Conversations : surprise, California, besties.
How was your 4th?
I asked the barista.
Oh, good.
she said.
I had the day off, so I just hung out with some friends and drank wine. It was good.
Right on.
I said.
So, anything to look forward to after the holiday?
She smiled big.
Actually, yes! I'm going down to California this week to surprise my best friend!
Cool!
I said.
So...does she have time off, or how will that work?
Well,
she said.
Her sisters are in on it, so they had her take time off from work. She thinks she's just going away for the weekend, but...I'm going to surprise her!
That is so rad,
I said.
Yeah.
she said.
Have a safe trip wherever you're going!
Thank you,
I said.
I am not going to Santa Cruz now, but I will have fun driving.
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Becca and I split parenting and work. One works, the other schools, plays, and raises young minds and hearts. Then we switch the next day. We have done a variation of this for over eleven years and going strong.
Strong-ish?
I am not avoiding the phrase SAHD (stay at home dad) for any particular reason, other than the fact that it doesn't quite apply in our case accurately. We both raise children, we both work, we both stay home at some points and work at other points. It's great when there's one parent to work five days and one parent to stay home five days or whatever, but that's not us. We keep things hopping and make things work. Most of the time, mostly well.