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You May Call Back The Search Team...This Wolf Is Still Alive
12 years ago
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Glad You Could Stop By! Please, Come on in and Soak Up The Greatness!
And my hair is still beautiful.
I know everyone was going to be extremely concerned about the condition of my hair, but let me cast to worries to rest. A daily routine of lathering and conditioning as well as visitation with the appropriate scissors and/or electric razors have left my hair bright, beautiful and bouncy.
And I also became a father. Which seemed like it took FOREVER.
Yes, that's correct. Adrik R. Wolf, who at this very moment is 28 years, 5 months, 22 days, 4 hours and 26 minutes old is finally able to squeeze a few minutes out of my day to report to all of you on here what has been going on since February.
And time is something I seem to have less and less of the past few months. Between working extremely long periods (there were times where I was out all week long) to just trying to get everything ready and organized for the big day, it seems I had no time for anything. Sleep included.
But the big day finally arrived. 23/May/2013 Nicole and I happily welcomed into the beautiful Alaskan tundra two little ones who's immediate goal was to rob the two of us of any sleep and peace of mind whatsoever.
Now I will admit, since getting the affirmation that we were to be graced with twins I began to prepare mental and financially for the big day. And if anyone who has newborns (or even a pet for that matter) can tell you, it is expensive taking caring of one newly arrived youngster. I got lucky and had everything doubled for me.
Double the clothing. Double the toys. Double the baby furniture. Even got one of those cool side-by-side strollers that don't fit through any doors and virtually guarantee my exclusion from the world's priceless antique and fine china glassware shoppes.
Oh, and 4 times the car seat/carrier thingies. A pair for the Rover and a pair for Nicole's Subaru. Yeah, she managed to get a new car out of this whole deal! One of those Subaru all-wheel-drive wagon things!
"Oh it's for the babies," she kept reassuring me but I know a girl that has her eye on the sexy lines of a station wagon when I see one. You know she's thinking about how hot she looks when she pulls into the parking lot at Safeway. But without my beautiful hair and well-manicured fingernails completing the picture of Subaru superiority, its just another plain old station wagon. Plus my eyes help out a lot as well. If above all else, you should remember my eyes are really great.
I don't even think they call them station wagons anymore. I think the correct term is 'cross-over vehicle'. ohhh...sooooo fancy.
All I know is that know she can haul around our huge family (4 furries, 6 dogs, a ferret and a rabbit) just as easily as I can in the Rover. So let her do all that loading and unloading for a change. Such a circus.
Okay, so where was I? Oh...right. Ranting and raving about how everything I put on my Discover card was double what I planned on way back nine months ago. And that doesn't even include all the weird food items I had to buy for the love of my life Nicole the past few months. I never thought I would see her eat a calzone in my life...but low and behold...one night at 11 o'clock I was in the kitchen putting the ingredients together and pre-heating the oven. (One thing I can always count on...she wouldn't eat a speck of processed food. :XD
As for me, I have been reduced to drinking juice and eating fruits and soups. Call it nerves. Call it weariness. Call it afraid to buy anything because I want to make sure that all the expenses for the twins are paid for first. Which is why I have been taking as much work as I could. I wasn't able to get online much at all because I was either working or sleeping to go back to work some more.
But the good thing is the people at Discover got their money, I have no credit card debt, and the twins have a beautiful room they get to share until they are old enough to drive me up the wall screaming that they can't stand each other and need separate rooms.
But by then I plan to be living in Tasmania selling rocks with faces painted on them and operating a travelling Tasmanian Devil circus complete with a magician and a kangaroo that will let me shoot him out of a cannon. But no clowns. Clowns are very scary. I will not abandon my family just to live in Tasmania with a bunch of clowns.
But to the important thing: I was combing my hair this morning because the twins woke me up promptly at 3:30 am (like clockwork they are...and no, not just one can wake up...BOTH must wake up at the same time. It's a very unique connection they share and it will probably only get creepier as they get older) But Nicole was exhausted, and seeing as I maybe got a full ten minutes more sleep then her, I let her stay asleep and I looked after the two while feeding them and telling them stories about my heroic hair and the mighty adventures it had taken me on.
I was finishing up my tale of how when I was in Peru back in '09 and I saved that tribe from the volcano by letting them make netting out of my Locks of Life, I realized with a bit of relief that they had fallen back asleep. At the same time. Again, creepy.
Well I was in a pickle...cause the second I laid them down, they would be right awake again, crying and needing love and attention from me like I was related to them in some way. I mean it's just amazing how babies will just latch on to any stranger who gives them a bottle and smiles at them and changes their diapers. The way I look at it, that sort of friendliness will bring top dollar and I will have a high bargaining chip when those buyers come over from Russia next week.
It's a pretty short trip across the Bering Strait there, so the transportation costs are very minimal which means more profit for me. XD
I'm just kidding. I couldn't sell Savannah Maria and Phillip Connor to the Russians. Not when the Chinese are willing to offer so much more plus a free iPad 3 or 4 or whatever model is out now.
And yes, you beat it out of me. We named our two eating machines Savannah Maria Wolf and Phillip Connor Wolf. I was going to name one of them after me, Adrik, but I thought that my name is so unique that the two of them would need to battle to the death for both their father's name-right and his love!
Plus, these names were a lot easier to write on the birth certificates than the names I originally wanted to name them:
Ittoqqortoormiit Nuuk for my girl and Utsussuatsiaat Qeqqata for my little guy. Nicole kinda won that argument...so I used them to name a couple of my Greenland dogs in my kennel over at Furry Paws.
Can't let good names go to waste!
So, anyhow, back to this morning...with Savannah Maria and Phillip Connor asleep again in my arms, I managed to make it over to the couch and watch about a half-hour of Balto before falling asleep. And of course as soon as I fell asleep, those two decided it was time to get up and needed to make sure that they wouldn't be watching Balto alone. So I talked to them, played with them, fed them again, then changed them....which is the worst part of this whole ordeal in my eyes, then walked them around talking to them until they fell back asleep. By this time Balto was almost over but luckily I have that feature that lets you rewind live tv so I started it over and watched it through while they slept.
And that is how the morning has gone so far. Just like every morning since they came home. So I can't say for certain how my appearances on here are going to be. Once things get a little more settled and routine, I plan to try and get on with writings and tidbits and journals a little more. Maybe some baby pictures as well. You can watch these two grow with me. At least until I pass out from lack of sleep. Which has not happened yet.
It's going on about nine o'clock here now...and Nicole is still sound asleep, which is good. The twins, Savannah Maria being 16 days, 5 hours and 34 minutes old and Philip Connor being 16 days, 5 hours and 36 minutes old, are currently on their twentieth or thirtieth nap of the morning, so that's why I'm taking some time to post a few things on here and let everyone how I am doing. As always, I have missed talking with you all and I have a few funny little stories and some pics of the twins I will post on here as well as try to reply to your comments and work until I myself fall asleep.
It's a good thing I took a few weeks off of work to get adjusted to this new lifestyle...because it is double the work and experience I expected it to be.
But what can I say...I'm going to do anything and everything for those two little ones. Right now they are everything my life is about.
Right after my hair. And eyes. And pert nipples.
Sorry, I get worried when the conversation steers away from being about me too long :XD
Until next time, get some sleep for me!
~Adrik
I know everyone was going to be extremely concerned about the condition of my hair, but let me cast to worries to rest. A daily routine of lathering and conditioning as well as visitation with the appropriate scissors and/or electric razors have left my hair bright, beautiful and bouncy.
And I also became a father. Which seemed like it took FOREVER.
Yes, that's correct. Adrik R. Wolf, who at this very moment is 28 years, 5 months, 22 days, 4 hours and 26 minutes old is finally able to squeeze a few minutes out of my day to report to all of you on here what has been going on since February.
And time is something I seem to have less and less of the past few months. Between working extremely long periods (there were times where I was out all week long) to just trying to get everything ready and organized for the big day, it seems I had no time for anything. Sleep included.
But the big day finally arrived. 23/May/2013 Nicole and I happily welcomed into the beautiful Alaskan tundra two little ones who's immediate goal was to rob the two of us of any sleep and peace of mind whatsoever.
Now I will admit, since getting the affirmation that we were to be graced with twins I began to prepare mental and financially for the big day. And if anyone who has newborns (or even a pet for that matter) can tell you, it is expensive taking caring of one newly arrived youngster. I got lucky and had everything doubled for me.
Double the clothing. Double the toys. Double the baby furniture. Even got one of those cool side-by-side strollers that don't fit through any doors and virtually guarantee my exclusion from the world's priceless antique and fine china glassware shoppes.
Oh, and 4 times the car seat/carrier thingies. A pair for the Rover and a pair for Nicole's Subaru. Yeah, she managed to get a new car out of this whole deal! One of those Subaru all-wheel-drive wagon things!
"Oh it's for the babies," she kept reassuring me but I know a girl that has her eye on the sexy lines of a station wagon when I see one. You know she's thinking about how hot she looks when she pulls into the parking lot at Safeway. But without my beautiful hair and well-manicured fingernails completing the picture of Subaru superiority, its just another plain old station wagon. Plus my eyes help out a lot as well. If above all else, you should remember my eyes are really great.
I don't even think they call them station wagons anymore. I think the correct term is 'cross-over vehicle'. ohhh...sooooo fancy.
All I know is that know she can haul around our huge family (4 furries, 6 dogs, a ferret and a rabbit) just as easily as I can in the Rover. So let her do all that loading and unloading for a change. Such a circus.
Okay, so where was I? Oh...right. Ranting and raving about how everything I put on my Discover card was double what I planned on way back nine months ago. And that doesn't even include all the weird food items I had to buy for the love of my life Nicole the past few months. I never thought I would see her eat a calzone in my life...but low and behold...one night at 11 o'clock I was in the kitchen putting the ingredients together and pre-heating the oven. (One thing I can always count on...she wouldn't eat a speck of processed food. :XD
As for me, I have been reduced to drinking juice and eating fruits and soups. Call it nerves. Call it weariness. Call it afraid to buy anything because I want to make sure that all the expenses for the twins are paid for first. Which is why I have been taking as much work as I could. I wasn't able to get online much at all because I was either working or sleeping to go back to work some more.
But the good thing is the people at Discover got their money, I have no credit card debt, and the twins have a beautiful room they get to share until they are old enough to drive me up the wall screaming that they can't stand each other and need separate rooms.
But by then I plan to be living in Tasmania selling rocks with faces painted on them and operating a travelling Tasmanian Devil circus complete with a magician and a kangaroo that will let me shoot him out of a cannon. But no clowns. Clowns are very scary. I will not abandon my family just to live in Tasmania with a bunch of clowns.
But to the important thing: I was combing my hair this morning because the twins woke me up promptly at 3:30 am (like clockwork they are...and no, not just one can wake up...BOTH must wake up at the same time. It's a very unique connection they share and it will probably only get creepier as they get older) But Nicole was exhausted, and seeing as I maybe got a full ten minutes more sleep then her, I let her stay asleep and I looked after the two while feeding them and telling them stories about my heroic hair and the mighty adventures it had taken me on.
I was finishing up my tale of how when I was in Peru back in '09 and I saved that tribe from the volcano by letting them make netting out of my Locks of Life, I realized with a bit of relief that they had fallen back asleep. At the same time. Again, creepy.
Well I was in a pickle...cause the second I laid them down, they would be right awake again, crying and needing love and attention from me like I was related to them in some way. I mean it's just amazing how babies will just latch on to any stranger who gives them a bottle and smiles at them and changes their diapers. The way I look at it, that sort of friendliness will bring top dollar and I will have a high bargaining chip when those buyers come over from Russia next week.
It's a pretty short trip across the Bering Strait there, so the transportation costs are very minimal which means more profit for me. XD
I'm just kidding. I couldn't sell Savannah Maria and Phillip Connor to the Russians. Not when the Chinese are willing to offer so much more plus a free iPad 3 or 4 or whatever model is out now.
And yes, you beat it out of me. We named our two eating machines Savannah Maria Wolf and Phillip Connor Wolf. I was going to name one of them after me, Adrik, but I thought that my name is so unique that the two of them would need to battle to the death for both their father's name-right and his love!
Plus, these names were a lot easier to write on the birth certificates than the names I originally wanted to name them:
Ittoqqortoormiit Nuuk for my girl and Utsussuatsiaat Qeqqata for my little guy. Nicole kinda won that argument...so I used them to name a couple of my Greenland dogs in my kennel over at Furry Paws.
Can't let good names go to waste!
So, anyhow, back to this morning...with Savannah Maria and Phillip Connor asleep again in my arms, I managed to make it over to the couch and watch about a half-hour of Balto before falling asleep. And of course as soon as I fell asleep, those two decided it was time to get up and needed to make sure that they wouldn't be watching Balto alone. So I talked to them, played with them, fed them again, then changed them....which is the worst part of this whole ordeal in my eyes, then walked them around talking to them until they fell back asleep. By this time Balto was almost over but luckily I have that feature that lets you rewind live tv so I started it over and watched it through while they slept.
And that is how the morning has gone so far. Just like every morning since they came home. So I can't say for certain how my appearances on here are going to be. Once things get a little more settled and routine, I plan to try and get on with writings and tidbits and journals a little more. Maybe some baby pictures as well. You can watch these two grow with me. At least until I pass out from lack of sleep. Which has not happened yet.
It's going on about nine o'clock here now...and Nicole is still sound asleep, which is good. The twins, Savannah Maria being 16 days, 5 hours and 34 minutes old and Philip Connor being 16 days, 5 hours and 36 minutes old, are currently on their twentieth or thirtieth nap of the morning, so that's why I'm taking some time to post a few things on here and let everyone how I am doing. As always, I have missed talking with you all and I have a few funny little stories and some pics of the twins I will post on here as well as try to reply to your comments and work until I myself fall asleep.
It's a good thing I took a few weeks off of work to get adjusted to this new lifestyle...because it is double the work and experience I expected it to be.
But what can I say...I'm going to do anything and everything for those two little ones. Right now they are everything my life is about.
Right after my hair. And eyes. And pert nipples.
Sorry, I get worried when the conversation steers away from being about me too long :XD
Until next time, get some sleep for me!
~Adrik
*yawns*
Pardon me. I just awoke from a nap or else I would have replied sooner. But during this next month I hope to squeeze in some time for writing (since I won't be taking to the skies right away) and I have some ideas regarding the Billy-Bumbler stories that I want to run by you. I am still working on my 4th installment and at last look I was on page 33. But I have a great vision of where I want the story to go and am curious if you are interested in joining it for a few tales.
Anyhow, I'm sure that there are many things for me to read and comment on..so I'll keep in contact as much as I can and you can track the progress of your namesake as he watches MLP and spits up on my good shirts.
Just be glad that someone didn't name you Utsussuatsiaat Qeqqata....because that is a lot of S's and Q's and you probably would get kicked out of the driver's license centre.
But it would be a very cool original name.....
*ponders*
~Adrik
*gives him a great big hug......
that is so very cool Adrik - I almost feel like a grandparent!
by the by - have you seen the fellow in here who has the Beaver on floats? He's up your way somewhere.
V.
And did I hear you say grandparent? That is so perfect...because little Savannah Maria and Phillip Connor are just begging to visit their grandmother so their parents can get a little much needed sleep! *hint hint*
Actually we should be okay...Nicole is taking the day to catch up on her sleep...she came out a couple of hours ago apologizing for sleeping so long and I told her to not worry about it and go get more sleep. I have everything under control. But trust me...when the time comes...I have some sleeping to catch up on!
And I haven't seen him yet...but I do have the link you sent me. I will definitely toss him a line and see what sort of tales we can swap! I'll be grounded most of this month until we get settled, but I look forward to checking out his bird and hearing about his travels. Thank you so much for finding him...I will never turn down the chance to converse with a fellow bushpilot!
Now how many changes of clothes shall I send down with the twins?
~Adrik
You had a few crazy, full months... and expect some more! xD
This is amazing Adrik hun, congratulations to both you and Nicole!!! :D
I guess we will hear more about those two as they grow up... please be sure to report all the twin pups adventures ;)