I found this funny and quite true post over at Once Upon a Geek. I especially like these excerpts from ‘Job Description: Married Geek With Children’ ;
“Applicant is expected to give up most available geekery time. Applicant must be willing to sacrifice geek-related activities in exchange for: chasing after children; helping with the dishes; bathing children; tucking children in bed; and all-around household chores. “
Been there done that, however now that my boys are 6 & 7, it is not as bad challenging as it used to be. The boys have friends now, and they would already rather hang with them then me. They take showers with very little supervision and bed time is a breeze. Oh, and chores around the house? I still do them, but my non-geek spousal unit helps a lot does most of them!
“Alone Time” Addendum
“Alone Time” definition: The highly unusual instances (nearly mythical) in which the applicant find themselves without children, spousal unit, and/or personal/professional duties to perform. Applicant must accept the only “alone time” they will have for the rest of their lives will most likely occur in one of the following places/circumstances:
The alone time is so true! Alone time, WTF is that? Alone in the bathroom? Ya right, my boys can’t get the concept of knocking, they just barge in and start yacking away like it is perfectly normal to engage their parental unit while I sit on the crapper! Alas, I don’t get much “me” time anymore either, and I have never been great at staying up late and lately I can’t get up too early either. When I did I learn all this techno/geek information before…oh ya, BEFORE we forked 2 child processes!
Once Upon a Geek is apparently (duh!) a big comic book fan, something I used to be, but I guess it never got fully ingrained in my geek personality. I should start reading comics again as it is something I certainly want my boys to get into when the time is right?
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