Sumi and I put in an offer on a house in Eugene and didn’t get it. Good thing too, because it was too expensive and I’d like a little more financial flexibility going forward. Things are happening that will stretch us to our fiscal (and physical) limit. I wonder how little we could spend on a house. The problem is that the market is so crazy right now that even a total shitbox is still 300+.
What matters to a baby? To a toddler? And what about young, stressed, and exhausted parents? This is what I want to know and try to plan for.
This post is definitely going to be a random thought-dump, sorry. I was reading (The Pleasure of Finding Things Out) this morning about Richard Feynman and his learning relationship with his dad, and how the emphasis was always on understanding. Why is something the way that it is. Knowing the name of something is the same thing as knowing nothing about it. I know so little, and in a matter of MONTHS I will have a beautiful little being looking up at me and asking me every question they can think of. How much can I learn in a day? I have approximately 236 days until I am a dad. It’s 7:36am and all I’ve learned is that 12 year old Richard had more insight and understanding of the world around him than I do at 35.
Thirty five.
I’m just going to leave it there. We’ll see how much I can wrangle into my brain today.
Fresh Dyl 