After three weeks in Texas with my sister we are back on the road heading “home”. I’m thinking the return trip won’t be as eventful as the trip here (please refer to the Bourbon Street post for reference), but it should be a nice drive. So, to those few of you who call or message me… if I don’t get back to you right away, sorry but I’m driving through Texas/Louisiana/Mississipps/Alabama/Florida and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can. :)
I’ve been asked a question several times in the last few days from different people. They all run along the lines of, “Awe, Brendan is so cute. When are you going to have one Gordon?” Everyone that knows me knows I have a very strong no baby policy… well fairly strong… ok so the policy doesn’t really exist anymore. In all actuality it hasn’t really existed for several years.
When we lived in Iceland I would babysit most nights of the week for neighboring military families. Anytime of the day or night, for any length of time with any number of children. My only rule was no babies. If they couldn’t walk, talk and go to the bathroom by themselves then I wouldn’t watch them. It wasn’t that I didn’t like babies, just that I didn’t trust myself with someone that was so dependent on me. Even if that dependence only exists for a couple hours it was still incredibly daunting.
Fast forward to three days ago when my sister had her baby. This week is the first time I have ever held a baby, changed a diaper or tried to calm the occasional crying. I’m slowing getting more comfortable and opening up to the idea, it’s just something very new. So my answer to the baby question? I think I can confidently say I have a maybe policy. If I meet the right person that will probably change, but for now I don’t see that coming up anytime soon.
Name: Brendan Reitz
Born: 12:57pm June 21 2005
Birth Weight: 7 lbs. 10 oz.
Length: 20.5 inches
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Well the time has come. Jackie is scheduled for her induction tomorrow morning so we will be heading to the hospital early. She has posted a link from Brendan’s site to mine, so if you’ve never been to this site and ended up here via that link… well then hello to you.
Until Jackie gets out of the hospital the first pictures will be posted on this site and the rest will be added to a flickr set accessible right here.
I am still in Texas spending time with my sister and waiting for a baby, but enjoying it greatly. I’m starting to miss the freedoms I have in Rochester, but I think part of that is just being in an unfamiliar city with little prodding to go cruising.
It’s a little odd seeing the people around you taking on new roles in life while your sort of stuck in neutral. I’ve seen my sister go from a little girl to responsible adult to loving wife and now to motherhood. I’m proud of you Jackie… you’ve made a great life for yourself and now you and JR get to help make a great life for someone else.
After all this time with this page up I have never really explained who I am or why this site exists.
My name is Gordon Smith and I am currently residing in Rochester New York. I am originally from Virginia, but I grew up as a military brat so we moved every few years. At this point it feels like I am perpetually in my last year at college to finish up as a Computer Engineering Technology major.
Why does this site exists? Well there are actually two reasons. First and foremost, I wanted a place to store pictures and information. While in college I was constantly hounded by other students that I did not have my class schedule on the web and therefor they could never find me. Having a website that was fairly easy to remember allowed me to post this kind of information and be fairly certain it would be easily accessible.
The second reason is a little longer of a story. The domain name inurdreams.com came out of a road trip. During our second year at RIT two of my buddies and I went on a three day road trip to Connecticut. On the way back about halfway across New York we noticed the car ahead of us had a local college window sticker and was filled to capacity with college girls. When we passed their car we held a sign to the window that said hello and gave one of our cell numbers if they wanted to call and say hello back. A few minutes later they passed us holding a sign to their window that said something along the lines of “kelly at inurdreams.com” as an email address. When we arrived home I checked the domain and realized is was not currently owned and I found that utterly unacceptable. Henceforth my website has been www.inurdreams.com. I never said I was original, but I know a good idea when I see one. :)
Well, my father and I made it to Texas after two days of driving. New Orleans was incredibly fun last night and the drive this morning went faster than I thought it would. Jackie is doing great, but it looks like it’s going to be another week before she had the baby. I guess in the mean time my father and I are just going to keep her occupied and walking.
I made it to my parent’s place Monday afternoon, but apparently I brought rain with me. I did a quick search of the area and it appears the geocaching in the area will be plentiful once I get back in a few weeks. Tomorrow morning my father and I are leaving for Texas with hopes of arriving by Friday afternoon. I’m hoping we will be in time as Jackie has been having contractions for the last couple days.
I know I try to include a picture every couple of posts, but with it being a little dreary here I think I’ll wait till the weather clears up a little. That should also give me some time to visit the beach first. :)
One side note: Google just launched a program for the summer called the Summer of Code that I am considering applying for. The money for open source work would definately be nice.
