40 Days (and counting)

In 40 days my five year old goes to kindergarten.

Halle - fricken - lujah!

I love my kids to death and I will definitely miss having my little guy around (read here)as evidenced by my previous posts. But enough is enough. For 7 years I have spent 95% of my waking hours (and a good chunk of my non-waking hours) with my kids. I'm not complaining...not in the least. My job has allowed me to be there to raise my kids to school age, no day care, relatively few baby sitters. I have two incredibly well adjusted, polite, intelligent, 'too smart for their own good' boys and the reason for that is the constant presence of me and my wife. Its been hard, though. Juggling a full time job while taking care of my boys while trying to maintain a house leaves no time for anything else. I've been able to sneak in a few rounds of golf and a few drunken weekends, but my life has drastically changed from eight years ago. In 40 days I'll get some reprieve. I'll have time to take naps just like pre-kids. I'll have time to play nine holes in the middle of the day. I'll have time to read and blog. It me time! From 9AM to 3PM Monday thru Friday its me, me, me...

The rest of the time will still be chaotic...hockey, baseball, school stuff, room cleaning, "eat your g-d green beans!", etc... But now I'll have my days back...to clean the kids room, actually do my job effectively, go to the dump more than monthly, clean the garage...no more messy house...no excuses.

No excuses?

Man I'm going to miss those guys.