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Posts Tagged With ‘Christmas’
Our Christmas Baby Surprise!
By Greg | December 27, 2006
When she was 10 years old, my wife told her aunt that she thought parents who had babies so their birthdays coincided with Christmas were just inconsiderate; she would certainly never do any such thing. But with an official due date of 28 December, we always knew that our first baby might wind up violating my wife’s Prime Directive about when to give birth. So the fact that Kathryn brought our new daughter into the world at 6:32 on Christmas morning was ironic but not surprising. No, what was surprising was that she accomplished this feat in less than 4 hours, with no drugs, and was back at home less than 12 hours after leaving for the hospital.
Poorly Pets and the Christmas Baby Countdown
By Greg | December 23, 2006
With 2 days til Christmas and 5 days til the official due date of our first child, my wife and I have been trying to achieve a gradual winding down in our to-ing and fro-ing, fetching and organising. Each day, we’ve been looking forward to having a real break, some rest and relaxation — and each day, something has come up to make it a bit less than straightforward. Today, it was our cat, some quick veterinary treatment for our cat…and the clean-up afterwards.
Five Tips for Stemming the Flow of Emails During Holidays and Vacations
By Greg | December 21, 2006
How much of your holiday or vacation time do you spend tending to work-related emails? If you’re like me, you know the balancing act all too well: ignore emails completely, and every day your awareness grows of just how large the mountain may have grown when you return to work, but spend time dealing with them during your time off, and find yourself resenting the lost time as your holiday draws to a close. Yesterday, in my first week of 3 months of paternity leave, I decided on a radical shake-up of the ground rules for that balancing act.