Rainy Days

It's been a long time since I was able to enjoy the rain. It's too bad that I'm afraid of the house getting wet or dirty that I have to keep the windows closed. Lesson, enjoy the simple things in life. Sometimes, they're more valuable than the expensive things.

I'm sorry you couldn't go to basketball today or swimming or dollar tree. I know how much you want to go to dollar tree, but maybe you can make a good deal with mommy tomorrow. You have piano. You can do good. Bonus lesson (might be a repeat), try to focus on the important things you can control. Everything isn't that important and you can't control it even if it was. Easy to say, hard to do, I know... Mommy has her first of many Fridays off tomorrow. Maybe she might pick you up early. Family time is priceless :)

Family Time

Repeat lesson: Make time for what's important to you. Make sure you make sure the important things are really important. It's really hard to wake up early, work all day, do chores, and then take care of you, work and do more chores, but you are important. So I drink some energy drink and here we are. I stepped a little on some poop. You're the winner. Mommy too.

It looks like we'll probably be playing that game often for the foreseeable future. I'll figure out a way to make time for you and mommy. As long as you guys are happy and I can do it. I hope your life is full of happiness and you have less worries than your mother and I. I hope that the worries you do have are ones worth having and that you're able to handle them easily. I want a better life for you than your mother and I have. So far your childhood is better for sure. I admit our current life is pretty good, but I still hope better for you. That's what parents want. Better lives for their kids. I also hope for a healthy sibling for you.

Fresh and Clean

I don't recall the last time I kept the windows open in this house. I hope keeping it closed means keeping dirt and bad things out of the house. I cleaned quite a bit of dirt from the windows. Sometimes, you need to be fresh and clean in life too. I feel like I'm making a fresh and clean start today. Maybe it's the impending rain feeling too. 

Lesson, sometimes you have to close/open a door in order to go through another door/window. I'm really trying my best to be the best father for you and give you the best life. I hope that you will repay the effort and make the best effort to be the best you. I know you "try", but I hope you really mean it and are not paying lip service :)

Mommy Mondays

Mommy changes her mind a lot. It might be all women, but I can't say for sure. But for the time being, expect and plan for it. That's the lesson for today, be aware and able to adjust your plans and actions as needed to changes in the situation. Thanks for eating good today. It's nice that you were still free. I think the worker gave you a pass since I think you're above 40 inches. Might be the shoes though. Seems like yesterday you were 37 inches. I'll double check later...

Shabu Gen is a pretty good deal if you're free and even if you're not (although you don't eat very much). I was surprised mommy offered you dollar tree tomorrow for doing what you're supposed to be doing today. I feel like letting you watch is enough. I hope this doesn't lead to new expectations. "It's a good deal" I'm sure you know. LOL.

Thank You Chu Marcus

Or not. You were not happy today when I ate your last chip and mommy asked for more than one chip. Expanding on the previous lessons, you need to eat in moderation too. Bad and good. They say you only really need 3 bites of anything. The 1st to tell if it's good or bad. The 2nd to confirm. The 3rd is to say good bye if it is good so you don't overeat. 

Anyhow, I got some chores done today. The floor of my office is pretty clean, but not completely. There's still some "personal" stuff I need to do, but I was somewhat satisfied with what I was able to accomplish. I didn't work as hard as I played this weekend, but I'll make it up during the week and maybe tonight. It's nice that you don't have activities on Mondays through Wednesdays right now. Hope that's okay with you too...

Happiness For Others

I was thinking how affordable your happiness is right now. Your mommy and others happiness tends to be more expensive. I would normally tell you to hurry up, but I decided to let you linger as long as you wanted. Yes, there were plenty of thing that need doing, but there would be time for the later. I really hope you pick things you want and not things you think someone else likes or wants.

Lesson, don't forget to take care of yourself. Sorry, it's another repeat lesson, but that just shows you how important it is. I'm not saying only think about yourself, rather, that you shouldn't forget about yourself. Sometimes I forget about myself. That's the challenging thing about life. It's about finding that balance. You're going to find times where you become imbalanced towards the good and the bad. Always try to find you want back to the middle.

Fri-Yah

Man, I'm tired. And I actually didn't do any work for work today really. Golfing is sometimes like a job. I got up early and got home late. I know it's a lesson that I've mentioned before, but I think it's really important and I never really understood it before covid (at least not completely).

Balance. Work hard, play hard. Don't go overboard on just the good and forget the good for you. I ate really good for lunch. I didn't eat much for dinner. I woke up early to golf, but I made sure to make time to take you to music and get mommy some treats. I "try" and always make sure I make time for you and mommy. It's not easy, but it's all part of the balance...