So the last few weeks have been semi-hectic. School going down, big wigs from work coming in for meetings, wife becoming more and more overdue for delivery of child, and then Reddit Secret Santa comes along.

Why is SS hectic? It's not really, but with everything piled on top of each other, the excitement and the wait just added to what was already there (and not in a bad way mind you, it was an enjoyable tensity).

So my SS came through with delivery confirmation, but I don't see anything for a week. Fearing that the package may have been lost, or already delivered and thus stolen, I didn't really know how to proceed.

Then, yesterday (12/13/2010) some of that intensity went full blast... THE WIFE IS FINALLY GOING INTO LABOR! Woohoo!

After a grueling labor, with a 9lb 6oz baby boy, we get home at 5 in the morning the next day and are pooped.

I don't go into work, and we rest.

I get to the mailbox (one of those apartment types where everyone has a little box in a metal grid) and there is a little box taking up the entire cubby whole! YAY! My son and my SS gift come within the same 24 hours!

Have to partially tear open the gift box just to get it out of the mail box. Get home, finish tearing open the box, at this point being happy to be getting anything, and just have to smile at what I find.

A little vial of Conductive Wire Glue, so maybe the next soldering job I have to do won't be so bad, and go a little smoother.

A TV Poltergeist Prank device. Awesome, I have a buddy I'm in a prank war with, and this will really earn me some points.

And a 3pk of Moleskin mini notebooks. Not sure what I'll write in this, but I know I need to get better at taking notes and stuff, so we'll see.

Thanks SS, whoever you are. I have a real name and address on the packing form, but I'll not divulge that info. You are now well seated in my memory for years to come. Awesome twist that your gift came as added bonus to my son arriving.

(Baby is less than 1 day old, so be nice, plus not the nicest picture of him. :P :D )