Month: September 2010

Single Dad

Nancy is off to Dallas to visit Sephora’s call center there.  She’ll be gone for 12 days.  And today is her birthday.  When she arrived at her hotel she went out for dinner at Denny’s.  It was the only place open.  They give you a free Grand Slam on your birthday, she ordered the chicken.  Good for you , honey!

I am missing my wife very much. I am already feeling the incompleteness already closing in.  And Spencer and Eva, I feel like they are missing their mom.  Earlier tonight Eva kept pointing upstairs and whimpering a bit.   She’s used to her mom being home at a certain time.  They need their mom’s kind heart and soft words.  I’m all about getting them consistent in a firm way.  This is only the tip of a very big iceberg to the reasons why it is important to have parents for children.  I’ve been a stay at home dad for just about three years now I can say that no matter how one feels prepared to be a single parent you’re always going to be missing something.  I applaud those who are single parents, it’s got to be one of the hardest jobs to have.

I can’t wait for Nancy to come home.

Tahoe Trip

We took a weekend off and went to Lake Tahoe and it was pretty fun.  Half vacation half anniversary getaway.  It’s always good to go on a trip with the kids once and a while to renew the reasons why we shouldn’t go on trips with our kids. Eva didn’t sleep too well because she’s not used to a room being so quiet.  Spencer on the other had had a blast just being in the hotel jumping from bed to bed, table to table.  We did get to eat quite well.  Everything was comped which says a lot for my mom’s gambling luck.

Here’s the finale of the Labor Day fireworks show on top of the Harvey’s parking lot.

I personally like road trips but the trip back home really tested my patience.  It took an extra hour and a half to get back home.  The plus side is that you can really rediscover the scenery when you’re going four miles an hour.  But we keep going out with them. Go figure.