Back to "the life"

It's been almost 7 years since I became an At-home Dad. It started when Ephram, my 6 year old son arrived. I took a part time job 2 years later with our church when my daughter, Soijer was just a few months old and continued until the December 2011 move from Grand Rapids, Michigan to Bloomington, Illinois when my wife took a new position with her company. So now I am back to it. At-home full time. Domestic engineer. Homemaker. Mr. effing Mom. God, I hate that name

I've always considered the job of raising my kids my primary occupation but it seems that having an actual money making job title had a little more comfort in it than I thought. That actually irritates me because I loathe the whole psychology of "men" feeling like "men" and having problems adjusting to a role normally held by women. I'm pretty much over it now but am still just a little pissed at myself for the tiny amount of weirdness I felt the few times I told people I was an At Home Dad.

I am enjoying the role more than ever. Not the cleaning of the giant house that we purchased, but the act of parenting my kids. I've had some epic games of hide and seek and am teaching Ephram to play chess. I'm continuing my nazi health food regimen, interspersed with fun treats. Calm down., and just generally embracing the fantastic age that my kids are at. I am doing my best to teach them how utterly crappy the general social attitude is towards things like value, health and convenience are , as well as the important stuff, like how Justin Bieber's complete body of work can't stand up to Neil Young's "Cortez The Killer"

All in all, I am pretty happy to be back being Dad all the time. As I mentioned earlier, my kids are at a great age. They worship me. They think my ability to take any word and incorporate it into a song about poop on the spot that rhymes and everything is the coolest talent ever. yeah, it really is. It's fun. Sometimes irritating and stressful, but fun. So yeah, it's good to be back


Here We Go.