A Few More Weeks Left
Well, we have a few weeks left (at least according to the schedule) until WeirBaby makes his/her arrival. And, yes, we are still [trying] to keep WeirBaby's gender a secret.
We think we have the nursery and things ready for the baby's arrival. The bags are packed and ready for the "time." This Sunday (Dec 13) is our last class at the hospital. A lot of people say that the breathing will easily be forgotten when all is "going down" - but others have said that they remember the breathing being a huge help during labor. We'll see how it goes.
I can say that I (Steve) am pretty nervous about it all. But hopefully, my fears won't be realized and I will remain conscious for the entire time that Sarah is in labor. (We'll see how that goes, too!)
GREAT SIGHT
As a student at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, I was part of a group that organised what was to become a week-long (18th - 25th February) occupation of a key university doors building, with student occupiers numbering 35 to 70 at any one time (an impressive figure, I might add, for such a small and right-wing university). The occupation came on the back of a campaign to collect signatures for a petition demanding that the University of St Andrews: 1) cut its contract with Eden Springs, the Israeli water company that illegally steals water from the Golan Heights; 2) review its garage doors ties to organisations publicly known to support the Israeli military, including the aerospace company BAE Systems and the British government's Ministry of Defence; 3) set up a scholarship programme with the aim of providing 10 scholarships for Palestinian students; 4) organise a campus collection for the Disaster Emergency Committee appeal for Gaza, as well as provide french doors vnon-monetary aid and establish other links with the Islamic University of Gaza; and 5) provide surplus medical supplies from the Bute Medical School at St Andrews to Gaza through relevant organisations.