Break

Day 83 out of 100

Today was a much more quiet day. We ate leftovers, stayed home and played games.

Pretty much the only thing I did today was take a walk with baby girl down to the farmer’s market to pick up some fruit and pastry. I was at one of the stalls, asking a question about cheese, and the person asked me, “Are you giving mom a break?”

The thing was, that I was trying to make sure I took Rosie to give Kate a break. I try to give Kate some time every day. This is a thing I actively think about and try to do.

There’s a genre of interactions that people sometimes have around dads. The “babysitting” ones. But that wasn’t what was happening. I was trying to give Kate a break. I was giving myself a break, too. Rosie’s always very well behaved on walks.

I’m very much looking forward to leave coming up. I’m thinking about helping our friends we had ice cream with yesterday with putting tile in their bathroom, about taking Rosie to art museums, about getting coffee by the park after dropping James off at school.

I just don’t want to call it a break.