Lots of changes around here, and I’m not just talking about the new site design for Nerdflood.com. I want to change things up periodically, keep things interesting. The site was getting a bit cluttered, and I wanted to clean it up by going back to the original template I used when I first started the Nerdflood site. Most of the extraneous information I had in the sidebars has been moved to the online profile site I put together. It’s still a work-in-progress, so expect more changes there, even, as I find a way to present all of that miscellaneous content in a manner that is pleasing to the visual palette.

I haven’t been around much this month because, frankly, I’ve been very busy. During the day, working on massive corporate IT projects. And, in the evenings, working around the house, taking care of the kids, cleaning, washing dishes, doing laundry, etcetera. The wife has been bed-ridden of late; of course, I feel the need to point out, not due to laziness. She’s just been tired and queasy recently.

Being pregnant will do that to you.

We’re still early in the whole gestation process, so we know no specifics. The spawn is tentatively scheduled to arrive in or around July of next year. My wife and I are said to be “thrilled, with an odd blank stare that looks out into the vacant, desolate horizon”. Three rugrats will be an undertaking, for sure. However, Caleb is practically on his own these days as it is, the boy is capable of doing so much without any assistance. He also has better behavior than should rightly be expected of any child his age. Alex, being just shy of three years old, is a bit more “time-intensive”, and I mean that to sound every bit as sarcastic as typed text can possibly allow. But, so help us God, we do love the little brat. A third is just asking for trouble. We must just have a penchant for odd numbers.

There are holidays approaching, and a house and family that needs cared for, so expect little of my attention these next few weeks. Although, historically, very time I say I’ll be away for a while, I end up blogging like crazy. Just like every time I say I’m going to blog more often, I end up finding reasons not to. For now, I’ll just say that I’m busy. Busy doing what, I’ll leave up in the air. Maybe I’ll be busy blogging. Maybe I’ll be busy hanging mistletoe and stealing kisses from the wife. Maybe I’ll finally get some more gaming in. Who knows?

All I know is, Christmas is coming, my cherished Celtic Christmas music is droning sweetly in the background, it’s snowing, my family is (relatively) healthy and happy, and our president got a shoe thrown at him. All is, apparently, right with the world.