Urban Idealist

It’s been days since I’ve just posted a ‘news’ article. Sometimes I go into a mode when I only want to write about deeper stuff, but I’m over it for the moment. So I’ll just talk about life today.

We live on a boulevard that’s lined with trees. For weeks they have had buds on them, but they are finally blooming and we can see green out of our window. I have another layer of protection between my neighbors seeing me walk around the house in my underwear too…I think that’s good for both them and me.

Today Jen and I went to do errands…they were baby errands. Both of the doctors offices that we had to go to share an address with us on our boulevard so it wasn’t a far walk. The first office was to get some blood work done…and a urine test. Jen did great with the blood…handled it like a champ. But she failed miserably with the other one. She has a disease called ‘peeshyitis’….some people called ‘cantpeeifthereisanotherlivingbeinginafivemileradiusitus’…but peeshyitis is more common for obvious reasons. We ended up just leaving with an empty jar that she is to fill up chez notre.

Then we went to the doctors office where we are going to be having our first ultra-sound. There are moments when the reality of being a dad and having a baby with Jen are more acute than others. This was one of those moments. I stood there realizing that a week from today at 3:30 I am going to be seeing pictures of MY child for the first time! On the inside…I was ecstatic! I am really looking forward to the appointment.

After this we grabbed a bite to eat and went to read in the park. We were sitting by the basketball court and in between games I decided to go shoot around with the guys who were playing. Unbeknownst to me, I was picked to play with one of the teams. Keep in mind two things…First, it was the first kind of hot day we’ve had this spring. Second, I was wearing my thick Levi’s, a polo shirt, and flat bottomed vintage sneakers. After two games my jeans were sticking to my legs like spandex, my feet were upset with me, and my shirt was soaked. The cool thing is that I had fun, played ok, and made some new friends. I’ll be playing again with them tomorrow…sans the jeans, mais plus shorts. I asked Jen if she thought that it would be ok if I played without my shirt on, but being a good friend, she advised against it.

I’ll let you know how the game goes tomorrow. Later