I just had a wonderful night putting my girls to bed. Which is all the more amazing because they were crazy all evening since I’ve been home today.
The bedtime routine is typically:
- Pajamas
- Brush teeth
- Read book
- Read scriptures
- Say night time prayer
- Sing songs
- Snuggle
Tonight I read them 4 books and they actually started calming down and snuggled in. It is nights like this that make me feel so glad and happy to be a father. Don’t get me wrong…. most nights I can’t wait for the beasts to be put away. But, for once I feel like we appreciated each other and had some quality time reading.
I always loved it when I was read to, so hopefully the girls could feel my love to them as I read tonight.
In Mark and Liz world…
I feel like we are really close to being in an awesome place with our relationship. So, obviously now is not the time to start slacking. Being in a good place in our relationship has some seriously awesome benefits… basically, when we are clicking we’re happy, even when the world around us could be burning to he ground.
We’re trying something new, to us, this week. Going to bed early and waking up early. We noticed that after the girls go to bed we’ve been too beat to do much else but veg in front of the TV… Chuck has been the choice show lately… But then, we thought we might be more inclined to do more productive things in our “us” time if we got a solid 8 hours in between.
So now, instead of 3 hours of Chuck, we’re trying to watch 1 episode, go to bed, and then wake up at 5-6 am. The idea has been to work out, get ready, and eat breakfast together.
Day one went alright, except we slept till 6 and only watched another episode when we woke up. My wonderful wife did make me breakfast while I showered, which was so nice. Though, we didn’t eat together…
Day 2 was today… and it was a bit of a cluster cuss. We went to bed pretty close to on time. But, we slept till Norah woke us up. At which point Liz was late for like a billion things she had to do and I was trying to be helpful, but still get to work as soon as I could (on a good day I start work at 7:30, which is when I woke up today). So, that was tough… but on the plus side we got like, 9 hours of sleep…
I’m not sure how tomorrow will go. Mostly because I’m not sure when Lizzy will get back. We still have our ration of one episode to watch tonight…
In Mark’s World…
At times I feel desperate for some changes in work. Namely for higher pay, but also to gain skills that I think I could leverage in job interviews 😉 Then, at other times I feel pumped with all the things I managed in one day and can’t wait to do it again.
Part of the disconnect I’m sure has to do with my isolation from the rest of anybody… I live in a sea of empty cubes. So, while I can talk as loud as I want on the phone… I don’t see anyone unless I make a specific effort. I justify it because I have a window and a wonderful chair to lounge in. But, I’m definitely thinking about moving to a more populated area.
What am I Looking Forward To?
This has been a question that has been bobbing around in my mind every since Lizzy asked me two weeks ago. So…
- Duck Football Game (win/lose/tie I want some time with my nothing box)
- Date time (my parents are driving through, which should mean Lizzy and I can sneak out for some time without screaming girls)
- Possibility of a class action lawsuit settlement check (they teased me with the idea months ago that I could land some serious cash with no added effort… but now they got my hopes up… but I do still remain hopeful)
- Baking bread and cupcakes in the next few days (I haven’t baked a loaf in weeks, and my home teaching families are getting cupcakes… whether they want them or not…)
- Sunday School class party (awesome kids, should be lots of fun, right before Halloween)
That’s all for now… TTFN
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Mark Freeman
thefreemanblog.com 