Business is starting to pick up some. I’m getting more contracts and my wife is not as worried about the future as she used to be. In fact, she is no longer just my wife, she is also going to be the mother of my child again! One thing about working from the basement, that I have mixed feelings about, is she expects me to talk about the new nursery 24/7.
I love her so I humor her and deflect all the decision making to her sister. The new baby will make it’s debut in about six months. We are over the moon with excitement.
Since I’ve started working in the basement, I have kind of let myself go. I’ve gained 20 pounds and my former clean shaven face has grown a pretty impressive beard. As it turns out, I hate the 20 pounds, but I love this beard. I love this beard so much that I even buy beard oil. Unfortunately, the wife does not feel the same way about it.
We have agreed that I can shave it into a different style every week as long as I agree to never have this long of a beard again. I have mustache wax ready for when I try out the “Van Dyke.” I’m secretly hoping that she’ll fall in love with one of my whacky styles and let me keep it.
Okay, beard problem taken care of, now I have to tackle this weight. I’m going to try a low carbohydrate diet and see if that works. I’m going to try and stop drinking all soda, including diet soda. Also, I’m going to stop wearing pajama pants around the house all day, I think that will help me realize how tight my pants have become on a regular basis.
With pajama pants I think, “Would I like a doughnut? Why yes, thank you. These pants are so roomy.” With regular work pants it will go more like, “Would I like a doughnut? Nope, pants are too tight, I think the seams might rip.” At least this is how I think it will work.
I’m also going to start going for a nightly walk because we’re getting a puppy! In one week we will be proud puppy parents. I am abnormally excited about this. We’re adopting her from the local humane society because she and the rest of the litter were surrendered when they were just born. She is some sort of mix breed but at least part German Shepherd Dog.
We’re going to name her Luna. I am a little worried about having a puppy around a newborn baby, but we’re hoping that they grow up to be best mates. We will see how our cat, Rex, feels about her. If worse comes to worse he can just hang out on top of the entertainment center, that’s what he usually does anyway.
It will be nice to have an office dog. A lot of men I know have “shop dogs” or “field dogs,” but I will have an “office dog.” I have never had an office pet because Rex hates me and would rather pee on my socks than look at me.
To summarize, work is picking up, we’re having another baby, the beard and 20 pounds have to go and we’re getting a puppy. Everything is looking good, except my dreams of having an amazing beard.
Alf says
September 27, 2014 at 1:41 pmWe (ok my spouse) got a puppy just before our first child born and it was .. I think I blocked it out. I think it was fine. The photos look good and no one was eaten or maimed. Our youngest just went off to college so we decided to get a puppy again. Sometimes having too much going on is just the thing, but we don’t realize it until later. Get one of those food minder apps like CalorieCounter to stay accountable with food and soda intake – very helpful! Best of luck.
Nicolas says
September 29, 2014 at 10:48 pmI started gaining a couple of extra pounds too last year. The tiping point was when I went to buy some new jeans and I looked at myself in the mirror and thought : “Boy do I look like a mayor with that belly.” So I put back the pants and exited the shop without buying anything and decided to go to the swiming pool three times a week until I don’t look anymore like a mayor. The swimming pool is just a little walk from my appartment, plus it’s free and I have my own solo company too so I can go swiming whenever I feel it. I guess it worked quite well and I’m kind of addicted now.
peters says
November 28, 2014 at 7:31 amI’ll tell you how to lose weight eating whatever you want, with one caveat. At the beginning of each of your meals, you eat something healthy. Then you eat whatever you want after that. The idea is simple and obvious and you won’t feel deprived and have cravings. Now the healthiest food group in the world is in fact: fruit. I could put some science down here but this particular detail for some reason tickles me the most. Most vegetables take an average of 3 months from seed to harvest. Most fruit seeds from seed to fruit take -years-. There’s something much more complex and special about fruit above vegetables. And an interesting fact: according to the Bible, the original diet intended for Adam and Eve and the human race did not include vegetables (or meat obviously, because it was a perfect world without sin or death or disease or suffering, so even the lion ate straw like the lamb as it’s written). Seventh-Day Adventists for instance, adhere to this theological basis, and many are vegetarians and vegans. There are even Jews who recognize this, because of course they believe in the Old Testament, which includes the book of Genesis of course which outlines the original diet. And there is an incredibly fascinating scientific basis for the clean and unclean dietary guidelines given in Leviticus and Deuteronomy. You can hear about this fascinating case by YouTubing Walter Veith, Clean and Unclean – The Whole Truth. He’s a professor in Zoology that gives a very interesting series of lectures on the scientific merit of a plant-based diet. But anyway, the way to lose weight is this: have only 2 or 3 meals a day have a minimum of 5-6 hours between meals (count em!, though regularity in eating is important and best), and DO NOT SNACK. Not a single MORSEL, not a single LENTIL between meals. There’s so much science behind this involving transit times and fermentation and the formation of healthy blood and so on. Overeating of even the healthiest foods in the world is also very injurious. The Okinawins, known for being one of the three healthiest groups of people in the world (along with the Sardinians in Sardinia, Italy, and Seventh-Day Adventists being the third group), are known to practice eating until they are 90% full. And they’ve done lab mice tests where one group of mice could eat as much as they wanted while the other group was on a calorie restricted diet, and the latter group lived much longer with less disease. Anyway, it really is that simple, but if you’re interested in more, check out Amazing Health, a part of the Amazing Discoveries team. It’s amazing stuff, heh.
The Beard Shed says
April 25, 2015 at 5:57 pmHey man, don’t shave off the beard. Tell your wife they are bang on trend! The key is to keep it in shape and maintain a good style using beard balms and oil.
Keep growing my man!
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