Dad Diaries - Monday 5th April

So, its Easter Monday, the end of a 4-day weekend. And even though it's Monday, it's a typical Sunday in this house! Everybody is chilling out, the wife is watching tele before preparing dinner, the boy is playing on his PlayStation online with his cousins, the baby is playing on her laptop. And I'm writing! Trying to take my mind off of the fact that normality resumes tomorrow.

However, it has been a nice relaxing weekend. Good Friday was spent getting my covid vaccine, then home to do some bits around the house. I managed to salvage some old bits from my grandads a couple of weeks back so we managed to clean them up and make them garden ready. A water fountain was tested, cleaned up and place among some white pebbles I had left over from last year. Two glass lantern type things were cleaned up and placed in the garden ready for candles when its warmer. And my wife done a lovely restoration job on a plant pot that I saved from the skip. Seeing as there has been a lot of talk about side effects from the vaccine, my thinking was, keep yourself busy and you'll be just fine. And I was. For a bit.

Didn't sleep well Friday night. Was woken up around 1am with a fever. Sweats and shivers are the last thing you want that time of morning. I can't complain too much though, they didn't last long and by morning, aside from a bit of a dead arm, I felt fine. Pre-empting the fact I wouldn't feel great, Saturday was spent not doing much. Me and the boy took a walk whilst the wife baked Easter cakes for Sunday. We were only out for a couple of hours but it did the trick. Blew away the cobwebs. And the smell of fresh brownies on our return made it even sweeter!

Easter Sunday we visited the in-laws. Had a lovely day. Few beers, roast dinner, fun and games in the garden. Lucky the weather was dry and the kids were happy to see their nan and grandad again. Obviously, because they missed them, but mainly because they knew it was Easter, and Easter means chocolate. Lots of chocolate!

And, that brings us back to now, Easter Monday. I shouldn't moan, its only a 4 day week. However, it's never easy going back to work after spending some quality time at home with the wife and kids. I always seem to make it worse by getting fed up, thinking of tomorrow. I try to make the most of the time we have together because we don't get much. I think it's quite normal for us adults to get down about going to work on a Monday though.

I watched a documentary last night about a family that literally document their whole life on YouTube. It was strange watching it. I wasn't sure if it was a good thing that they were doing or not. On one hand, they were putting the life of them and their children out there for the whole world to see. From breakfast, lunch and dinner, to days out to the farm. That made me a little uncomfortable, knowing what kind of people are out there on the internet. I always make sure I keep a close eye on my boys YouTube channel as i worry who might be watching and getting in touch with him. And he mainly does gaming videos. On the other hand, they're making a good living doing what they're doing. They're fairly responsible in what they post. Nothing that will embarrass the children in future, no arguments, no fights, no bath times etc. And people seem to like it.

Then I started thinking, it is quite similar to this blog really. Obviously on a bigger scale. The whole idea of this blog was to talk about the world, sometimes personal. And the idea of the personal blogs is to try and help someone who may be in the same position, but has nobody to turn to for help. So it can't be a bad thing can it!

This blog has been a bit of a ramble. I was just typing what was in my brain to be honest (scary I know). But its helped me chill out after feeling fed up and agitated. That is the whole point of it. Hopefully somebody can read this and feel the same way. If you are feeling agitated about something, or nervous, or fed up, it helps to talk.