We're at a watershed moment here, whereupon it works out to have a second child (a) now or (b) four years from now. Basically, DH is completing a degree program in a year and will have a summer off, after which he will get a (drumroll) paying teacher position, enabling me to go down to part time. Alternately, we can use that time to make a dramatic move to somewhere like Austin, which means a big job search for me and then needing to work a while before knocking back enough leave to have a second child.

All signs point to doing it now, as in getting pregnant in the next month or so. The first time we had a 'lapse in judgement' it only took us the once to get pregnant so I'm assuming (perhaps faulty logic) that it will be equally easy this time.

On one had, the baby years are really trying and I'm looking forward to what happens on the other side once the kids are older (more time to paint? write? play music in public again? no time now as a working mom). This is an argument to have another child now.