So in advance of the birth of my son, I've been on quite a bender. There's a part of me that feels that the frat boy part of my life is coming to an end so I ought to take advantage when I can. We've had baby showers, weddings, fantasy football drafts, and random weekends with family and friends, and almost without fail, I've overindulged. Bad? Yeah, probably. It's a lot harder for me to recover from a hangover at 29 than it was at 22. After a long weekend such as the last one at Claire's brother's wedding last weekend, I'm downright exhausted. Still, though, I feel like I'm getting it out of my system before I have a tiny dependent.
Another thing I've noticed about benders as you age is that you really try to squeeze the maximum amount of fun out of every gathering. We had 10 guests in town for my league's fantasy football draft. It was outrageous. Almost every inch of floor space was covered in inflatable mattresses, and every other surface (couch/bed/futon/bizarre blanket nest) was full. We drank crappy light beer from 11am to 4am. We saw a minor league baseball game, went to a bar called Mullet's, and indulged in other activities that shall not be mentioned on the internet.
All in all, it was a fantastic weekend. I was sleep-deprived and hung over, but it was worth it. Cleaning the house on Sunday cleared that hangover right up...
Anyway, this is pretty off-topic, but I've always been a person who was excited for adulthood and with the kid less than two months away, I feel like it's really here. There are so many reasons that I can't wait.
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Everyone goes through this. The thing that we live by is that we can do most all of the same things we did before Eli, they just require a lot more planning. Eli has been everywhere with us. I think it has helped him become a well behaved kid when I take him out in the public eye. I am sure people would think we were crazy, but we love it and it fits us well. Eli has been everywhere from weddings, baseball games, work and even house hunting. Yes, we were the crazy people that took our child to open houses. :-) Anyways, just remember, you can do a majority of the things you used it, you just have to remember the diaper bag.
ReplyDeleteAnd I made sure to get a good masculine diaper bag so I won't "accidentally" forget it too often!
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