Well, I made it through day 1. *Edit: WE made it through day 1* Random observations:
1. All the annoying things people tell you about parenting are true, but also unique to you. The feeling I had when I held him for the first time after a difficult, if not precarious night of trauma ... that feeling wasn't bliss, but just a peaceful, blank, stunned kind of disbelief. It wasn't a Hallmark moment. I just felt like I couldn't believe this had finally happened after many years of trying. It felt like an ending as much as a beginning. I was relieved more than joyful.
All of that just to get this little peanut head guy out and get him to hopefully enjoy some good music with us soon.
2. I promised not to be like other parents, but have failed and am already trying to start a black market in photos to manipulate my and Joan's family members. I am evil I guess.
3. I don't like much of anything but I really like this boy. Also he is very cute and seems to like soft rock. He's just over a day old, so I'll allow it for now. We'll transition him from James Taylor through Joni Mitchell over to Neil Young, then jump ahead to Kurt Vile and work backward to Meat Puppets, Grateful Dead, The Band and then back to Alan Lomax recordings. That's my plan for now, but I haven't written it down anywayer.
4. This is the least sleep I have had since university exam days and I have no idea what I'm writing.
5. There's no way I will have much forum time, as baby will take a lot of time and Facebook...... so I will probably only post here and not a lot of other places. Eventually I'll get interested in politics again, although when I last looked closely at the news it was as bad as ever, with anti-Semitism now. We're at Mt. Sinai and a large Jewish presence in our lives so this feels dark. We gave Easy a Jewish name too. I hope the world is ok, and if not I hope he can help. Or it gets better and people just talk to each other.
6. The facebook announcements have got hundreds and hundreds of wonderful mentions ... including from old friends who are too old to be on Facebook, who heard from friends that are. Our hearts are floating out of our bodies with the kindness.