Monday, October 06, 2008

Testosterone Weekend

I just came off of a pretty exciting weekend. My wife spent the last few days at a conference so it was my first multi-day solo experience caring for the boys. First off, my wife had a terrific time. She came back recharged and encouraged. By far, that is the best part and I'm glad she was able to go.

As much as I (and the boys) missed her, I really had a lot of fun spending the weekend having quality time with my sons. We went to the park, visited a Renaissance Faire, roughhoused, read stories, and generally had a blast. It was good to see the boys 24 hours a day as my time with them is generally confined to what will fit in between work and bedtime. Even weekends are pretty busy.

Anyway, I managed to keep the house together. Nothing ended up too too out sorts. I even managed to make some progress on a few things:

  1. I replaced a bathroom light fixture.
  2. I worked on my old radio control car so I could race it with the boys. Got a nice, blistery burn from a soldering iron on my finger.
  3. Cleaned up/patched bedroom walls for later painting.
  4. Did some drawing. Also wrote out some descriptions for Etsy ads.
  5. Sketched out ideas for some built-in bookcases.
  6. Watched a few action and sci-fi movies (more on this later).
Now, just to be clear. I'm not under the false belief that my weekend at all represented what it's like to be home with a four-month-old and a nearly two-year-old every day. I had it easy only because my wife worked so hard to get me, the kids, and the house in such good order. That left me able to concentrate on just keeping everyone fed and uninjured (ok, everyone but me uninjured). I am very, very appreciative.

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Matt Moberly said...

Yeah... I enjoy a day or two of being the supreme authority of the house when my wife is gone.

First, we get to do some of the stuff that she doesn't necessarily like. For example, temporarily moving all the furniture in the kitchen in order to make a huge lava trap that you can only cross by walking on a stone path fashioned out of every shoe in the house. I have no problem with it, but some people don't like the idea of having to move all that furniture back when the fun is over.

Second, there's no one to have to smoothly coordinate verbal discipline, etc. with. I can just decide how it is and call the shots myself. Having to parent in tandem with another person, even someone you know very well, is just more work.

Third, I can watch movies that she's really not a fan of, and not feel like I'm ignoring anyone.

Still, we were all glad to be a whole family again at the end of the weekend.

4:13 PM

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