§ I’m risking hubris here but I have to say, when you average it out, the first nearly two weeks of parenthood have gone more smoothly than I feared. The highs are higher than I would have guessed and the lows are just about as expected.
Each day alternates between utter exhaustion and a kind of half sleep-deprived new-parent euphoria. I can understand why, years later, parents looking back at this time remember the euphoria and not the exhaustion.
I’ve taken off work for the next few weeks. It is quite nice to have my days dedicated to a single focus. I imagine juggling everything after I go back to work will be a significant challenge.
§ With 2500+ unread items in my feed reader, I’m officially declaring RSS bankruptcy. Having a newborn was also the thing that finally broke my ~900 day streak of completing the daily Puzzmo crossword. It was Inevitable and very much worth it, obviously.
§ On Saturday Caroline, Kieran, and I stopped by our local ramp festival. Encouraged by the ramps I planted last year coming back this spring I bought another pound at the festival, ate half and planted the other half.
§ In other news, the alliums and strawberries are blooming and I’ve started thinking through the vegetable garden for this season. We won’t be starting anything from seed this year but will take the trek over to a nearby nursery for seedlings once the weather warms a bit more.
I’m excited to grow tomatoes and peppers again after taking a break from them last year in an attempt to ward off pests and give the soil a chance to recuperate. It will be interesting to see if the break helped at all.
Last year we grew a variety of beans for the first time and it was a big hit. I’m hoping we can recreate that again this year too.
