Nelson’s Journal, 2/22/22

When a couple is expecting a new baby, the thought process is like a see-saw—up and down. Once the baby comes, will all our current freedoms evaporate? Or will it add lots of fun to our lives? Should we hurry to make changes before we can’t anymore?

Nelson was ruminating on this in early February. With the baby’s due date only a month away, he wondered how soon he should make the decision to stay close to Ann Sophie till the baby came. But that was just one unknown on a list of many, so he focused instead on meeting the goal of this one day.

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February 2, 2022

I have a hypothetical job as an electrician, starting May 1, with some other stuff starting anytime Tim (the electrician) gets a permit. Hard to imagine doing something like that as it’s been a while since I had a job like that, probably since 1999 or so.

Lots of self employment work since then, but not working for the man, other than for DY at Sawyer Hardware and Lumber. But that place is now a thing of the past. We are just doing what we feel led to do, not really having a long term plan, as so many things are unknown and so often change as we go.

I don’t know what it will be like to have a little baby and to try and raise a child, to get fully into doing that. I imagine it will be fun. I don’t think it will be too hard, to be honest. I look forward to it. Why change careers at the same time, or shortly after? It has to do with slowing down.

I was thinking of trying to convince Tim to let me work 4, 10 hour days instead of 5, 8 hour days. That way I would have 1 day completely open in addition to the weekend, because there is still church.

At 5pm I passed the truck inspection, got it insured, and even got new license plates for it. That was my goal, other than getting it down into Waipio Valley. I am debating going this weekend with Bates and Jake, maybe taking a group down there with a van. I don’t know. There’s always the slight chance Annso could go into labor and that would be terrible to miss. I wonder if it’s worth taking a chance on that. But once the baby comes, there will be no more chances for stuff like that.