I was having a cigarette when my stick turned blue.

::sits next to Aimee, as usual::

the weekend after (before I knew I was pregnant, obviously) was spent in Nashville with Buffistas drinking entirely too many Jack&soda's.

That was a good weekend. Except for the bar running out of Jack Daniel's. That was no good.

The week Dylan was conceived, I was in Paris gorging myself on red wine and espresso, and the weekend after (before I knew I was pregnant, obviously) was spent in Nashville with Buffistas drinking entirely too many Jack&soda's. He turned out just fine.

my bro and SIL were at an all inclusive resort when my niece was conceived. They were drunk for basically an entire week straight.

Except for the bar running out of Jack Daniel's. That was no good.

UNACCEPTABLE.

Factoring trinomials is UNACCEPTABLE.

I was having a cigarette when my stick turned blue.

So much less distrubing coming from a woman.

Huh.

Possibly, just maybe, whether or not we can afford a second child may not longer be an issue.

I think it was here rather than in Natter where I mentioned our Schrodinger's Inheritance--basically, some stock from a relative of DH's, only we don't know if it's even still there because of complicated family issues that I haven't been talking about because I feel like it's not really my story to tell.

We STILL don't know for sure if it's there, but it's looking more likely. We should know for sure in a month or two. And, here's the amazing part, we'd thought it was 1000 shares of a particular stock. Turns out from what the lawyers and accountants are saying that splits since the will was written are factored in. 1000 shares would've been, roughly, DH's current annual gross income. With the splits, it's currently worth something like 2.5 times our *joint* current gross.

If it's there--if--we'd suddenly be completely out of debt, we'd have a substantial college fund for AB and any potential sibling, and we'd have an impressive down payment ready as soon as we decide to buy a house. We wouldn't be rich, but we'd go from struggling to solid financial shape overnight.

I'm not really going to believe it's there unless and until it actually is, but it's just SUCH a strange feeling--both the idea of having our financial problems solved all at once and having it come through an inheritance. Coming from a blue collar background like I do, I just never thought of big inheritances as something that happened to real people in real life nowadays, you know? I mean, it's not like we would've earned it. And it's oil money. It's there because some of DH's ancestors happened to live in the part of OK where oil was discovered ~100 years ago. Talk about random.

But, you know, still not definite. And they haven't completely sorted out the splits, and it may be that only part of the stock is there...and I'll just be glad when we know.

Except for the bar running out of Jack Daniel's. That was no good.

I think there's a Tennessee law against that.

Except for the bar running out of Jack Daniel's. That was no good.

I think there's a Tennessee law against that.

Tell me about it. I thought the taps ran: hot, cold, Jack. Apparently not.

If it's there--if--we'd suddenly be completely out of debt, we'd have a substantial college fund for AB and any potential sibling, and we'd have an impressive down payment ready as soon as we decide to buy a house. We wouldn't be rich, but we'd go from struggling to solid financial shape overnight.

Wow. That would be seriously awesome.

Wow, Susan, that would be awesomely incredible. I hope it turns out in your favor because that would really take some of the pressure off of you.

I think there's a Tennessee law against that.

Gotta be something on the books to that effect.

DH is still mourning the end of football season. Gah. He gets bored far too easily.