Complicated is OK

I have been thinking about when I should take my day off from the gym; the training program suggests Fridays but I have been thinking about switching this to Thursday. This is what I did this morning as I turned off the alarm before it went off and yes; I seem to do this every morning as my body wakes up naturally well before the alarm is set to go off. I was tired and I also reaped the benefit of my son’s early morning arrival. This is so cool as he climbs between my wife and me and snuggles for an hour. He is so loveable and I do miss his arrivals. I do have the honor of his presence once during the week and once on the weekends. I don’t know how long this will last and it is imperative for me to enjoy it for as long as it lasts; and this morning was very enjoyable.

My daughter was awake very early this morning as her incentive was to study for test she had later today. Of course with an incentive she was awake well before she nearly does. She is sometimes a conundrum of sorts because most days dragging her out of bed is the norm than there are days such as today where she is awake and ready go without any incident whatsoever. She is well aware of these facts yet the conundrum will continue most likely tomorrow when there isn’t any incentive. It was wonderful seeing her awake, all studied and ready to go. I even prepared her breakfast as I was departing for the office.

This was a very good morning and my body did welcome the day of rest. Next week my wife will be working on Monday and Thursday so those days will be a bit more complicated. My daughter has softball practice on those days so it is my responsibility to get her to practice on those days. It really is only next week since her games commence the following week and our schedules will adjust accordingly. I did have a fleeting thought early in the week that my wife shouldn’t start her new job but that isn’t fair and I need to pick up the slack. My wife has done an incredible job over the past few years balancing everything all by herself and the least I can do is ensure I depart work on the days my daughter needs to get to softball practice or a game.

I realize in the past I didn’t want to do this for fear of jeopardizing my job. I don’t believe this will jeopardize my job because I will put in the necessary time needed to perform my job properly. It really isn’t about the amount of time but the quality of the time. If I can’t get my job done and help out with my family I shouldn’t be doing my job. I do have bosses who all have families and although their children are much younger they do understand the importance of family life. If they didn’t understand this I wouldn’t be working here.

The days go by so quickly and I now set goals for myself each day. Today I was very fortunate to complete these goals in spite of the many distractions. I have a full plate of goals but thankfully in recovery the only way to live life is one day at a time and this is how I approach most anything in my life. It is so much better to achieve these goals working through a process than in the past where I was all over the place. I am no longer all over the place and more focused than I have ever been and this should translate to me being a much more productive.

This evening my daughter had softball practice and my son had baseball practice. My wife took my daughter to practice and I took my son to his very late batting cage practice. We met his new team the Padres and judging by the kids who showed up for the practice it appears to be a very good team. Most all of the kids seemed to know what they were doing so it should be an interesting season. It will also be interesting to see how the “Kid Pitch” league works since my son was on the “Machine Pitch” league last season. These are 7 and 8 year old boys who may not be the most accurate of pitchers but the rules are conducive to speed the game along. There aren’t any walks and if a batter gets four balls the Coach comes out and throws two pitches. If the batter fails to hit those two pitches he is out so it will be very interesting to see how this season transpires.