2011 was a huge year for me. I started studying towards a PhD, and dropped out eight weeks later. Annie became interactive and therefore demanding. My writing reached new heights of prolificism. I got a publishing contract for The Lesser Evil, and have begun negotiations for its sequel, The Road to Hell. I created a Twitter account and two Facebook fan pages (here and here), and revived this languishing blog. I revamped my website completely from the ground up. And through it all, full-time work and the commuting thereof continued to dominate upwards of 50 hours per week.
But busy as I’ve been, I knew there was more planning to do. It’s never too early to think about the future. And it’s starting to look like 2012 will be at least as busy as this year.
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The last few days (since Friday to be specific) have been incredibly busy for Katie and myself. Rather than attempt to recount the amazing newsworthy events of this time on this blog at this late and sleepless hour, I shall just copy and paste an email I sent in to work this morning. Here it is.
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So, it’s January 29, and only four days until Katie’s due date. Which means that the baby could be here any day now.
I have already posted about my anxieties about the upcoming birth and aftermath, and have been writing pretty extensively about my excitement in the baby’s diary, which will be gifted to her when she can read. So I won’t go into any of that here. Instead, I have decided to post a picture that shows Katie at 39 1/2 weeks, absolutely glowing.
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Katie has responded to my blog post “Career or Baby” on her blog with the aptly titled “Response to ‘Career or baby” – Part One and Part Two.
I feel that my position has been slightly misrepresented in these posts, and so I will take the opportunity presented by having my own blog to respond to her response with some clarifications of my position.
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This story is just one of many I have read recently dealing with the effect a baby can have upon a woman’s career. It basically says that studies show the majority of women view having a family as being incompatible with their rise up the corporate ladder. Regardless of the accuracy of the study, this is something that has popped up in the media time and again recently.
In this post, I have decided to explore my feelings on the issue. Even though we decided to have our first child before Katie began a career, I’m sure this is an issue that Katie and I will face in the future, either with ongoing childcare arrangements, or with second/third/etc children.
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