A sense of normalcy

Sophia and I had a fun weekend that we’re unfortunately paying for now. After over 2 months of new parenthood, we decided we needed a break.

Sophia had a girls dinner on Friday night and I had the guys over for drinks. It was a nice escape for Sophia and it sounded like a fun night. For myself, I had Colin still but it was also nice just having the guys over for drinks and watching football like we normally do.

On Saturday, Sophia and I hosted our “annual” crab feast for everyone. We had 8 friends over to our place for an afternoon and evening of crab and drinks. Colin was the star of the show and it was great to have all the friends over hanging out with him.

Having a kid there still makes things different but perhaps for the first time since Colin was born, it felt like things were “normal” as in the way things were before Colin was here. Of course, part of our journey now is understanding that there’s a new normal and getting used to that life style.

And yes, we’re paying for it today. Even with early bed times, the lack of sleep adds up. Spending the entire weekend socializing makes the next couple of days that much harder. For that reason alone, we may not be having many of these weekends anymore.

For one weekend though, it was a nice break.