So here’s the deal:

Our daughter, Emma Therese, was born November 5th.

The second week of December, I was given the news that my position would no longer be required at Steck-Vaughn, or Harcourt Supplemental Publishers, or Harcourt Achieve! Whatever they are calling themselves this week.

My wife was on maternity leave until the New Year - when she went back to work at Dell, on second shift. That allowed me to have my days free, if I needed them, and be around in the evenings while she was at work.

So I’ve been doing that since the first week of January, and it’s been great. The last few weeks have been particularly rewarding. More on that…later.