Luke vs DOG!

See Luke. See Luke sit. See Luke sit quietly.

See Bailey. See Bailey sniff. See Bailey sniff Luke.

See Luke smile at Bailey. See Bailey lick Luke.

See a dog in Luke's future??

Monday again!

Well, it is Monday again....but it is also a new month! February. I think February gets the shaft....people take it for granted I think because they are still trying to get back into the swing of things from the holidays.

We do have Valentine's Day, but it seems that people increasingly forget about it and just grab some flowers the day before to give to their wives, or drive around for a while trying to find a restaurant that still has seats open and not a 2 hour wait.

Well, this year I want to make February a little more fun. Here's some stuff that I've got planned for you February!

• Taking pictures of my baby boy
• Taking walks in the park with my wife and son
• Working on a summary judgment motion at work and making it so awesome that we win the case!!
• Luke turns 2 months! -- that deserves a night out on the town ;)
• Luke's baby blessing -- which will bring more than 60 family members to our little part of California. (it'll be on Valentine's Day too....how cool is that)
• Disneyland!!
• NO MORE LAW REVIEW!!
• Presidents Day....it'll be filled with goodbyes to the family that comes in town for the blessing, but at least it is a holiday!
• Trips to the beach!
• and a few GAME NIGHTS!

So, I hope it is a fun month, as it looks like from my list! I'll let you know next month how good I did ;)

When it rains....it POURS!

Well, that certainly was the case here in California for the past week. It really poured down rain for a good few days. It was so thick that it was hard to drive or even go outside! Kinda crazy for California.

Well, as my last post detailed, Sarah got the shingles. Well, if that weren't enough to stress about, my laptop hard drive died Sunday night. Just up and stopped. I lost everything that was on it. The last time I had backed up my stuff was in the summer....so needless to say I don't have any documents or anything from last semester, nor did I keep a copy of emails, notes, etc... from the past few weeks of the new semester.

So frustrating that this happened. Luckily, I looked online to see if changing out the hard drive was something I could actually do myself on my MacBook. Luckily, they made it super easy to change out. So, I went to Fry's and bought a 250GB hard drive for $50 (my last drive was only like 60 GB...so that's quite an upgrade!) and I installed it in my MacBook. It took me a bit because I didn't have the right head for my screwdriver (it was the tiniest hexagonal head I had ever seen....annoying....had to use some pliers and just clamp and twist) but I finally got the job done.

It took the rest of the night to install everything and get things back in order.....but here I am. Loaded and Ready to go. Crisis averted -- and I didn't have to go buy a whole new laptop!

P.S. -- I almost justified buying the iPad (which Apple should be announcing tomorrow) but I couldn't justify spending that much just for my last semester of school.

Home Alone......Again

Well, I feel so bad for my poor wife. She just went through the "joys" of child labor and has only been home for 6 weeks, when what should happen? Shingles.....that's right. Shingles. I didn't know this, but the chicken pox virus in some instances can stay alive in your nerves and if your immune system gets low, it can attack in the form of shingles. It is super painful and since it is a virus, there really isn't much you can do except "ride it out" and let it take its course. It is like the flu. Once you get it, you can only mitigate the side effects and wait for it to run its course.

So, needless to say, we needed some help. I took care of Luke all weekend so Sarah could get some rest but once I went back to school / work, she was going to need a hand. So, she decided to go down to her parents' house and one of her sisters went to her aide.

Now, it has been two days since she has been down there, and I am not sure it has been a good idea -- maybe has caused more stress than if she had stayed at home -- but I hope things get better before the end of the week. (the pain of the shingles has escalated alot...i think it is at its peak). I feel helpless now that she is down there and I just wish I could help more.

Well, to add to that, it has been raining like a fool around here. Deluge almost every day. We drove in it one day and it was pretty hairy. We need the rain...just not 2 inches per hour kind of rain!

One of my new favorite shows is The Good Wife. It is a fun lawyer show...not as boring as law and order and not as stupid as Boston Legal. I likey....

I have two classes that are basically the same subject matter this semester....Corporations and Business Planning. I swear we go over the same topics every class period. And to add to it, I took a bunch of business courses in undergrad that took me way beyond what we are studying right now in both classes. (we haven't really gotten into the "LAW" for these subjects....just background info).

Anyways, I am in class and bored and just thought I would chime on the ole' blog. I am home alone till Sarah gets back so I am trying to get a bunch of school work done and house work done so when she gets home, she can just rest. Keep her and Luke in your prayers so that she heals quickly and that Luke doesn't catch the Chicken Pox!!

Back to the Grind...

Well, the holidays surely went by super fast. I think we all feel that way. I know it whirled by for me because half of the month of December was spent in the hospital or some sleep deprived state. However, I feel blessed to have had the experience, because being a father is just incredible!

Now that the holidays are over, it is back to real life for me. I wish it were filled with just days of working and developing my career. But alas, I have one more semester left to tackle before my entry into the attorney world. (oh yeah, and that pesky Bar thing...gotta pass it too).

I just have to state my elation at the fact that I am 5 months away from being done with school. Not that I wasn't a fan of the experience and I totally love this career more than my I.T. one, but enough is enough. There is only so much "starving student" living a man can take. And now that I am almost 30, I just want to be working and developing a good little "nest" for my family!

So, here's to a quick 5 months. May they pass in a flash and may my future never be filled with full-time student living ever again!

Ooooh...Christmas Time!

The many faces of Luke during Christmas ;)

Looky Loo, Looky Too

O.k. Everybody has to do this to settle once and for all who the child looks more like -- Momma or Poppa. So, the first shot is of Pop and his twin brother (don't ask me who is who). The next picture is of Luke. The last picture is of Mom. I think Luke has my nose and mouth and has Mom's eyes, ears, hair, and all that. What do you think?