(I will preface this by explaining that we were living in Turkey at the time our son was born. The c-section rate is around 90% there, and birth is highly medicalized. For logistical reasons, we couldn’t return to Canada for the birth, and decided to try in Turkey to have the natural birth we wanted. We took natural birth classes when we were in ( Read more... )

The microbloggery of Facebook seems to have totally decimated this, my 'real' blog. I will say it's because I'm the mother of a one-year-old and a first-year assistant professor, and three seconds it about all I can devote to an update at any given time.

I have not updated in a very, very long time ( Read more... )

My son is an amazing, amazing traveler. He was SO good on the plane(s), slept 6 hours in a row last night (despite jetlag!), and just went shopping with us for household goods for 3 hours without a single complaint. My god are we lucky.

We leave tomorrow for Doha. Seems like everything is pretty much set and ready. We fly (business class!) to Toronto, then London, then Doha, arriving Saturday at 9:30 p.m. Then we're taken by Mercedes to the Four Seasons Hotel (!!) for two nights while we shop for necessities for our villa with our generous moving allowance (!!!). I think I'll ( Read more... )

Well, it's official now, so I can post. Dubai is off. At this rather late date, I have received an offer from the University of Calgary (Qatar Campus). Assistant prof., 2 or possibly 3 year contract. The fact that it is an actual Canadian university is what makes this offer truly fantastic (making eventual transfer back to Canada much more likely ( Read more... )

Fritzy has his first tooth ( Read more... )

I suck as a blogger these days. Probably once I start work and have procrastination time once again, things will pick up ( Read more... )

Oh no! Fritz has pinkeye!

But oh good! It only costs $30 to visit a walk-in clinic in Thunder Bay, even if you don't have insurance.

Oh no! We have to put eyedrops in his little eyes 4 times a day until it clears up!

But oh good! He apparently finds eyedrops hilarious and giggles like crazy when we put them in.

Now entering week 2 of our Canadian summer. We've settled in pretty well; Fritzy's sleeping is almost back to normal. On a bad night, he still wants to get up before 6 a.m., but overall he's doing well, despite the fact that he's teething up a storm. I am loving being back, of course, as is C. (although he misses Ankara a lot). Now that we're ( Read more... )