After Day 10's nightmare, I didn't post for days. I was trying hard to dig myself out of a rut. Renee I discussed doing fun things when I had energy, to try to at the very least distract myself. She put together some great activities, and I felt a little better each day. The best was the last day.
(To everyone who spent time with me on those days, many thanks for putting up with my mopiness.)
On Thursday I took the kids to Walmart! OK, that's not the fun part, but I did get five new bags of play sand and we opened up the sandbox in our yard for the spring/summer. I don't think I've ever taken both children to Walmart before and I was amazed at how many grown adults were wearing pajama pants in public at 10:30 am on a weekday. I felt like quite the stay-at-home dad. I didn't even bother resisting temptation at the register and the kids and I enjoyed sharing a bag of Cheetos, baby. After we got setup at home my son loved getting all his 'I dig dirt' construction vehicles into the sandbox for a spin.
On Friday we met Lisa at our local Zoo, a great resource just a short drive away. It was an absolutely gorgeous day so it was very crowded but it was really nice to be outside comfortably. I was still pretty tired so the girls did most of the work, pushing the strollers and such. I felt very much like a lazy dad. It was one of the times when I kind of wished my hair had already fallen out. Then I feel like I'd be given the benefit of the doubt as to why I wasn't pulling my weight with the kids.
That night (after naps) we went to Renee's other cousin's birthday party. This cousin always has my favorite foods when she entertains. I ate nearly constantly there and that was a key thing in helping me figure out that food and my appetite were an important part of me feeling normal again.
On Saturday was the big event, a new touch-a-truck event in Stratford, Conn. It was too cool of an event to bury in this post.
I just want to thank everyone who spent time with me on these days. I felt like a bad guest and sport and I hope I wasn't a drag. If I was it was not apparent from any of you and I appreciated that.
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