Second Trimester Report

We finally signed a lease. We are officially moving to Poway. We chose Poway primarily for its glamor and cachet. It is oft referred to as the Monte Carlo of Southern California. I have a lot of other funny things to say about Poway but I'll just leave it at that.

Karin is much more pregnant than she was previously. People in her office are actually noticing. I think Karin is relieved about that. She was quite concerned that she would get to 9 months and no one would mention anything. Of course, it's always a risk for a lay-person to ask a woman if she's pregnant. I'm always very careful about that. Although once I did ask a woman if she was with child... and she was not. That was a real conversation-stopper I'll have you know.

Karin is still experiencing some nausea. I think it has diminished some but she does continue to munch crackers in bed in the middle of the night. I understand now that being pregnant is essentially a license to do anything, anytime. I'm surprised there was never a Seinfeld episode about that.

We are trying to figure out a trip that we can still take, in anticipation of not being able to travel for the next 18 years. We of course would like to go to Asia. However, Karin insists on going somewhere with a decent medical system. That rules out Africa and the USA (jab jab). Japan is a possibility. We also have invitations to Hawaii and Morocco. We really can't do anything too ambitious at this point. The ambitious-travel-window-of-opportunity is closing with astonishing speed.

The good news is that there is often a very small window of opportunity on the other side... as in traveling with an infant can be essentially like carrying a purse (a very large and complex living purse that requires bringing along another large bag of leather-cleaning tools) unless of course we have a purse that cries a lot. Good luck deciphering that sentence construction.