After clocking out and heading to my car in the evening, I mused about two things:
First, that it was two nights in a row that I was going to be home after my children went through their bedtime routine, so they haven’t really seen me for two days.
Second, that the evening sky was gorgeous but as I was surrounded by buildings and highways, I couldn’t snap a good photo for the site.
The second is mildly irritating, but the first hurts.
I’m not an old-school father. I want my children to know me as present in their lives, not just as their dad who works a lot. I’ll do my best to be done with work at a good time and get home to spend a little time with them before their routines kick in, but this doesn’t always happen. It never sits well with me when this happens, but hopefully the mail will be kind tomorrow and let me have at least a couple hours to see how their days were and help Sarah with their evenings.
With that, it’s an evening of mustering the energy to finish out the writing goals for the day. While I do pack my tablet to work so I can write during my breaks, I know the best times to make the attempt (on a workday) are in the evenings.
How well with this go? Eh…there will be an attempt!
It’s also been a couple months since I’ve shown my face here, so here’s a look at the tired postman.
All things considered, that’s probably for the greater good. Damn but I need to brush out my hair. I’m tempted to try waking up early and braiding it down.
So, we’ll try two writing sprints to see if I can finish out the sections I’ve been needing to get done. If I’m lucky, I might go for three before I being the “Big Sleep, Little Sleep” routine.
Sleep well, readers.
-JB Swift
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