10 Things You Should Know About Me

Thanks for stopping by my new blog and reading my first post.  I should probably tell you a little bit about myself.

I am:

1. The father of 3 1/2 year old boy/girl twins.
2. The husband to exactly one wife.
3. A computer programmer. The boring kind that works exactly 40 hours a week and has no chance of getting stock options or making a computer game.
4. Someone who notices and comments on new decorations in the house after they have been there for months.
5. A little afraid every time I have to pick up our hamster. I’d probably bite some big giant hand that reached into my house and tried to pick me up, too.
6. An Iowa Hawkeye season ticket holder for nearly 18 years (I’m only 31 years old). Up until this year, we were in the front row, 35 yard line of the visiting team. This year we moved to front row, 35 yard line of just behind the Hawkeye bench. Go Hawks!
7. Someone who is often told to not forget my lunch as I head downstairs in the morning only to have my lunch handed to me as I start to pull out of the driveway.
8. Former Air Force Arabic linguist. Marhaban wa kaifa halak.
9. Owner of over 140 college credit hours but have only managed to combine that into a general studies associate degree.
10. Someone who has pictures of myself doing a two-handed reverse dunk from when I was in high school. I figure those could come in handy when the kids make fun of me for being slow and old.

As the title of this blog says, I will be talking about careers and kids and how to balance between the two of them.  The easiest way would be to become the manager of your kids’ Hollywood careers, but if that’s not an option for you let’s talk about other ways to make it work.

I am not one of those bloggers that only likes to hear his own voice.  Feel free to agree, disagree, challenge and suggest in the comments.  I enjoy the input.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope to hear from you soon.