Being Daddy
Genuine | May 16I recently posted here about being a business owner and the trials and tribulations that involves being a SAHD of 4. I spend most of my day trying to keep a facade of Mr. Business with phone calls and meetings spent with high anxiety of a child having a meltdown during either. There have been times when I have to put a client on hold while I scrape a child off the ceiling for a fight over who had the green car first, but for the most part most of the people I deal with have been very understanding of my situation. That is except my kids. They don’t always understand about my situation.
The toddlers don’t always understand why Daddy is on the phone. They don’t understand that the paper they decided to color on happened to be that contract Daddy was wanting to send back to the client. They don’t get the idea of being patient while Daddy finishes up with a proposal before throwing that fit because I haven’t fixed that PBJ with the special cutting of the crust.
Today I had a special meeting on my calendar that I made a few days ago. I have a pop up system that reminds me of important meetings with clients or conference calls or other things that come up on the calendar. It reminds me of them 10 minutes ahead of the scheduled event. This usually allows me to prepare for the event as well as myself. By preparing of course I have to have some way for them to be entertained by something that will allow me to accomplish an entire phone call or chat. Today’s event popped up as is the usual but this time I did not need to prepare. The event that popped up was "Be Daddy."
I need to remind myself sometimes that I am a SAHD and the responsibility that comes with that office. I need to remind myself that those contracts can be put off for a little bit and that I can turn off the phone and that my business is sometimes just being Daddy. The meeting was spent playing tickle monster, and a little while watching a DVD. Finally we had some lunch of the special cut crust PBJ’s. Being Daddy is the best thing in my world and my favorite pop up on the calendar. If you are a Dad, make sure to add into your business plan a new heading in the outline. Spend Time Being Daddy.
