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Baby girl Zoe was delivered by C-section just after 10 this morning. Mom and daughter are doing well, currently resting. Bandcamp and hangovers can wait.

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Went to an award ceremony honoring all the students in our school district who scored distinguished on state testing in @ least one of three subjects Math, Reading & Science. My son James, he's

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Went to the gym for the first time in about 3 months this morning. God that was hard but it was a good feeling to get back in the swing of things. On a month break from the booze and I am upping the intake of fruit and veg as well.
Shit, I haven't been to the gym in 5 years. My job has always been physical until now, having moved up to a more office oriented role, and I've gained a few pounds due to lack of activity. I need to hit the gym again, but I barely even have time to sleep right now...
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Something tells me you aren't the only member of Nevertanezra who is too busy to sleep. (In case Blut hasn't passed on the good news NTNR is pulling double duty in the dad department now, and I seem to be turning into the forum gossip)
NTNR hasn't been at practice in a couple of weeks because of it, but that's how it goes when you have a baby on the way. Our practices have still been very productive though, our drummer is learning quickly and should be ready to record the demo tracks when NTNR is available again.
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Today is the 10th anniversary of the day that my wife and I started dating. I can't believe that it's been that long, I hardly remember what I was doing before I was a father, let alone before I was with her. She's the most amazing woman, and supports me in all of my endeavors, I would not be where I am today without her. Sorry to get sappy on you guys, but on this night 10 years ago, my life changed for the better, and I made sure to throw on a metal CD in my car that night to advise her that this was something that she was going to have to accept, and despite not being a fan herself, she has stayed true to that. I am eternally grateful for her, and she deserves a rather sizeable metal salute for everything she has done for me.

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I find your lack of faith disturbing. :grin:
That's my line, heathen.
As for me it's officially been a month in the new relationship and thus far things are fantastic. She shares my taste in music' date=' we have the same sense of humour, we can talk for hours and equally go hours without needing to say a word, honestly I can't remember the last time I was this happy.[/quote'] That's lovely to hear. I do hope things go nicely. My best friend's almost got a girlfriend just now and he seems pretty upbeat about it. Thank you all for the birthday well-wishes. BAN will be happy to hear that I got treated to Fogo de Chao for my birthday and I absolutely loved it, even the cold cuts were delectable.
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Today is the 10th anniversary of the day that my wife and I started dating. I can't believe that it's been that long' date=' I hardly remember what I was doing before I was a father, let alone before I was with her. She's the most amazing woman, and supports me in all of my endeavors, I would not be where I am today without her. Sorry to get sappy on you guys, but on this night 10 years ago, my life changed for the better, and I made sure to throw on a metal CD in my car that night to advise her that this was something that she was going to have to accept, and despite not being a fan herself, she has stayed true to that. I am eternally grateful for her, and she deserves a rather sizeable metal salute for everything she has done for me.[/quote'] That is very sweet;)
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Today is the 10th anniversary of the day that my wife and I started dating. I can't believe that it's been that long' date=' I hardly remember what I was doing before I was a father, let alone before I was with her. She's the most amazing woman, and supports me in all of my endeavors, I would not be where I am today without her. Sorry to get sappy on you guys, but on this night 10 years ago, my life changed for the better, and I made sure to throw on a metal CD in my car that night to advise her that this was something that she was going to have to accept, and despite not being a fan herself, she has stayed true to that. I am eternally grateful for her, and she deserves a rather sizeable metal salute for everything she has done for me.[/quote'] your a lucky man jayke
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Congrats BAN, so far the longest I've been in a committed relationship is six months. Sorry to hear that Midi, break-ups are never fun. This assignment is a real bitch. All in all I have 30 cases and 15 sections/sub-sections of legislation to reference in 2000 words. That's 45 different references plus my actual arguments with every single word counting towards the limit. Misstating the word count, erring even slightly in any reference, late submission or exceeding the word count will all result in automatic failure. Oh and it's due next Tuesday.

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Congrats BAN, so far the longest I've been in a committed relationship is six months. Sorry to hear that Midi, break-ups are never fun. This assignment is a real bitch. All in all I have 30 cases and 15 sections/sub-sections of legislation to reference in 2000 words. That's 45 different references plus my actual arguments with every single word counting towards the limit. Misstating the word count, erring even slightly in any reference, late submission or exceeding the word count will all result in automatic failure. Oh and it's due next Tuesday.
holy shit. That's a lot
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