tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-20:371502 dr_memory dr_memory 2010-11-30T18:05:31Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-20:371502:2298 2010-11-30T09:23:24Z 2010-11-30T18:05:31Z public 0 <p>Three hundred and sixty five days ago, give or take an hour or two, Miranda and I pulled on our coats, grabbed a carefully pre-packed bag, and started what we thought would be a very short two block walk over to St. Luke&#8217;s hospital.&#160; Forty minutes later, we finally made it to the <span class="caps">ER</span> entrance, having learned the hard way just how long it takes to walk two and a half blocks when one of you is having contractions every two to three&nbsp;minutes.</p><p>A few hours after that, a small human being emerged from my girlfriend.&nbsp; The world has been spinning slightly askew ever since.&nbsp; It&#8217;s been a hell of a year, and it&#8217;s only gonna get weirder from here on&nbsp;in.</p><p>Happy birthday, little&nbsp;girl.</p> <embed src="http://blank.org/memory/movie/mediaplayer/player.swf" width="640" height="480" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="file=theda_year_one.flv" /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=dr_memory&ditemid=2298" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments