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seems i hit the pre xmas, missed posting on the day, and then hit the post. oh well.

so natty and i headed up to the compound for the holiday, we got off to a late start–as we exchanged our gifts before we left. I did pretty damn well, with an mp3 player/flash drive and some other stuff. she seemed to like my gifts to her, though they were almost all technology related. i got her the box set of the extended versions of the LOTR movies, i’m realizing now that was a mistake as i’ll now have to sit through the 23 hrs of films. stupid jefke.

xmas at the compound was good, if not chaotic. my nephews were in full force, one riding his new scooter around the house, the other having a fever and ear infections in both ears. he, ryan, loved henry though and would just follow henry around like a zombie, walking his slow ‘just learned to walk’ toddler/zombie walk, arms stretched out in front…henry would dodge him and move away, but the damn baby kept coming. henry handled it well i think..

ma and pa got me some huge gift certificates to home depot, i’ll have to plan what i want to blow them on…perhaps use them for a leg up on a tankeless hot water heater? or maybe materials to install wanescotting in the office/back room here….hmm so many possibilities.

The drive home yesterday sucked ass. I took all these alternate routes to try and avoid jam ups, but none of it worked. everywhere one lane merged with another, there were backups, big stupid, long 4 mph for 45 mins backups. it took us about 6.25 hrs to drive what should take little over 4. grr.

i have a confession to make: as near as i can tell i have consumed nothing but sugar, fat and booze for about 6 days straight. i feel pretty good considering.

so everyone, i have a little announcement to make. It’s been brewing for a while, and to be honest it’s been hard not to mention it here on the site. you see, we here at jefke.com feel it’s time to introduce another cast member to the site–we’ve been through a lot, looking back–it almost seems like ER or something, well except for the helicopter crashes and plauges and shit. but anyway..

I’ve done the bitter unemployed thing, the bitter employed thing, the bitter apartement dweller, and the bitter new homeowner..but really what’s left after that? oh sure we introduced the dog, and that has yielded several rat related stories, but i think we’ve played that out too…so the producers will follow in the line of all hit shows that have jumped the shark–that’s right, bring on the adorable wise-cracking baby.  yes that’s right, a baby.

ok, remember to breath people, i know it’s shocking.

yes natty is pregnant, has been for almost 3 months now. i know i know, you’re thinking, with all that booze, how could that guy still have ’swimmers’–your guess is as good as mine. apparently i come from hearty stock or something.

so lets take this step by step:

1. yes, i realize that i will be responsible for another human being’s well being and introduction to the world as well as its socialization. it scares me too.
2. yes i will find a way to suck all the joy out of this experience and this little person and infuse them both with nothing but bitterness. i am the medusa of bitterness–do not look directly at me, for i will turn you in to a bitter lump of stone. bitterness issue number one: my plans to finally have my "rock" room, a room where i can set up my amp and guitars and such–dashed, as that will be the nursery.
3. Immediate upside to all of this: i get to buy stuff. all sorts of stuff, electronics, gadgets, books, cd’s, dvd’s, little doc marten’s all sorts of shit.  it’s like  the camping shit, but on a grander scale, everythign we own will have to be repurchased but in bright colors and disposable. that’s good shit.
4. long term upside: maybe i can learn algebra and grammar through the kid or just sit in on his/her classes or something.

i didn’t like not telling all of y’all, really it felt shady, but you know one isn’t suppose to say anything until certain milestones are passed and such. please forgive me, and my unborn spawn.

oh god what have i done?