labor day and the end of week # 1

Believe it or not, but the first week of my paternal leave is already over. It’s been a long, exhausting and tiring seven days but it’s over. Only thirteen more to go… or more, you never know.

I wish I could say the first week went by rather easily with no problems, but then I would be liar. It’s been a tough week not only for myself, but for the kids as well as they’ve had a tough time adjusting to the change. Leah has been doing well with work, but we haven’t been able to work out a good time table between us and that’s causing a lot of friction as well. There have been times where frustration has gotten the better of me but that was to be expected as well as I need time to adjust to my new position as well.

I never got a chance to hit the gym, but I’ll give that a go this week instead and try to muscle that into the routine. I’m have a hard enough time to get here to type something, let alone get out of the house to do something else. Eventually I’ll get things under control and once we’re all in a routine… things will be a lot easier.

It hasn’t been a perfect week, but I think we got through it rather well. I think it will only get better as time goes by and the kids get more and more used to having me around full time. I got to take Ethan to the park earlier today because it was nice this morning. Leah left for work a short time ago, and Ethan is playing with his toys in his room. Jonathan and I are watching a World Cup friendly between Jamacia and Canada from Montreal. It’s been a good game so far, Canada has had some good scoring chances in the first twenty minutes. I really like the way they’re playing so far…

So it’s been a decent day so far, and I’m kinda surprised how fast the first week has flown by. I don’t miss the center, but there are times when the work here has been a tad frustrating, but I think it will get better and better the more I keep working at it. The kids are doing all right and I hope everyone has a happy and very safe Labor Day!

Peter