I
knew heading into the month that this was going to be a bit of a challenge both
at work and at home. The shortened calendar provides a bit of a crunch with
regard to billing and just making sure everything is accomplished within the
confines of the calendar. Two days may not seem like a lot but that is about 2
hours of billable time per person that are lost. Thankfully, that all seemed to
work out and I was still able to put in my usual 200 hours. Of course this also
shortened my lodge timeline a bit and I am still trying to make up for time
lost.
However,
work and lodge are far down the list of things that colored the calendar. My
wife and I began the month as a family of two and now we find ourselves
bringing the last day to a close with a son nearly two weeks old. It was a
month that also saw a tremendous loss to our family… thankfully it is a short month and the page on the calendar can be quickly turned. Two days makes a hug
difference in this regard.
The month
began interestingly enough with all the football fanatics going into warm
weather hibernation, Phil declaring that we were screwed for at least six more weeks, and Brian Williams announcing that he was not a highlander and has not
shaped the course of history since the big bang. That same week I witnessed
quite the interesting lodge meeting followed by the raising of another brother
the following week. It was a unique experience going from seeing boys
transformed into men through scouting and a man transformed into a mason a few
days after.
Things
were also busy at the office as we waited for Rip Torn to tell us what was going
to happen next. This compounded the whole billing situation mentioned above.
Things were just beginning to calm a little when my wife and I reached the
fateful weekend that brought us to Bryn Mawr Hospital two days in a row. Of
course, since the arrival of our son my perspective has changed just a wee bit.
All the chaos from the first half of February just seemed to go away, the subsequent
scramble to catch up doesn’t seem to bother me like it used to, and the rest of
the days in the month just evaporated leaving only the memories behind. I know
it happened but at this point I really don’t know what happened to February.
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