We’re 14 full days away from Riley’s due date. Someone asked me while I was standing at the urinal today if I was nervous. I casually blew off the comment and said, “No, I’m more anxious then nervous. I got over the nerves awhile ago.”

Well, that was a lie. When I got back to my desk I started thinking about it. In 14 days I will be a father. In 14 days we will be parents of a oddly small child whose only means of communication is crying. In 14 days I will have bigger things to worry about than the current coffee of the day at Caribou.

It’s not nerves, I don’t think. I think its more about curiosity of the unknown and unexpected. I watch Drew and Michelle go through this whole thing 4 months ago. My brother never broke a sweat. Now I will be “that guy”.

So what am I doing to prepare? Well, Courtney has taken care of the obvious; packing bags, prepping the baby’s room. Just today I went to the ATM to take out 40 bucks for parking. Bet you didn’t know that they don’t let new fathers get away with free parking. I didn’t know that either. I also picked up some granola bars just in case this kid shows up at 3am and all the pizza joints are closed. This is what I do best.