Fairly Odd

Well, I’m watching the new Fairly Oddparents movie with my kids. We had dessert of ice cream and chocolate chip cookies. I took the day off of work today because the kids have off, and I want to expose them as little as possible our local YMCA’s childcare offerings. But that’s a whole different stories. In principle, I am working from home, and I could get some stuff done. In fact, I plan to. But, in fact, I don’t want to abuse the ‘Work At Home’ system by making it nearly synonymous for Wasting Away Happily’. I want to keep this option available for others, which means not abusing it.

Tonight the wife is in transit to another time zone, so it’s pretty much a ‘boys rule’ kind of night. I really do miss having a female presence in the house, though. Even though we constantly face off about what gets done, and whether or not help should be solicited or unsolicited, it definitely feels unbalanced when she’s gone. Part of the issue is the lack of role model. The only role model I have is my old favorite from childhood (which was already in syndication by then) “My Three Sons”. But Alas, I don’t have Charlie around.

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