The answer to the question above is “when you are the father of 9 month old twins”, obviously.<\/p>\n
I had planned, even before the deer collision, to take last week off from work. I was badly in need of some down-time and now we were going to need to take care of a bunch of stuff with the car. The original plan called for me to drive my mom back home on Monday morning and drive back that afternoon, taking the rest of the week to get stuff done around the homestead in addition to appointments for the kids at the pediatrician on Tuesday, Robyn’s doctor on Wednesday and Gabriel’s GI visit on Thursday.<\/p>\n
So, how did things go? Since my mom never made it all the way down, we all went out to Pennsylvania on Monday afternoon to train with Geo and some of his training partners and have a little lunch. Everything else went smoothly during the week except for our near dual nervous breakdowns while attempting to find the Hertz office in Morristown in order to extend the contract for our rental car on Wednesday afternoon. Note to self – don’t ever go to Headquarters Plaza for anything ever again…. One thing that was nice was that we got out of the house with the kids for some period of time every day.<\/p>\n
I also had a list of stuff I wanted to get done around the house:
\n[list]
\n[*]Paint garage door<\/strike>
\n[*]Assemble hammock
\n[*]Baby-proof cabinet latches<\/strike>
\n[*]Spread mulch on side of house<\/strike>
\n[*]Mow the lawn<\/strike>
\n[*]Clean the garage
\n[*]Get rid of wood pile behind shed
\n[*]Freelance work<\/strike>
\n[\/list]
\nAs you can see, I made pretty good progress, but there were a few things that didn’t get done. Some of those were “reach” goals anyway.<\/p>\n
In addition to getting out of the house, it was nice to spend time with the babies without feeling like I was neglecting my work or not getting enough done during the day. In the end, I was not happy about going back to the daily grind. Even though I work from home 99% of the time, it’s a real challenge to get excited about my job anymore. Between not being completely comfortable with my technical knowledge, not receiving much in the way of direction or assistance from my coworkers or boss and just having too much on my plate at work, it’s a very different environment than what I became used to over the last few years.<\/p>\n
On the baby front, we’ve been working with Gabriel on his rolling over from his back to his tummy. He’s starting to get the hang of it, but he’s still a bit tentative. Today, however, he started pulling up to a standing position if we hold his hands. That was pretty cool. Chloe pulled herself up for the first time in her crib this morning. She’s completely nuts and is getting very mobile which is both very cool and very scary!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The answer to the question above is “when you are the father of 9 month old twins”, obviously. I had planned, even before the deer collision, to take last week off from work. I was badly in need of some … Continue reading