Today I think I will talk about my lovely wife Holly. First a news story. Apparently fat people lead to more global warming than thin people since we are more likely to drive everywhere and consume more, thus making more carbon dioxide. So I guess I should be buying carbon offsets for every hamburger I eat. Thank you science. It is apparent to me that most scientific studies that are quoted in the news are "cause-effect" studies. These studies are never 100% accurate and always inject bias. I like what Ed Bagely Junior said at the green fest on Saturday - don't listen to sources that are not good science, make sure they are backed by people with a PHD in their title. See apparently they say fat people are a cause of global warming, when that is not accurate. Fat people logically produce more C02, but to what degree and how much is never said and is it enough to cause a rise in global tempuratures. The answer is probably no. But that doesn't make good news.

Anyways, Holly's students are nearing the TAKS test. This is a yearly standardized test that teachers are judged upon. Teachers hate it. They feel it is unfair to judge them based upon one test. I agree, especially since the kids could care less because their report cards are not based on it. Add to the fact that all of Holly's kids speak spanish as a first language and you've got an unfair judgement of her. But teachers take this test very seriously because they are judged on it, thus making it stressful. I need to make sure she is not stressed at home. She is having a baby and stress is bad for her. After the first week in May, Holly's life should get much easier. Especially since she will have finished her Master's degree. We will find out the gender of the baby on May 11th. Then we will think about names.

Holly will be 19 weeks pregnant tomorrow. A couple of weeks ago the doctor heard the heartbeat. Everything is normal. Holly is waiting to feel the baby move. She has gotten bigger and every now and then gets more pants. We went to the Motherhood store in the mall. That place is kind of weird. There are water stains on the carpet and I know what those are from... As for the future, Holly will keep her job next year and will take September to December off because she gets leave and she has many days built up. Then from January to May she will teach the pre-k developmentally delayed kids life skills, which is a low stress job. Hopefully we will have no credit card debt by the end of next school year, but you never know how much a kid costs. If we can pull it off it would be good for Holly to stay at home for a couple of years. We'll see what happens. Life is good between us. Always has been. No major disagreements, no conflicts, we are best friends. Marriage is a good thing when done right.