Daddy-Time Daycare

Was I bored?  No.
Did I get a lot done?  Yes.
Was it fun?  For sure.
Would I do it all the time?  Hell no.

My daughter was sick for a few days this week.  The doctor didn't want her hanging around my pregnant wife too much or around any other kids.  She might have had a virus and didn't want to risk getting anyone else sick.  Time for Big Money to step up and take his turn at home.

My mom was a babysitter when I was really young and a teacher/director at a preschool as I grew up.  There were other people around to watch my sister and I if my mom couldn't do it herself.  My grandmas, aunts, uncles, etc.  I cannot recall my dad taking off work to stay home with us.  It just didn't happen.  Too many other people were available.  So the last few days were a little foreign to me.  I took sick days but still had to work.  When you depend on commission for your livelihood you sometimes have to take dramatic measures.  2 year old daughters make working from home very trying.....thank God for naps.

Having just recently gone through this/gotten to experience this wonderful gift, I got to thinking about stay-at-home parents.  I always wanted to be a dad.....and to stay at home was seemingly the best thing ever.  My buddy (Herbert T. Wattenagle) and I shared the same dream: Daddy-Time Daycare.  It was a genius idea.  Take the kids fishing, bowling, to the park, etc.  Have a great time all day, everyday (all day, everyday).  Never thought about what would happen if the kids were sick.  Or if it was rainy outside.  Or snow.  What then.  You have to be creative.  But you also have to practical.  Those weren't in the plans.

If I had to stay at home all the time I couldn't try to work as well.  I'd have to give it my all for my kids' sake.  There's no way I could split time.  Too busy with both to make it work.  Lil Penny would be a braindead TV watching fool by the time she was 3 and I'd be broke because I lost out on many things I didn't have time to work on.  Separation between kid and work.  There has to be it.  Otherwise no work and all play make Money a weird boy.