They're Starting them Younger and Younger

Just after Nathan was born and we got his bill from the hospital in the mail, I had to sort of shake my head as they'd put "Unemployed" in the box marked 'Occupation'. Wouldn't "infant" or even "none" be more reasonable? Unemployed sounded like he was a man who was between jobs right now. Little did we know at that time that Nathan was the kind of kid who needed something to do all the time. Thank goodness for the swing! And now, 20 months later, he is a busy, busy boy.

So I wasn't too surprised when I got an envelope in the mail the other day addressed to Emily. From the hospital. It was, of all things, a survey wanting to know her opinion of her recent stay. I think she'd say she was pretty pleased with how things went. Kind of hard to ask her and she's been asleep every time I've been ready to hand her the pen to fill out the paperwork. So, we'll probably let that one go.


What I wasn't prepared for was finding that Emily was the one who already had a job. The same day the survey came in the mail, so did a catalog, where I found that Em is a famous author, with a lovely and rich body of work.

Who knew? :)