When you have A wife 4 kids & a dog! life passes by quickly, one day your changing nappies of your firstborn, showing off to all your friends the wonderful yellow poo filled bundle of joy then you’re getting up 6 times in the night trying to support your wonderful partner who is stuck in the armchair downstairs because the slightest move will open the gates of hell screams then your packing the kids off to school whilst arguing about who didn’t fill the dishwasher right and then the dreaded school phone call “Johnny hasn’t got his P.E. kit” so back to school you go looking like the twat Dad who didn’t bring the kit bag feeling like the world has a big L stamped on your Forehead.
Rushing to work now you have a flashback, 12 years ago you were the party animal, sportsman, regular surfer, traveller and festival lover what happened where did it go, I’m a parent now, let’s keep the memories, kids must think I’m God! (well Mummy God me just sort of ‘Sarg’ one above the Dog).
Ok so you guessed I’m a Dad and I do love my kids but recently been thinking, I don’t want my old “getting Wasted at the weekend” life back? (in fact, I’m possibly still coming out of a hangover from a party back in “97”) No, the memories won’t go away and I’m so glad that camera phones did not feature in my “drinking days”, but what I do like is a Beer a glass of wine and the odd spirit on a cold damp night sitting around our fire.
This blog is about getting a small part of the old me back and helping other parents to grab them self’s back, find the old you and make it better, making life with the kids more special, no more sleep, kids, work, sleep kids work, sleep, kids, work, but more “what we doing this weekend Dad, walking up Snowdon, surfing at Croyde… Dad!” and then when the kids are in bed dreaming of the waves crashing on the reef, I have the joy of a nice Beer…..
