Over the past year, many of us in the New Orleans area have finally gotten to a relatively settled place. We have decided what we are going to do during the recovery. We have chosen our new home or our remodeled one. We have gotten new jobs and resettled across Louisiana and the rest of the Gulf South. And now... well I think it is officially time for the first safe Katrina baby boom to start. I know of a number of new families and growing ones that will be adding bundles of joy over the next few months. All of them (myself included) realized after the first anniversary of Katrina last year that... we are finally in an ok place. No everything isn't perfect (far from it), but the city is lurching forward now. The country is at least partially behind us. The hospital system is up and running. The street lights are on and most of the infrustructure appears to getting back in order. The levee system repair plan is coming along. Sure nothing is the way we would want to have it in a perfect world, but we have gotten used to a post-k N'awlins.

What do you think? Did the post-k boom start this past month? Are we ready to move forward (even in the current state)?

I feel more comfortable bringing a new addition in now than a year ago (on a community level as well as on a personal one) do you?

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What's going on here? Why am I posting so much? Today, in honor of Katrina I am attempting another 24 hour 24 post blogathon.