About A Boy

Halfway through the Great Four-Day Weekend Father/Son Experiment, here's what we've accomplished so far:

• Went out for pancakes after dropping the missus and seven-year old off. As I mentioned yesterday, it sucked. I felt so cheated.
• We did get out to the Camper Van Beethoven concert. They only played for forty minutes, but it was very cool. The three-year old was definitely into it. He was fascinated by CVB leader David Lowery. He kept saying, "He's singing!" He also danced through most of the concert. Since the missus took the camera with her to Kin-tucky I won't have pictures from this concert, which is a shame because I could have gotten a shot of the boy with the band at a meet-and-greet after the concert. Since I didn't have the camera, we skipped the whole meet/greet thing. And yes, they did play "Take the Skinheads Bowling."
• On the way home from the concert, the three-year old feel asleep for about ten minutes. That was his whole nap. I was counting on at least two hours.
• At nine o'clock my neighbor called to tell me that everyone was getting together for margaritas on her deck. I had to pass. Grrrr.
• Today we woke up early to run the Medford 5K. The weather was pretty good, but it's a hilly course. Still, I was very happy with my (our) time.
• After cleaning up from the race we went to my sister's 42nd birthday party. On the way there the three-year old slept for about ten minutes. That was his nap. I was counting on at least two hours.

I'm wiped out and the house is a mess, but over all things are going pretty well. I'm hoping we sleep in a little late tomorrow, then we'll head out for Father's Day breakfast. This time we'll go somewhere that I know has good pancakes.

It's so unfair, but I think I'm going to have to clean on Father's Day. More Grrrrr.

But before I can even think about Father's Day, I need to get some sleep.

Comments

[Karen]

You will appreciate this; it appeared in this week's Sports Illustrated:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=1&q=http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php%3Fthread%3D905661&e=9717

[Donna]

Awww, Happy Father's Day. I'm surprized that you didn't have the camera. I can see you letting the wife take your firstborn on a plane trip out of state, but your CAMERA???

[Mark]

Karen - I saw their story while watching them do the ironman a few years ago. Saturday while I was pushing my son I came up on a man that looked like he was pushing a double-jogger. I didn't want to lose to someone pushing two kids, so I speed up. As I was getting closer I noticed that his jogger was bigger than mine, but not quite the size of a double. Turns out he was pushing his wife (the guy had to be at least 50). First time I had seen something like that in person. These people are all amazing.

Donna - It's killing me, but if she breaks it I'm getting a much much nicer one as a replacement.