I’m having a cup of (decaf) tea after having sent the
(almost) four year old off on a play date for the day. It’s the calm before the
storm. Today, the second part of the academic year 2012-2013 starts at AUB, and
we are faced with a new semester, new schedules and new challenges.
Prof. Husband was planning out his classes yesterday, and I
helped him with scheduling (because I am the only one of us who owns a
calendar). At a certain point he looked at me and asked in earnest, “So… When
is the baby coming again?” and added that he would probably want to take a few
days off for that, maybe a week. I don’t think the university grants any kind
of paternity leave, but he can certainly schedule and reschedule classes to
make room for the birth. Of course, we don’t really know exactly
when the baby will come. If there are no complications, it will be the first
week of April, but at this point, there are so many uncertainties that I’d
rather not speculate.
In the meantime, we’re starting off this first week of the
new semester with a typical Monday morning: the little one is off on a play
date, I’m taking the oldest one to the doctor, our fourth grader is getting
ready to take a science test, and Prof. Husband is teaching a new class this
morning.
In the afternoon we’ll all switch around. Like musical
chairs.
Happy Spring of 2013.
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