Family

Here's a revealing post for the day.  It's in no way intended to throw anyone under the bus, it's intended to be an explanation.  All families have a different dynamic.  Some I've found are very close, my wife's family for example has always spent alot of time with each other, from dinners, annual trips, afternoons, etc.  My family on the other hand, was extremely independent, generally spent time each doing our own things and consequently had less and less in common as we grew older.

So, now that I've set the stage in the most diplomatic form possible (that's a wink and a nudge to both sides of the family) the vacation has begun.  I am not used to having children around me.  Quite frankly, it used to make me uncomfortable.  I didn't feel like I knew what to do around kids (I have had a difficult time learning what to do to entertain my own) and to engage them.

Consequently, my idea of vacation is not 4 adults and 5 children in 1,000 square feet for a week.  Well, welcome spring break 2012 because that's exactly what we're doing.  That's right, I'm out of my comfort zone yet again.  So, at the moment, this germophobe, obsessive compulsive, neat freak, inherently selfish individual is at the house by myself watching all 5 kids, half of which are coughing without covering their mouths, by myself on vacation.

This may seem like an average day to some, it may be an expectation to others, but to me, this is huge.  I've always said the worst place to be is comfortable, so I'll embrace my current discomfort, set down the computer and figure out something I've never done and play with 5 kids.  Time to bust out a living room tent.

I wonder if this may be the second reason that beer saved my life?

Cheers