Two Weeks

Sorry for the lack of blogging. I have been crazy busy in baby land. Jenny is working more and more which gives me less and less time to do things like blog. Drai seems to constantly love to be the center of attention and screams if he isn't. Must get that from his mother...

Baz has joined me in Daddyhood. Congrats Bazzins. For those of you that don't know or forgot, Baz is the Kiwi we adopted about 7 years ago. Baz is built like a hobbit and his girl is Asian, so their baby boy is SUPER little. But damn cute. He hasn't named him yet though. I keep pushing for Windthrup because that is what my father would like. He has such a knack for naming that father of mine.

Chances are, I am the only Danny you know.
Growing up everyone would always get confused when I would tell them my name.
"Derny?"
"No...Danny...with an 'A'"
"Oh, Darny. Darny?"
"No...Danny. With two n's and an a."
"Dannay?"
"Danny. One 'A'. No 'R,' No 'E.'
"Oh! Danny...such an interesting name? Where does it come from? Japanese?"
I would then always have to explain that it was my hippy father that had come up with it and as best we could tell, its origins were steeped in Hindu/Goa mythology. Yes... Danny such a strange, yet wonderful sounding moniker. Could you expect anything less from a man named Norm though?

Don't even get me started on my middle name. That combined with my avant garde first name would totally throw people for a loop. For those of you that don't know, my middle name is James.


So anyways. Baz has a baby and he hasn't named him. What's up with that? You got nine months to name a baby and you can't come up with one in time? Oh come on!

I just hope he doesn't name him Danny or I will be robbed of my originality. Speaking of which, if any of you bite my style and name your baby Draidan- I will loathe you. Moreover, I will have a Taiwanese fortune teller put a curse on your baby. I am not above cursing your babies.

In other news, our bathroom sink was leaking so Jenny called in a repair guy. He showed up with his a sidekick. How many guys does it take to fix a leaking sink? Apparently, more than two. I came home tonight and they had managed to tear the handle off the sink, cause the water pressure to run at a trickle and we now can't control the temperature of the water anywhere in the condo. It just goes from ice cold to scolding hot over and over again. Which will probably destroy our hot water heater.

I am going to get in trouble from the Taiwanese friends reading this but they know it is true. Don't buy things made in Taiwan. They will break or fall apart quickly. To illustrate my point- about six months ago, I had to buy a new scooter. I went to a Yamaha shop and the guy had two scooters. They were the same color, same year, same make, same engine etc. The only difference was the price. Which was almost $500 CDN. I asked, "Why is this one $57000 and this one $72000?" The guy really answered, "This one is made in Taiwan and this one is made in Japan." I am not making that up. That is exactly what he said.
Also, never get a Taiwanese plumber to fix your sink. They will screw s**t up!

TWO WEEKS! Two weeks and I will be home. I mean seriously, can you even contain your excitement? It's like Christmas in April.