Entry 70: "Announcements" 9.12.80
Well, we did it. We finally announced to everyone that we're expecting. Nora's parents were the first ones we told. While Mr. Ehst and I have a-what's the word to describe someone who wants to regularly stab you but can't because you're their son in law and it would upset their daughter if you did?-"rocky" relationship, he did seem pleased about the idea of having grandchildren-even if he did mutter something about them better taking after his side of the family when he thought I wasn't paying attention. Thankfully her mother was more receptive to our relationship and was happy about the news, quickly taking Nora aside to explain all about her pregnancy-a conversation I'm glad I wasn't fully privy to, given how Nora demanded anesthetic during childbirth as soon as we left her parents.
After work was over I met up with Andy, Clark, and Joe while Nora met up with Susan and Sarah to share the news with them. The guys were all surprised, to say the least, with more than one joke aimed at the fact that I was in fact able to reproduce. To which I responded that unlike the Catholic clergy I was still allowed to fuck, which ended the comments at my expense. We talked a bit about everything I knew so far, and how it's going to be twins. By the end of it, I felt pretty excited-if as overwhelmed as before. Now it's just a waiting game while we pray that everything goes the way it's supposed to.
