October 10, 2008: Joe and Nikki’s Wedding

42 Days to Baby Day! (34 Weeks Pregnant) 15 Work Days Left for Dominica; House closing scheduled in 11 days. I was very, very exhausted this morning when the alarm on my BlackBerry went off alerting me that it was time to log into the office and get started on the day.  I am covering …

October 9, 2008: Scheduling Movers and Driving Back Home

43 Days to Baby Day! (33 Weeks and Six Days Pregnant) 15 Work Days Left for Dominica; House closing scheduled in 12 days. Today’s emergency project was to find a moving company to move us from Newark to Peekskill.  We don’t have that much stuff but the effort of packing, the risk, the time and …

October 8, 2008: Reading, Cooking and a Closing Date

44 Days to Baby Day! (33 Weeks and Five Days Pregnant) 16 Work Days Left for Dominica; House closing in no more than 17 days. Found out this morning that the attorney is having a problem getting the certificate of occupancy necessary for the bank to free up the funds for the house and we …

October 7, 2008: Another Rough Wall Street Day

45 Days to Baby Day! (33 Weeks and Four Days Pregnant) 17 Work Days Left for Dominica; House closing in 0 – 18 days. Obviously we are not closing on the new house today, but we are into the “we can close any day now” time frame.  The current scheduling attempt is for October 17th, …

October 6, 2008: A Day with No Title, Oops

46 Days to Baby Day! (33 Weeks and Three Days Pregnant) 18 Work Days Left for Dominica; House closing in 1 – 19 days. I am on the early morning shift today so Dominica got me up when she got up to get ready to go to work.  The office was pretty slow this morning.  …