Well, things have been going mostly better since my last post. I've been able to get myself back into semi-regular activity (though I still struggle to be active daily), and Kylan has been keeping more or less to the same schedule for a few days now. Last night was a little rough, but in the scheme of things one bad night isn't so awful compared with all the pretty good nights we've been having.
What I want to talk about today is just how different life in general is. Like, the big things are almost all the same, right? I'm still living in the same house, working at the same job, married to the same woman, driving the same car, etc, but life just feels so different now. All the little stuff has changed so significantly that I can't even hardly remember life before Kylan was born.
Side note, I can't believe it's been a month already...
I've noticed that getting anything done around the house at this point is now a major chore. Loading the dishwasher? Who has time for that? Cooking? Not happening tonight. Just need to sweep the kitchen floor? Better hope I've got backup. Wanna take a shower? I'm going to need to plan that 4-6 hours in advance.
You'd think, since there are two of us, that we could handle one little dude that spends most of his time sleeping anyhow, and still get all of our daily housework done, but man, if you thought that, you're wrong.
I can't remember the last time I cooked. Not warmed something up that was already cooked or tossed something in the microwave. I think maybe once in the last month I have started with raw ingredients and made a meal. Megan and I used to cook at least three to four times a week.
I kind of wish I had the money to hire a nanny; I could really use some help around the house.
The biggest issue is just how flipping cute Kylan is. I just, don't want to be in any room that he's not in when I'm in the house with him. I don't want to be outside mowing the lawn if Kylan is inside sleeping. Megan had to bring him out to watch me mow the lawn a little this morning to give me the motivation to finish it. I don't want to be at work dealing with all that drama; I just want to be at home snuggling with Kylan. Megan sends me photos of him almost every day while I'm at work, and every time she does it's the highlight of my day. It literally has the power to change my mood in a way that nothing else does.
I think I need to own a coffee bean company, or at least buy stock in one. I feel like I live on caffeine now. Before Kylan was born, I was actually down to one or two cups of coffee a day. Now I'm just happy if I don't have to have caffeine after lunch that day.
Do you know how many people will stop and talk to you if you've got a baby with you? When I walk around the neighborhood with Kylan in the stroller, people wave, say hello, and even want to stop and chat. I've met a bunch of my neighbors in the last month; even had a chat with the mailman about his daughter.
Do you know how nice retail workers are to a dad with his baby? I hope moms get the same treatment, but yesterday at Macy's I was given a VIP only coupon that I didn't qualify for because I don't have their card and wouldn't sign up for it, probably just because I was there with Kylan and I was buying him clothes.
Side note, oh my lord baby clothes might be the cutest damn thing in the world.
Sleep is still elusive, though one night this week Kylan made it through the night. That was pretty exciting.
I realized today as I was looking at my photos, that pretty much the only photos I have of the animals in the last month are photos of them with Kylan. I fear I may be neglecting them, especially Boswell. I've been trying to walk Boswell every day, and have been successful now since Thursday. We're supposed to get rain for the next three days, so that may break my streak...
This week we went grocery shopping, and for the first time in years we bought a ton of processed and pre-prepared foods. Megan and I had moved away from that in our diet a few years ago, but, as mentioned about, cooking a meal from raw ingredients has just been damn near impossible so we just need food that we can eat. A few nights I had ice cream and Cheese-Its for dinner because I couldn't get the energy to slap together a meal. At least if I can throw a burrito or a pot pie in the microwave I can eat something that more closely resembles food.
Long story short, life looks pretty different in just a month. It's been crazy, but I can't wait for more. I just hope the next month doesn't go by quite as fast...
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