that book helped us the most when we were having sleep issues with Layne. I am just re-reading so we can start from the get-go with Susie. I sure hope it works as well.
Have fun in Colorado Dan, enjoy what’s left of the snow. We will be enjoying temperatures in the 90s here! Yippee.
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