Turning Right on Red: October 2016

It's been a wild ride the last few months, or really continuously since the wedding. I remember getting a frantic skype call from Maya in New Zealand assuming I had done something wrong only to be told the great news: Maya was pregnant!

We are now about four months in and the anticipation is building. I cannot believe I am going to be a father. With Rosh Hashanah happening right now I've had some time to reflect on everything and the past year has been truly monumental. I am a nervous about fatherhood but excited at the same time. It feels so adult and weird. It feels like just yesterday I was finishing high school and embarking on my own journey to manhood and now it's almost time to help another being start on their own journey.

It's been exciting sharing the news with others and most people do not seem all that surprised. I mean, this is what you do I guess at 31 after getting married. We aren't getting any younger and I'd like to be around for more of my child's life.

Besides that big news, I've been traveling a bit lately with a trip to Asheville and camping with teacher friend's for my first ever teacher Fall Break. I also took off for the high holidays and had a 5 day weekend last week where Maya and I traveled to Savannah (see video below of hibachi grilling experience) to meet up with her parents who are considering retiring there. We saw Amos Lee which was fun, met up with some new friends, volunteered with Concrete Jungle, gone up to the North Georgia cabin (again with teacher friends), and met up with Maya's friends in Nashville.

The other big news and change in our lives has been welcoming Haig from Cameroon to our house. Haig is a newly arrived immigrant who is paraplegic and learning English, not an easy recipe for success finding work and moving to a new country. But he's a sweet guy and he seems pretty intelligent. It has been an adjustment though having some one full time in the guest room who needs our help getting around, eating, and surviving here.