You know those cheesy tourist shirts that say things like “I Survived Mt Washington”? Well, it’s monday morning and “I Survived Another Weekend With My Kids”. Monday mornings are filled with feelings of accomplishment, exhaustion, and backaches from giving too many daddy-horse-back-rides.
I am the exception in the workplace. The guy who is actually happy to be back at work on monday morning. After all, my weekday job is the easier of my two jobs. It’s the place where I get to relax in front of my computer, sip coffee, have adult conversations without interruption, and enjoy the relative quiet. On weekdays, the real work begins at 5:30pm when I pick up the kids at preschool. Then, in a blur, it’s the dinner-baths-bedtime routine before it all starts again at 5:45am the next day.
Weekends are for rest? For dads with small kids, weekends are a game of survivor. And just like the TV show, our goal is to Outwit. Outlast. Outplay.