The Wrench

A few times a year, public school teachers get an opportunity to say phrases that aren't normally uttered by anyone ever.

Yesterday was one of those days.

I am just about to start my lesson when an usually loud clang gains the attention of the entire class. As I look towards the noise, there is a large 18-inch silver wrench lying on the floor.  As people identity the noise, there's that super quiet moment where no one quite knows what to say or do.  C, a shy student, leans over and picks up the wrench that has fallen three feet onto the floor.  In jest, I finally break the silence with the unnecessary request, "Please try to keep the wrench inside your book bag."  

The class laughs and just before we start the lesson C, informs us, "It's for tech club... after school."

Chronicles of a Father-to-Be: Part IV

One joke I tell someone who is getting married is, "Planning your wedding is the final test of engagement."  If you're able to plan a big event together, there are few things that can stand in your path.  There is so much food to be made (and eaten), entertainment to arrange, a photographer to hire, invitations to write, and a registry to agree on.  But when it comes to building a baby registry for your first child, Andrea and I both agreed that planning our wedding seemed so much easier.

With an overabundance of products - ranging from extremely necessary to ridiculously unnecessary - it doesn't take long to get confused at what exactly and truly needed.  After hours of online research, fact-checking with friends, and a few trips to actual stores, it took Andrea and I about a month to be confident we put together a registry that best suits us.  Feel free to check them both out on Target or Babies-R-Us.

As for a house update, we are pretty much baby ready.  The only thing missing now is everything that's on the registry getting inside our apartment.  I'll take pictures this weekend and give you a tour of our lovely home... right before I put the plastic insulation over the windows.  So be patient with me.

The important thing going on around here was the month long birthing classes.  Along with the hectic that the beginning of a school year brings, the birthing classes did a good job in preventing me from doing as much blogging as I'd like.  We had four sessions at the hospital where we are planning on having Baby.  Although I was very skeptical about the entire experience, enduring the two-and-a-half hour session once-a-week was actually very informative and helpful.  I certainly won't be calling myself an expert, but I know enough to be some-what helpful during the delivery process.  Also, I finally know what entrance of the hospital to drive and bring Andrea into, which is also valuable information.  (Emergency Room, by the way, for those who are curious.)

Every week the inevitable truth becomes harder to avoid - just like Andrea's tummy.  Baby Kovac will be among us in about 10 weeks.