Hay or Straw

This time of year reminds me of something that happened to me a few years ago. While working for a radio station, they decided to get some bails of hay for an event. So, I went out to a local farm store and friend of the radio station to get the bails. Upon arriving I told the person that I needed some hay bails for an event. The look on his eyes was one of "time to have fun with the city-boy" look. He informs me that I cannot have hay bails because they are too expensive and that he would have to charge me for them. I said "your kidding right? you have a million of them sitting at the front of your store". That's when he informed me that hay was the stuff that they fed to the animals and that straw was the stuff they put into bails that you would see in a typical October/fall display. So keep in mind this fall, you are not on a hay ride, you are actually on a straw ride.

Baby Time

We had a new baby (of course new, they don't come out used) on Monday October 3rd at 7:58am. He was 7 lbs. 14 ounces 21.5 inches long (mommy and baby are doing fine). We named him Andrew James just because we liked the name. Of course we decided on the name while driving to the hospital for delivery. We have had Andrew home for 4 days now and I forgot how much sleep you loose with a newborn. Late night feedings, listening for any noise that is out of the ordinary, and any other noise from the monitor that our 2.5 year old might make. Damn, just when I was getting used to sleep with the 2.5 year old sleeping around 12 hours a night.So the journey begins again, in search of a good nights sleep.

Correction

Some Hospitals Suck

I have to ammend my last blog that hospitals suck and say that SOME hospitals suck. A week after my experience in the hopital we headed out again for the birth of my son. Having had my first son at this particular hopital, the first experience was a very good one. Hoping that it wasn't a fluke I went in with wide open eyes. Even with major construction on the hospital and only one entrance to the hopital, they did a fantastic job in directing people to where they needed to go and even provided free valet service to the door if you weren't able to walk from the parking lot. The staff was fantastic, the service was top notch, and even the food was very good and affordable. So, anyone in the area thinking about having a baby I highly recommend the Dupont Hospital on Dupont Rd.