i currently find myself in the enviable position of being a SAHD ( that’s parent lingo for Stay At Home Dad ), which means – of course – that i get to spend each and every day with odin.

but today, i spent the day in the fine city of chicago, which is about a 3 hour ( each way ) drive from grand rapids, michigan. the end result being that i spend most of the day away from odin, which hasn’t happened too often since he was born.

i woke up and he was sleeping and i came home and he was sleeping. and in between, according to kris, he did lots of fun, engaging, interactive, cutesy stuff.

that i missed. because i was gone.

sooner, rather than later ( i hope, i guess ), i’ll trade in my position as a SAHD and return to the regular working world ( in case you haven’t figured it out, i’m “underemployed” ). but as nice as it’ll be to become a respectible, contributing member of society, it makes me wonder how different things will be when missing all those special moments becomes “normal”.

sniff.