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January 24, 2018Dad Leave a comment

I’ve now been off of work for a month. Crazy to think that it’s been that long. Crazier still than I still have even longer in front of me. Some musings that I’ve come to during this time… Continue reading “1 Month” →

Snow Day?

January 8, 2018February 27, 2018Dad 1 Comment

The other day we had our first snow day of the year – a treasured event in my world. For most, after college snow days lose their luster, if they even continue to exist at all. As a teacher, snow days are just as exciting to me as they were in 3rd grade, possibly even moreso. At least they were? Continue reading “Snow Day?” →

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Our daughter was born in early October – our first child. We’d been married for about 2 years, I’m in my mid-30’s, we were “ready” for this. She was born and she was spectacular – this tiny little ball of wonderful, everything that any parent could want. Sooooooooo what do we do now??? Well, we figured it out as we went along.

My job provides 2 weeks of parental leave, after which I painstakingly returned to work. For the following 8 weeks I was never fully there or at home, not really doing either as well as I would’ve liked. Now, as my wife heads back to work, I am taking advantage of my years of saved up leave – for the next 74 days I will be home on paternity leave…so, once again, what do I do now???

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