Schipp: Those are three good questions. I wish I was better at time management. Lately have been spending time in a state of shell-shock trying to address things. The overlaying of multiple court scheduling systems on each other has resulted in chaos. Amusingly, even though I’m not at home much, there’s chaos there too. Basically everywhere I look it’s chaos. Kind of feel like the crew of the Bismarck when a good chunk of the British Navy was attacking it, or King Kong swatting at bi-planes (minus the screaming damsel in distress thankfully). Spend a ton of time trying to put out fires, and not so much on getting practical stuff done.

I would like to think that I would make time for her.

Larger scale weddings which require planning are, in my opinion, largely a waste of time and resources. There’s a “Staff (or stave depending on who you ask) Church” in a town about ~120 miles from here that I think was imported from Scandinavia. People out here frequently want to get married in the thing. My question is: what exactly does driving 120 miles to have various people say various words give you long-term that having those same people say the same words locally? The marriage ceremony is about creating legal fictions and establishing a package of legal rights; you could basically do the same thing with a written contract.

As far as children go, kind of a question of timing.

Bah, couldn’t get to sleep, now can’t keep eyes open. Will try to finish later.