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2:19 PM, Friday, October 14th, 2016:   The working from home thing is getting harder and harder. Cam is really at that age where he wants to play, and play with me, like a boy. Fighting, cars, balls, running... boy boy boy. Only dada can do it right and he cannot grasp that being in my bedroom is me going to work...   ...of course thankfully I can make my own schedule and try to accommodate everyone and everything. Not sure that will always be the case, but it is now. Yay, because things like this are just about as wonderful as you can imagine...     Following his lead... that's the key to this joy to me. I don't want to influence too much of what he wants to do next (other than steer him away from just watching something). I like seeing his mind work and being inside the mind of a 2 year old. Now, granted, there's a limit to just how long you can be there before you need to... drink whiskey, curse and have sex. It's funny, there's a wall where you just have to be an adult and you can barely take it. This is where Talya gets so much credit as she does the lionshare of work with the kids from driving them around to just keeping them alive. Our date nights become this ridiculously adult time where we find the least kid-friendly activities or movies and DRAAAAAAAAAAANK. I truly feel for people that don't have that ability to have the kids sleep AWAY from the house on a regular basis. It's BY far the biggest luxury we have with Talya's mom being in-town. We also worked on that, PRETTY hard. Making sure the kids were cool with that from the youngest of ages. Means the world...   ...but I digress: playing with a small boy is an absolute riot. And, as you can probably tell from the video, he's now able to hold a conversation. That changes things for sure. That level of communication and imagination is what made me finally have to write this entry: this is gonna get increasingly difficult as time rolls on. I'm basically going to only be able to work when they're at school and weekends will nearly always be work-free. Something that I've never done in my entire life, might be a necessity. We'll see. The pull to them increases as the days go on and as crazy at it sounds? Time with them starts slipping by... these days are numbered. I think of that more often than most and really do all I can to capture these moments and spend as much time as possible with them. I should mention Vienna...   ...Vienna is on a different level. She is far older than her 4 years would attest. We have legit conversations and actually make each other laugh. I really need to do an interview with her for this site because she's an absolute joy in a completely different way than Cameron. So lucky to have had both genders.   So lucky to have this family... ahh the boredom of The Journey these past couple of years, right?   ;-)   Adam