Back when the babies had both been home for only a short time, Robyn and I were getting up at all hours of the night to feed them. Like all new parents, we were sleep-deprived. It was not unusual to be up for something like 20 hours day – especially once I returned to work since I was not napping during the day.

One night, I think it was about 4AM or so, we were sitting down to feed both kids. I had just finished burping someone and was settling them back down to continue their bottle. My goal was to say something like, “step up to the plate” to whichever child I was holding, but in my delerious state, what came out was”

[b]”Step up to the podium, Secretary of the Treasury…Life Cycle Team.”[/b]

Now, I understand where I was going with that, but Robyn just looked at me like I had completely lost it. I think I was so tired that, for just a second, I had actually fallen asleep and had begun to dream. Apparently this dream was about both the Secretary of the Treasury and a team that I deal with frequently at my work. I really don’t know….In any case, Robyn asked me what I had just said and I was just annoyed that she didn’t get my meaning and had the gall to ask me about it at 4AM! I think I kind of came out of my stupor for a bit and we were able to laugh at it.

We had another laugh about it tonight as we were reminiscing about some of our “adventures” over the past 5 years.