Karin is back at work. Claire spends three days a week at a day home with other kids. We’re closing in on autumn, and as the weather is cooling, the girl’s first birthday is rapidly approaching. And to top it all off I am now officially on flex-time, the calculated management of my work schedule that should allow me to take a day per week home from the office and with Claire. It’s the plan, anyhow, and yesterday marked day one of this grand experiment. As promised, I’m going to try and write at least one entry per week chronicling the mundane associated adventures. This is the first, and in keeping I shall write not much more than to say it was something of a trial run; we had breakfast at home, played for a little while, took a forty-five minute nap break, played some more, and met mom at the mall to do some errands. Later in the afternoon, I set up my backdrop and took some candid pictures. Some of them turned out, others not so much. And that’s what a flex day looks like. Mundane to read, but it works for me, for now. Next week I’ll be taking the Monday to coincide with the birthday girl’s big day — who wants to go to daycare on their birthday? — but our time will be capped with her one-year immunizations. (Though, guess who can go for ice cream now!) Beyond that, I’ll just open the floor to suggestions: as the days cool off, how should we fill our time? |
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