Polska traci. Jaka szkoda!

Translation: Poland loses. What a pity!

Man! I can't believe how Poland got whooped by Ecuador. I haven't seen any match footage yet, but the Yahoo online match tracker paints a pretty ugly picture. I guess this was Ecuadorian revenge, since Poland smeared them 3-nil back in November. Still, the boys in red and white need to kick it into gear!

Anyway, World Cup madness is now upon me, so watch out world! My three teams to watch this year are USA, Poland, and Netherlands. I think my Bronco heritage leads me to my appreciation of the Dutch jersey color, which is probably one of the reasons I like them so much. I am hoping they get some good action since they failed to qualify for the last World Cup.

Still no little baby. So much going on in my life right now with a baby on the way AND the World Cup. This has got to be the best ever timed paternity leave in the history of mankind. I get to sit at home playing with a newborn and watch world class futbol matches! What a great life! Until my next rant...

Sick and still waiting...

Well as if things weren't stressed enough getting ready for little Ava to be born, I have to go and get some strange throat virus that normally only kids get. Yes folks, I have Herpangina. Have fun Googling that one. Basically I have a stupid viral infection in my throat that causes lovely little lesions and ulcers in your mouth. So I have an ulceration on my uvula. Try saying that ten times fast. It is getting much better though. It started out as a sore throat on Friday, then I set up a doctors appointment for Tuesday just to check it out as Monday night I stuck a flashlight in my mouth and noticed that my uvula(a.k.a. throat dangly thingy) looked a little red and engorged. Needless to say on Tuesday the doctor told me "Congratulations, you have an ulceration on your uvula! This is due to the fact that you have somehow contracted Herpangina caused by the Coxsackie A virus. And by the way, you're highly contagious, so you should not hold your darling newborn daughter if it's not gone or go anywhere near your 9 month pregnant wife." Homey don't play that. I was definitely not thrilled about that one.

Needless to say I have been holed up in the studio room for the last couple days, just taking it easy and not doing a whole lot of talking, and definitely no singing so as not to aggravate my throat any further, because since it's a virus, there is nothing they can prescribe to treat it. It just has to go away on it's own. The only thing I can really do is enjoy lots of cold dairy items to keep it soothed. Yeah, milkshakes! :) I think it is about gone though. It really isn't as noticeable today. Monday was definitely the worst. I'm just praying that Lori doesn't catch it somehow. So thankfully I am just about back to perfect health so I can help my wife through labor without being in a vinyl nuclear holocaust suit. Thank you God!

Anyway, still waiting on Ava. It seems weird to be so antsy about her coming. Especially since her due date is still not until the 13th. I guess I am still shaken up from our first dilation and effacement prognosis from last week. Before that, I was pretty confident about getting plenty of things done before the due date. There goes my perfect husbandly support award. I guess it would be funny if she came exactly on the due date. I would be able to joke forever about how much Lori plans things...uh, I mean I love you honey! :)

Ready to pop! OR, A working lunch...

Well, today I needed to get some time away from the real world so I hopped on over the bridge to the fantasy life that is Destin. Needless to say, tourism is in full swing and places are packed. So I lugged my techno ruck sack into Panera in the hopes of enjoying a nice caramel latte and a little bit of distraction from impending babyhood. If you havn't heard the news allready, then it is very likely that our little Ava will be coming much sooner rather than later. At the doc's office on Tuesday, Lori was 3cm and 80% thinned out, so for all you nurses and mothers out there, you know what that means. Of course, it could also mean nothing as she could walk around for two weeks like that without ever feeling a contraction. Oy ve!

I think the anticipation is starting to get to me. I don't think I am mentally ready for the possibility of the baby being more than a week early. I've kind of been coasting along with happy baby thoughts and not thinking about the events surrounding little Ava's journey into this world. The doctor's visit shook up my buffer zone a little. Don't get me wrong, I am totally excited to have this baby and am ready to do whatever I have to to ensure the safety and well being of my wife and child, I just don't think I'm ready to kick it into super dad gear yet. We're definitely trying to hold out until after next Tuesday to have her. That would not be the best birth day in the world to have. :) Of course, it's just a day, and we'll deal with it if it is, but come on, give me a break. And as long as we're waiting, after wednesday would be nice also. I have a children's choir pool party scheduled for that day, and I would hate to have to cancel on the kids. Needless to say, I am waiting until the LAST minute to go out and buy all the food and supplies for it.

Anyway, I suppose I should get back to doing some "work" on my working lunch. Planning liturgy can be so tedious when your mind is not in it. :) Oh well, Ava needs a new pair of shoes. (Enter the breadwinner metaphor)

Hope all are happy and healthy on this first glorious day of June.
Sunshine