Thanks! And yeah, it’s funny, I start down this memory lane every time the Jan 6 anniversary rolls around

Read this over the holidays, just wished it was longer!

Oh, and one other part of this set of memories -- this was also the first time I ever saw my wife hold our kid! It was deep COVID era, & because of stringent hospital visitor restrictions only one of us was ever allowed in the NICU at a time.

We played "No Sleep till Brooklyn" by the Beastie Boys as I drove home at approximately 5mph over the Brooklyn Bridge.

Kiddo was already, of course, fast asleep.

There aren't always a lot of reasons for celebrating in a hospital, especially in an ICU setting, so that round of applause and congratulations hits you right in the soul.

I was carrying my kid for the first time beyond the watchful eye of a NICU nurse, so I was already at a pretty nervous baseline, and I could barely find my way out of the hospital through tear-blurred vision.

Any NICU stay is taxing and emotional, but the peak for us was the discharge and the walk out: the NICU nurses and staffers line the hallway to clap and congratulate the graduating family. I was already on a emotional rollercoaster but I lost it at that point.

Ah, just saw your quote post, local folks are probably the better option but let me know if that falls through

Hello! I have the micro-print version that is a single volume, unabridged, but which requires a magnifying lens to be of use -- this one: global.oup.com/academic/pro... if that's of interest, I'm sure we could figure it out, it sees relatively little (though not zero!) use in our home

Ha!

It’s a late show, and in Brooklyn, and probably not what you want to do the night you get in, but I’m seeing Shubh Saran Jan 8!: wl.eventim.us/event/everyt...

It seems like swimming upstream lately, but yes!!