Second night away from Jenni and Nathan and I'm still not sleeping that well. Usually I sleep fine away from home (just give me a bed), but not this time, not yet. It might have something to do with the remainder of the sinus cold I'm still getting over (slight congestion), but I really think it's just parenthood. Unconsciously, I'm still listening for Nathan in the night. Why else would I have awakened at 3:30pm - Nathan's wee-hours feeding time of choice - the past two nights? No question about it - I'm a daddy.

Although I do miss my wife and boy a lot, there's one benefit - the dull ache in my lower back and left shoulder has lessened. I'm still planning on finding a family practice doctor when I get back to Seattle to get a look at the shoulder, as it's the same ache that was diagnosed as a minor rotator cuff injury about 6 (six?!?!) years back. What fixed it back then? Why, some anti-inflammatories and a week or so of no lifting. Hrm...

This afternoon will be packed - back-to-back-to-back Mac OS X Server sessions, with the final one covering Authentication (a topic near and dear to us at work), which will segue nicely into tomorrow morning's Directory Services seminar.