You would not believe how mature and grown up I am now. Seriously.
We’re doing all sorts of grown-up stuff. Last weekend we went to babies-r-us to look at things for our BABY that we will be having soon, and having a child is pretty much the most grown-up thing in the world. We didn’t get anything in particular, but we did take the opportunity to look at all the stuff that it is possible to acquire for a baby and think about which of those things we would buy. We didn’t make any solid decisions, save for one. Jess sat in one of their nursing chairs, one of the gentle sliding ones with the sliding ottoman and pretty much melted on the spot. I decided we needed to get two. One for upstairs and one for down.
We’re also looking into life insurance and refinancing our mortgage. Grown up stuff, with paperwork and everything. Over the life of the loan, we could save enough money to pay for college for the kid. Um...well, maybe just a few years, but it’s something, eh? Life insurance is important too, if I could only decide how much I want to get it for. Lots of numbers to consider.
And the other thing that grown-ups do is travel for work, and next month I ‘get’ to do just that. It’s nothing as glamorous as England, it’s actually out in the desert, and it’s for three weeks straight, no breaks or anything. Rough! The one upside is that we have to fly into Vegas to get there, so I get to go visit the Vegas family, hoorah! I’ll miss Jess, but at least I can use the fact that I did this as an excuse to not go one some ridiculous trip next time the need someone to go (and when I’ll be a dad) and I do have skype with webcams and everything to keep in touch with Jessie.
I did shave my beard back down to the goatee, though. No need to be *too* mature all at once.
-N
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Life insurance- very responsible, and utterly dull. I've verbally bequeathed the cat to a friend, and that takes care of the rest of my mortal obligations should something happen to me. Matt, on the other hand, has a life insurance policy that I look forward to never collecting.
Well, life insurance...We've actually had this discussion and have real opinions we've shared with the new parents-to-be. It really doesn't start to matter until you start getting commitments that will have a life of their own; a child, a mortgage, a frail, dependant parent that needs indulging, student loans that never end... So, yes, insurance is a grown-up business you never want to use but honors promises you make to your loved ones when you can't.
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