Last week I went back to work. I know, I know, wah, wah, wah right? A whole month off and everyone should feel real sorry for me. Well here's my personal dilemma. I love my family. I love my job. Quite the Catch-22 for all you Joseph Heller fans. I've realized now, more than ever, I love spending time with Katy and Nick. This past month has been fantastic, with all the travelling and lounging around the house. Nick started standing a took a few first steps. Just this last week he started to say, "Uh-oh" when he drops (but mostly throws) things on the ground. On top of that, he will now reach for us if we're standing over him, something I'm sure we won't like so much later but hey, we're enjoying it now. Once you're holding him or if he crawls over to where you're laying on the ground, he'll give your neck a tight squeeze, almost like a hug. Tear-jerking moments I tell ya. The time with my wife has been amazing. I've really come to appreciate how much she puts into our marriage and Nick's life. She seems to spend every waking moment with him, changing, feeding, cleaning, changing, feeding, cleaning, a vicious cycle. Plus, I can tell she's missed me. I got a week off in March but it seems like I've been hitting the ol' grindstone pretty hard leading up to August, so I could tell she needed me to have a vacation as much if not more than I needed one.
Here's the flip side of Heller's catch phrase. Work is awesome. Where else can you drive fast legally, arrest people which saves lives, see crazy things like dismantled jets on a big rig travelling down the freeway, have airplanes land in your "office" aka the freeway, and work 3 off 3 work 4 off 4 granting you 3 day weekends every weekend?!? About two weeks into my vacation I missed work. I was having a great time with family, but I also missed my job. I know, I know, Voltaire said we can't have the best of both worlds. But that doesn't negate the fact that it would be super sweet.
I could ramble on and on about loving my family and my job, but it comes down to this. A month off with my family enables me to grow and have this:
Going to work after a month off enables me to now have this:
You decide. And don't let how long Katy will allow me to keep said 'stache influence your decision.
Going to work after a month off enables me to now have this:
You decide. And don't let how long Katy will allow me to keep said 'stache influence your decision.
1 comments:
Rob, I really like your stache. Does it come with a 70's van with no windows? And maybe some white-washed jeans and a tuxedo shirt. (my comments are probably just a defense mechanism built out of pretty intense jealousy) Glad you enjoyed some time with the fam. Much love from the Bradleys.
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