"Good Guy" is my Son

There was a rare three hour period last night that my wife and I were actually alone. My son was off to a birthday party which isn’t very unusual but the fact that the birthday party was for classmate who is a girl made it somewhat unusual. Yes, my son was invited to a birthday party for a “girl” which I found very cool. In fact only two boys were invited to the birthday and yes, my son was one of them along with his friend. My wife was told when she dropped my son off at the party that two boys who were invited are good “buddies” with the girls that were invited. I’m not sure why I found this so fascinating but I did and I did like the fact that my son is friends with a girl. This does tell me that my son is one of the “good guys” in class and hopefully he can maintain this moniker through the years.

My daughter was invited to yet another sleep over at a friend’s house. My daughter has made so many friends this year and this is very exciting especially knowing the fact that they just moved back at the beginning of the school year. My daughter did have a base of friends having gone to the same school from Kindergarten to the second grade. She made friends while she attended school in New Jersey and now she is expanding her friend base with people she didn’t know prior to moving to New Jersey. I do believe everything is working out extraordinary well in every facet of our lives.

Since both of our children were away my wife and I had some alone time; we took the time to just relax. No, we didn’t run off to dinner or go to the movies because we both had enough of running around and staying home was the perfect prescription. We even watched a movie; “The Pursuit of Happyness”. I had read this book while I was “away” and I found it very inspirational. I think I read something like 200 books while I was “away” and there are some books that I just can’t remember but I remembered this particular book very well since it was very inspirational. It is about a man who basically sacrifices everything for his son and has to live in a shelter, bathroom and all places in between while he was pursuing a dream. Ultimately this dream did pay off and I do believe it was all in his attitude.

The movie was good but like most times the book was better. In the book I had a better sense for what the main character was thinking and I saw more of the positive attitude in the book than in the movie. The movie was very emotional and I caught my eyes welling up at certain points as did my wife. The story is true which makes it more inspiring to know that these things do happen and yes, attitude does count. There is a saying that “attitude is everything” and yes, it does help. I do my best to maintain a positive attitude and I can say from experience it really does make a world of difference!!

The evening was very nice and we picked my son up from his party and took him to the yogurt store where we had taken my daughter a few weeks ago (in her pajamas). No, we didn’t take him in his pajamas although I doubt he would have had a problem with this. I did feel it was fair to him since we took his sister when he was at a sleepover so the score was even. The rest of the evening was just the three of us and yes, another Saturday was in the books.

Sunday morning came early with the usual showing of the CBS Sunday Morning Program and yes, my son did make his normal entry into our room. It was a very relaxing morning which is a far cry from the other six days during the week. My wife had to pick up my daughter early this morning from her sleepover and afterwards she did pick up some bagels for our breakfast. We were a family this morning and just hanging out with them was all I needed. Life is wonderful and it was a wonderful morning. As the afternoon approached I went over a good friend’s house to assist this friend with a longstanding project. This could be labeled the “irony” project because of the content but nonetheless I assisted and my compensation is a free lunch every couple of weeks. My friend asked me why I was being so nice and my response was “you are my friend and this is what friends do”. I know what friends do because I have received so much support and assistance. When I have the opportunity to give back I am more than willing and able. I was very happy to help and all went very well.