Well, here we are in the middle of summer.
How it works most years with our family is my wife goes on vacation with our kids for several weeks then I go on vacation with them for several weeks. My time is usually a big chunk in the middle and she has both ends.
It didnt quite happen that way this time. She had one week then they came home and did a summer camp at home for a week. Now the Mommy is on vacation with them for a second of three weeks. Then I will go on vacation finally with them for three weeks, or close to it.
We do it this way, well because, the summer is long and we cant both be off the whole summer. So we have three weeks each and then some summer camp and it goes by. Not like I am trying to kill time though. I love summers. I have always loved summers.
Even last year was nice. We had summer vacation together which I have to say, was nice, different, but nice. But I dont think we can do it that way all the time. They went on camp for three weeks by themselves. They didnt like the camp. They didnt want to do it again. They did a skate camp for a week. They didnt want to do that again either. Well, so. They didnt.
Anyway, the point being that now my wife is on vacation with them in the mountains. I am alone all week in the house and go to work every day 11 to 7 pm And, you know, I really dont like this
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| Marek D 2017 picture Mumlava Waterfalls |
I really miss them. I dont like being alone all night. Sure I am trying to catch up on things and I have to make sure I organize my summer vacation with them, which took several days and I am not done. But,, I wouldnt like this system to last too long.
I dont know what single fathers do. They just go to work and come home and eat dinner and read the paper in bed? Or do they get a new partner right away? Or go out nearly every day of the week? It has to be boring. Or maybe they never stop working. They are night owls and just work through the evening?
I would not like that to happen to me. I go out with a friend or two once a month or so. I guess it would be more if I were a single father. Or I would sit in front of the computer and get more done (supposedly) and read more and write more (supposedly). But if you read my last post just before this one you would see that I probably wouldnt get so much done. I would probably read more economic articles and think that I was preparing my stock knowledge for some buying or selling on the stock exchange. But reading comments on articles probably doesnt get me much knowledge. Or else I would watch more Larry David "Curb Your Enthusiasm" show. I love that show. I would binge watch all seasons over a month or so and then I would be very lonely again and sad.
The point being, that I rather like my family. (even more than the Larry David show). I have a bad schedule working from 11am till 7pm in my store. But before the covid I always had a couple days during the week when I was home all day, thus the daddy 40% moniker. But when I get home at 7.30, I am hoping that they havent eaten dinner yet and we can all have dinner together. And then one or either of my girls will need my help on some homework, english or math and then we can play some card games, or battle ship. I mean, this is worth a lot, more than reading stupid comments from trolls on an economic site where many of the members are close minding greedy pigs. Yeah, definitely worth more.
A family is worth a lot. I will be going on vacation with them after the first week of August. It is going to be a bit of a stress because it will be a lot of travelling again. And Covid is rearing its ugly head again. We had a little window of opportunity in June and July, but now it is getting worse again. So, the vacation will be a little risky because of the travelling, but... it just had to happen this year.
Wish us good luck. Good vacations, good summers for all.
Bought myself another Bob Dylan CD last week. One of his classics. Also, I sold the Arkaics to a happy customer today and I have been listening to that every day too. I watched a video concert by Steady Sun from March 5 2020. Here is the link. The steady sun has a track on "battle of the bands" on the Wick label which is the same label as the Arkaics. Good 60s Garage and Pyschadelia.
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