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 Apr 27 2006, 04:59 PM
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 Administrator  Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454  |
Well, I don't want to make a fuss, but if I were interacting with a community in any public forum other than on the Internet it would be blatantly obvious to everyone by now that I'm expecting a baby (I'm due August 10, so I'm just a little past five months). I'm determined not to be boring and talk about this (much) in my blog or elsewhere but every once in a while I'm finding that not mentioning it is like not mentioning the thousand-pound gorilla in the room! So I thought I'd get the announcement out there. I'm feeling great, having no complications other than being generally scatterbrained and distracted and mood-swingy and finding myself literally staring at my belly button (watching for those kicks and punches to poke out of my abdomen like the Alien) instead of working. Which is not meant to excuse my occasionally not being in top form, but which hopefully might explain it...
--Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Apr 27 2006, 05:34 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14457 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Panic not people, I've already advised against a Planetary Society naming competition
 I think I speak for everyone here in wishing you and D all the very best - you'll be missed, but I don't think anyone can feel anything but happy for you - we'll survive! Now - does Cafe Press do baby wear  Doug |
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Apr 27 2006, 05:39 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
Congratulations! I hope it's just a baby, not a thousand-pound gorilla
Seriously, we wish you all the best.Are you going to keep working then, or take an extended time off? Doug's message kind of suggests the latter. Or do they just drum you out of the Planetary Society service if you have a baby? Mike |
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Apr 27 2006, 05:52 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Thanks guys! I will be taking a 12-week leave, though I will probably be unable to keep away from this board from time to time. We've been talking about what to do with the blog. We've decided that just stopping it for 12 weeks is bad, but also that picking one substitute would be risky. So instead we're looking at a string of guest bloggers for one-week stints. I'll post more about that on the blog when we get it more organized.
And here's a bit of trivia for you, in the last several years The Planetary Society has many times been awarded "most family friendly office" by the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce. There's always kids underfoot and I've gotten quite an education from the babies I've watched growing up here! So as soon as I feel like I can get my train of thought back on track I'll be back to work with the baby on my lap. Should be interesting --Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Apr 27 2006, 06:10 PM
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I wish you much happiness, you and the baby, elakdawalla. Having babies and little children is a great thing.
Hope he will see a better world, and especially many discoveries in astronomy and space exploration. |
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Apr 27 2006, 06:11 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
As the old US Army ads used to say, having a raising a child will be
"The toughest job you'll ever love." Congratulations and good luck, Emily. Don't think about this too much, but do you realize by the time New Horizons reaches Pluto he or she will be in the fourth grade! Yes, it goes faster than it will seem especially at first. So make the most of every moment. -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Apr 27 2006, 08:00 PM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 510 Joined: 17-March 05 From: Southeast Michigan Member No.: 209 |
Fantastic news, Emily! Best wishes for the rest of your ATLO, a smooth launch, and a healthy little package ready for exploration
-------------------- --O'Dave
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Apr 27 2006, 08:17 PM
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 Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
Let me add my own congratulations. As has been said it's lots of work but time flies and its all very much worth it. I've just come back from a week in Paris with my two teenage girls which was loadsa fun that on it's own very much made up for the intermindable sleepless nights of their youth.
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Apr 27 2006, 08:18 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Congrats Emily. I remember the arrival of my first like it was yesterday. It was the highlight of my life. (In fact we delivered her just over the hill from you at Glendale-Verdugo). Take your time, take care of yourself and enjoy every minute. Write everything down, how you feel, what you think, the kid will love it when he/she is older. We've now been through it five times and each time it was amazing as the first.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Apr 27 2006, 08:20 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14457 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Well while we're comparing notes, Helen and I had our first last summer - a bit nervous at first but you get used to things very quickly, gives you a new perspective on things and we've even thought about having another at some point.
We're talking about cat's right? |
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Apr 27 2006, 08:21 PM
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Emily,
Congratulations! You'll have to post some imaging products for us Chris |
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Apr 27 2006, 08:30 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
We have five ourselves, seperated by about a year each except for the twins. One day I came home and there were two more that I didn't even know about. It's a nightmare, especially doing the vacuuming and cleaning the litter boxes... Oh wait, I guess I thought we were talking about cats too.
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Apr 27 2006, 08:35 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239 |
Emily:
You're having a sub-satellite! No, you're not, it's *you* that'll be in orbit around the new arrival, I think... (end of astronomical jokes, none of which are *that* funny) Remember to put all your best toys up high now, not later! Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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Apr 27 2006, 08:38 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
QUOTE (chris @ Apr 27 2006, 01:21 PM)  Congratulations! You'll have to post some imaging products for us You joke but it's amazing what those ultrasound machines can do these days. I'd have a 3D picture to post already except at the first opportunity she was determinedly facing backwards with her hands in front of her face -- hopefully next time! I'll bet that not many expectant moms compare their ultrasound experiences to SAR imaging --Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Apr 27 2006, 09:53 PM
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 Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: 28-March 06 Member No.: 728 |
QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Apr 27 2006, 04:59 PM) Well, I don't want to make a fuss, but if I were interacting with a community in any public forum other than on the Internet it would be blatantly obvious to everyone by now that I'm expecting a baby (I'm due August 10, so I'm just a little past five months). I'm determined not to be boring and talk about this (much) in my blog or elsewhere but every once in a while I'm finding that not mentioning it is like not mentioning the thousand-pound gorilla in the room! So I thought I'd get the announcement out there. I'm feeling great, having no complications other than being generally scatterbrained and distracted and mood-swingy and finding myself literally staring at my belly button (watching for those kicks and punches to poke out of my abdomen like the Alien) instead of working. Which is not meant to excuse my occasionally not being in top form, but which hopefully might explain it... --Emily Congrats!! See my son at www.gelsana.com He is photographed and quoted here as well: http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2006/0219sciencefun.shtml |
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