Well, damn. 3 days just flew by.

Still sleep deprived but it’s improving a bit. We’ve been burning through tv and movies. Well, not necessarily “burning” but watching at a fast pace for us anyway.

I want to talk about what we’ve watched cause it’s good stuff but i’ll save that for another post. These are for parental ranting.

Anyway, his 1st birthday is coming up very soon. It’s looking like it’ll be a smaller turnout than we expected, which is a little bit of a bummer. But also understandable considering the party is on father’s day. We have more prep to do for sure.

Also, we’re going to Disneyland on Monday! On one hand I’m looking forward to it. On the other, I’m just so tired.

But still alive!

I swear all my posts won’t be about paternity leave for the next 2 and a half weeks.

This week has been a blur though. I am extremely sleep deprived.

We reached out to a sleep consultant for our kid to get that process going. Our pediatrician recommended one. We are desperado. At least I am. I’m a really light sleeper, and it has been rough. To paint a picture:

Last night he fell asleep around 8pm. From then until around 11:30pm he woke up 4 TIMES. Each time one of us would go rock him back to sleep then rinse and repeat.

Once my fiancée goes to sleep, he’ll continue to wake up throughout the night just less frequently. And I’ll rock him back to sleep for the remainder of the night.

But damn do I love the kid.

Alright well.. we’ll see if I survive the rest of my paternity leave.

Writing this one late so it technically bled into day 3. Although every day bleeds into the other now.

So I finally went to the optometrist, after 5 years or so. The last time I went was pre-COVID. My prescription didn’t change, so that’s good. And I ordered some new frames.

We also went to the park which was nice. My kid isn’t walking on his own yet, but he can stand and take steps with some help. So we put his shoes on and held him up so he could take some steps. He loved it! He was all smiles the whole time. Up until we put him back in the stroller anyway.

Ended the day playing a bit of Clair Obscur. But now my stomach is feeling terrible for some reason. If it’s not one thing it’s another!

So I had 3 weeks of paternity leave left, and I have until June 16th to use it or lose it. So that’s starting today. And of course the first thing that happens is we all get sick.

I also still have some work to do technically, just not for my day job. I’ve been working on a contract project, but that is slowly winding down now. So at least I won’t have to work that much on leave.

And we have more planning to do for our kids first birthday.

Also need to go to the optometrist.

All I want to do is sleep 🫩

My kid started dripping snot the other day, which turned into coughing. Then last night my throat started feeling scratchy. I woke up worse this morning. Then it started to hit my fiancée. Now we’re all down with the sickness…

I was going to play in a one piece tournament tomorrow too. But it’s looking like I’m gonna cancel that.

Going on a tangent, I wonder if I should post about my one piece hobby here or make a separate Postalgic blog for that. Hmmmmm.