The New Project

Your favorite steel toed boot wearing, travelling trench jockey has recently embarked on a project like no other, a completely different job than anything he’s ever experienced; truly groundbreaking. During the typically slow months of January and February, I have been working on raising my beautiful baby girl. The job has odd hours, is physically (and mentally) demanding, and the pay is fantastic (though the monetary cost is astounding).

Our “Little One” was born in January and although I had hoped to be one of those old time fathers who paced the waiting room and handed out cigars, I ended being one of those fathers who woke up on the floor of the delivery room dressed in scrubs. The entire event was the most surreal moment of my life, and that is saying something.

Since the birth, every day has been both a joy and a challenge. I have been there for her first dirty diaper, her first smile, her first time outside, and her first ride in a car, bus, boat, and buggy. I have spent every day; almost every hour for the past two months with her and I have enjoyed every minute (well, almost every minute).

How I am going to leave her when the next out-of-town project comes up, and what milestones am I going to miss?