Personal News Made Public - Baby Dave
I made mention of this in the last issue of the WebbyOnline newsletter and I figured there was no reason not to mention it here. I have a little piece of personal news I would like to share with my readers.
My wife, Malika, is pregnant. Yes sir, we’re having a baby.
She is about 4 months along now. We actually found out about this roughly 3 months ago and I chose not to publicize it on the web. This was a personal decision between my wife and I. However, now that things are moving along and seem to be moving along normally, I figure its now OK to let you guys know about it.
Its interesting and a little unnerving to put this all together with my business and what I talk about all the time on this website. When I first started this business, I was single and I was making way more money than I needed on my own. Now I am married and my wife is going back to school for her second degree in civil engineering. So, I’m holding down the fort in terms of money. Now we also have a child on the way. Since neither of us work for “the man”, we don’t have any maternity insurance. That doesn’t really scare me, though. The odds are that everything is going to go by the books. Also, I do make enough money to take care of the medical bills. But, it doesn’t mean it isn’t placing more strain on me and my ability to rake in the coin.
For the longest time, its just been me. Now I have a family which is depending on the success of what I do every day on the internet. I don’t work for “the man”. I work for myself. I sit here every day in a home office generating money off the internet. On the one hand, I am really proud of the fact that I can sit here with my hair all screwed up like I just woke up, work all day at my desk, and actually earn money that a lot of full-time employees could not earn. On the flip side, its a bit freaky and I can’t help but get a bit of a shiver at the idea of this hobby of mine actually paying ALL our bills. Will it continue like this?
Of course, all of this is most likely par for the course for any expecting father (and mother, for that matter).
The baby has a due date of December 12th. Its exciting! But at the same time - oh shit! 
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