My Pregnancy Advice, Tolland Town Council Budget Workshop, Trash Sked

Good morning, Tolland! Today is Tuesday, March 12, 2013; there are 294 days left in the year.

I’m certainly not the first person to write about incompetence (my own) coupled with impending fatherhood (also my own).

But I do believe there is some material to be mined concerning certain truths about pregnancy, particularly from a male perspective.

To wit, I offer the following advice:

Do -

• Answer any and all questions concerning the baby with, “I can’t wait!” Even if you can wait. Men, trust me on this one. It’ll save you hours of grief.

• Tell her she looks beautiful. This goes a long way, particularly when you shoot your mouth off about her waddling around like a penguin.

• Put up with the anecdotes about how feet are pushing into her rib cage, or how her stomach hurts because it’s expanding. The only good response to any and all of these comments is, “I’m sorry, honey. Is there anything I can do?”

Do not -

• Pat your wife’s tummy and say, “You’re welcome.” She won’t seem particularly appreciative of you if she’s in her 30th month.

• Comment about how often she has to go to the bathroom. This can result in decapitation. Yours, not hers.

• Ask if you can go to Vegas around the time the baby is due. You’d think this would be self evident. Yeah. Self evident.

Anyway, I can’t wait!

Here’s your Daily 5:

1. Remember that snow last week? Well, its rain, the national Weather Service tells us. And it could three-quarters of an inch.

2. Due to the snowstorm last week, residents who did not have their trash and/or recycling picked up last Friday will be picked up this Friday on their normal day. If you have extra bags, you may place them near your tote and Willimantic Waste will pick them.

3. A Town Council budget workshop is scheduled for March 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Hicks Municipal Center. The planning and community development account is on the agenda.

4. Public works, the capital improvement budget and solid waste on to be discussed at a budget workshop scheduled for March 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Hicks Center.

5.  Conserving Tolland and the Tolland Historical Society are co-hosting an event on March 14 about the Old Connecticut Path. Jason Newton will be the speaker. The event is scheduled for 7 to 9 p.m. at the lodge, Crandall Park II. For more information, visit www.conserving Tolland.org.