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thanks for the replies on this...

i smoothly broached this subject with the wife yesterday while we were lounging in the pool and she says SHE expects me to be back in class somewhere between 2 and 4 weeks after the baby arrives, so...
of course, we'll have to just play it by ear and see how it turns out, but so far, this is good news...

...i actually used Old Warrior's line about a "happy father is a good father"... i think it might have scored some points...