Tomorrow is my first day of work since getting Rex. Up to this point, I've been part of everything--doctor's visits, meals, naptime, play. But reality says that paternity leave doesn't last forever, so at 9 am tomorrow instead of having breakfast with the family, I'll be in a Directors' Meeting, which I might add has almost as much fighting and childish antics as family breakfast, save for the spills. Directors' Meeting has more.
This means my wife will have to fend for herself all day. I have no doubt she can handle it. In our family, she's really the power player, and if one of us has to stay home with the kids, it's better for everyone if it's her. For example, she's the one who can figure out how to reload the Diaper Genie. Me, I'd be left drowning in diaper bombs until someone saved me. She can talk to the kids and load them into the van at the same time without incident. Me, while getting them into the van today after church, left our Bibles on the roof, and didn't realize it until a mile down the road when we heard the Bibles thumping on the roof. The cause? The kids were talking to me.
Not only will Colette be outnumbered by our kids, but she'll have a student too. Colette homeschools Asia, and will school her during the day. If they don't finish, they'll continue in the evening when I'm at home and can watch Rex. I really hand it to Colette. If I were the one at home, Asia would be on that school bus quicker than she can say, "elementary." But I'm not the one at home; our power player is, which is better for everyone.
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About Me
- C.S. Heinz
- I'm the Director of Marketing for EnergyCAP, Inc., publisher of the best selling energy management software. I write on topics like prayer, discipleship, intimacy with God, family, and adoption. I like to buy books and sometimes I even read them.
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