My wife and daughter wanted to go to Michael’s to get some crafty things. I am not big on this form of entertainment, but am usually conscripted to go with for whatever kind of support they need. Contrary to the title of this post, I am happy to support my family for whatever they need. But it is comforting to know that sometimes they don’t need me and that I can stay home by myself, with my own thoughts for a while.

It is hard to remember the before-times, before the global pandemic. I have been the rock of the family, taking care of most of their needs while my wife works and my daughter was in online-only schooling. My child is back in school part time and my wife has to go into her school for part of the day, so I have the house to myself about an hour 4 days a week now. That will be ending soon as the school year finishes out. Then I will be sharing the living space, socially un-distanced 24/7 again.

We’ll be taking a road trip this summer, which we are still planning. But I am not doing anything for the house or for the trip right now. I am sitting here typing my innermost feelings, putting this out into the universe to hopefully feed back some positive feelings on how to do some of the things around here that I don’t need supervision on.

Peace.