Hawaii

Back in the day, when Sandy hit, we had a choice of being stuck on the 33rd flour with our newborn or leave. We decided to leave, far, far away. 11 hours later we found ourselves in the paradise.

11 weeks have passed...

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Today, I just realized that Jascha is already 11 weeks old and I haven't been able to enjoy my leave, yet. First, it was all those papers one needs to file to get maternity leave, to get a birth certificate, to get a passport, what have you. Then with Jaschas colic it has been 11 weeks of crying all day long and all night long. It is almost impossible to go with him anywhere as he is crying constantly and nothing I can do to stop it. Miraculously, we get 4 hours of sleep once in a while but that is obviously not enough. So, I believe Mortens idea of me being at home for at least 4 months is not going to happen. One thing to hear Jascha crying all the time, the other thing is not being able to do anything to make him comfortable and to stop crying. A part of colic and crying, Jaschkin is doing fine, getting weigh but mostly height, that I wonder why.

However, I shouldn't complain. For the past few weeks, David has been an awesome help. It all started one Friday, when Masha, all dressed, came into our bedroom and said that she was on her way to school. I seriously thought that it was a dream. But no, David got up, woke her up, helped her to dress, made both lunch boxes, and they both went to school. David, my David, did all that. And since that day, he continued doing that. So we made a deal. He wants an IPhone, and no way I will buy it to him, but... with the way he helps me, he get a sort of pocket money for that, so, according to his calculations in 750 days from now he will be able to get one. This might happen earlier, but poor kids shouldn't have too many expectation, he is my kid after all.

On a work side, Morten has been asked to renew his contract, and that is where, me and Morten have differences of opinions. It is not that I don't like living in North America, it is not that I desperately want to go back to Denmark, but it is the fact that Morten works for such a Sh... hole, yes, you read me correctly, makes me think twice. It breaks my heart to see Mortens client bitching about the reporting hours, and we are talking about 3 minutes! (just because of the reporting system not supporting quarter.) 3 minutes! It make me sad seeing that most of Mortens colleagues think that the project is super easy, but no one sees that it is a political mine field and what ever you do or say will be for sure used against you. It makes me sad to see that Morten loves what he is doing but at the end of the day, someone else getting the honers for that. And it makes me sad that at the end of the day, he is all by himself in there, just because he doesn't want to use a beer facade to get friends.
Oh well, it looks like we will be continuing in August but in what quantity that remains to be seen.