My water broke in the middle of the night. I dribbled all over the floor, all over everywhere, and then Hec got all flinchy over the prospect of having to go to the hospital at 2 AM and we had a tense discussion over whether or not it was actually pee.

I was denial. I didn't want to lose my last night of sleep for the next four years. Also, since she wasn't in labor I knew we'd just be in for an incredibly long haul at the hospital. Which was true.

Look at this adorable house in Ossining - [link]

And there is one elementary school there. You just walk in and register.

I don't know how to politely explain to someone that he didn't precisely go through pregnancy. If you're a cis-man, it's pretty much on the list of things that didn't happen. Your wife "went through" it. And it's great that you think pregnant women are so beautiful and pregnancy is such a magical thing, but that's something I'm going to leave up to every individual woman faced with it, and I'm going to assume that women that have been pregnant know more about it than either of us.

The snow is just starting here. Panic should follow in the next hour. Yes, even though snow is frequent occurrence here, people freak out every time were get more than a few cms. I blame the media.

once again comforted in my childbirth avoidant lifestyle

huddles in the corner with Connie thinking of kittens

I'm not brave enough to be a mother.

And there is one elementary school there. You just walk in and register.

On the flip side of that, I've heard my mom complaining that the one school in the suburb where we lived wasn't really a good fit for me, but there weren't any other options except for private schools. In the city, there would have been other schools to try.

I'm planning on driving home around Chicago tomorrow. The snow better be out of my way before then.

I'm not discussing extra holes.

On the flip side of that, I've heard my mom complaining that the one school in the suburb where we lived wasn't really a good fit for me, but there weren't any other options except for private schools. In the city, there would have been other schools to try.

This was exactly the difficulty my mom faced with me. She hated the school in our rural county as much as I did, but the only choice was a private military school (okay, not really an option) and a new-startup private school run by the Church of Christ. She picked the latter. It was the best choice available, and although it was still barely adequate, the good part was I wasn't getting beat up every day.

I'm planning on driving home around Chicago tomorrow. The snow better be out of my way before then.

I think it's supposed to stop tomorrow morning.

In the city, there would have been other schools to try.

Except that in NYC all the public schools are so overcrowded that it's next to impossible to change schools after kindergarten unless you move or test into Citywide G&T.