Barnabas Monkeypants

(Not yet.) Kristen loves me. At least she says she loves me (and I’m taking her word for it, because without her love, I’m pretty much sunk). But as much as she loves me and trusts me to do the right thing, there are still plenty of times that she has to make sure that [...]

(No baby yet.) Now, with that out of the way, I have a funny story for you. As much of an egomaniac this blog may make me seem, I am pretty humble. Honest. Here’s an example. For the past year, I’ve been taking writing classes at the Second City Training Center, which is the school [...]

Sometimes you wait for something for so long, and when it finally arrives, it’s just not as good as you’d hoped. All that anticipation, all that build up, and then blah. So earlier… wait. Did you think I was talking about Barnabas? You cads! Of course I wasn’t. It’s the ice cream, people! The ice [...]

Kristen is at the point where she’s going to the doctor’s every week so they can check on her progress. Today was this week’s day, and there really isn’t anything new. There may be some dilation, but maybe not. It could be today, or it could stretch all the way out until August 23, when [...]

As far as weather goes, Chicago is a strange city. It’s not that windy (contrary to its nickname), although a good breeze off the lake is common. It’s cold in the winter, but we don’t get much snow (the lake effect usually hits Indiana and Michigan much worse). It’s hot in the summer, however I [...]

Kristen and I bought our condo just over two years ago. For the most part, it was move-in ready, although we did do some painting and wallpapering. For the first 18 months or so, all the work we’d dome was mostly minor — barely cosmetic. However, since things started ramping up for Barnabas, we’ve been [...]