Where the hell have I been?

Well, for starters, Lila Zoe Maller was born March 19 at 3:30am. She and Michelle both doing great. We’re in a new apartment, having moved in one week before Lila was born. My temporary desk is still only partially set up and I still haven’t found all of my reference books. On top of that, my office is under construction. We’ve had a steady stream of guests, which has been wonderful, but I feel like I haven’t gotten any work accomplished in a month.

The trick to getting settled in and back to work after a move has something to do with not having a baby.

I’m also behind on my email, since Lila was born I’ve received over 600 pieces of spam. More and more seems to be evading my spam filters through various misspellings and obnoxious address harvesting letters. I’m doing my best to catch up, if I haven’t replied to your letter, please don’t think I’m ignoring you, there’s a mountain of crap to sort through.

A few observations about baby stuff:

• The diaper Genie is a brilliant hack. I have a pretty clear image in my head of the garage invention that preceded it. My proverbial hat is off to whoever it was who thought this up.
• Baby socks are just insanely cute. Folding them almost makes me giggle. However considering how much laundry we need to do these days, the thrill will likely wear off soon.
• Babies grow fast. It’s only been 2 weeks, but Lila is already substantially larger than when we brought her home.
• Music for Airports is apparently also music for babies.