Growing a mustache and the consequences that follow...

For those of you who don't already know, I am participating in the Movember fundraiser. Basically its a fun way to raise funds and awareness for prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is one of those "taboo" topics due to the location of the cancer development. If it wasn't bad enough going to the doctor's every year, the prostate check definitely is added to the list of "cons" during the routine yearly physical. One thing that I did not know what that prostate cancer is the most common cancer among Canadian men. It is going to be diagnosed in about 25,500 men this year, not including cases that go undiagnosed due to men's unwillingness to go for annual check-ups.
One of the caveats of this fundraiser is that I have to grow a mustache, this somewhat simple goal is made more difficult by my non-hairy genes.
What really sucks about growing a lame mustache, is that it makes me look extremely sketchy. I am now 2 weeks into this ordeal and so far the most common statement I have heard is "oh are you trying to grow a mustache??". As innocent as that question is, it hurts my everything specially since all I see when I look in the mirror is a hairy upper lip. Two weeks to go, and as much as I am hoping I will not look more sketchy... I know things will not get better on the sketchy-scale.

November!? where did the time go??

So i am procrastinating... I was just talking to my friend Ian and he told me we had not made an entry on this blog since JULY! Things have been a little chaotic since then, but that's no excuse. Things have been moving along. Naiya is now 4.5months and is growing rapidly. She started to try to feed herself the other day, but ended up with a giant peas explosion... turns out patience is required when feeding a baby since only about 1/3 of the food actually gets into the baby.
Winter is springing up slowly. It snowed here about three weeks ago but that all melted away, and now it seems like fall is slowly going away and winter is creeping in. I realized that I do not mind the cold at all. What really takes a toll on me is the lack of sun - right now the sun is rising at 7:34 AM and setting at 5:00 PM. In a week the sun will be rising 10mins later and setting 10mins earlier!! in ONE week! Losing 20mins of sunshine is a lot, considering we got at least 7 weeks to go until the shortest day of the year. This season I thought ahead and got some vitamin D pills, hope they do the trick to keep my energy high... I sure hope they work, specially when Naiya decides to wake up every 3 hrs at night.