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Quiet Time

Eri took the boys to Izumi Chuo to play in the afternoon. Her stated reason was that she wanted to give me a few hours of quiet time. Second weekend in a row. Last week she took them to her dad's house. Her unstated reason, I think, is that she may be feeling that papa gets an imbalance of quality play time with Kenzo and Osamu.

Either way, I was so thankful for the time. I think I need more, actually. I can't get used to the quiet house with just me in it. I walked for about 90 minutes and came back and folded laundry. There were a few times I actually felt like an anxiety attack was coming, but luckily I was able to breathe and stave that off without taking one of my emergency panic pills.

The boys had an awesome time as always.


I love it when they come home out of breath, laughing, and excited to talk about all the things they did and saw.

Tonight was the first haircut night of 2023 and Kenzo was reluctant as ever. Osamu seems to love getting his hair cut. He just sits and enjoys and wiggles his legs and occasionally laughs when something tickles. Kenzo squirms and complains. He's good for maybe three or four minutes, but then he makes faces and tells mama to hurry up. Mama tells him next time he can go to the barber shop, which Kenzo dislikes even more.


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