I don't usually say this, but TGIF. This was one long week. Getting up at a quarter to five in the morning is something I still have to get used to. However it is what has to be done for everyone to be in place on time. I will have to say that I am pleased with how everything is working out. We are pleased with the sitter and she likes C.J. Shatema is adjusting well, and I have not lost my mind from all the driving I do.
I will admit one thing though, the days seem so long and the nights even longer. We still get in all we need to with C.J. too. Prayer and reading...we do not miss a beat. C.J. is starting to do more and more, too. She likes to roll over as much as she can and she yaps her gums a mile a minute. Pretty soon those magic words will come from her mouth, Daddy! That will be great. It is when the phrase, "Can I have" follows is when we have a problem.
C.J. and I have big plans for tomorrow. Once I get back from the haircut I still need, it will be she and I on the couch watching football all day. This is the first weekend in a very long time that Daddy has no obligation to anyone but home. These are the days I long for because these are the days I get to show C.J. all my attention. Even though any and everything I do directly affects her, she needs to know and understand that Daddy enjoys kicking back with his princess. If no time is made for her now, then no time will be made for me later. My sole purpose with this blog is to be an example of fatherhood, family and a good relationship between a father and daughter. So I have to drop gems as I go along. I must practice what I preach and I preach family. So never will you see me not making time for the little one I have. Her welfare, her well-being and her needs and wants are my first obligation. So if it means missing a meeting, it's missed. If it means being late to work, I am late. If it means me not being able to dress jiggy, then she had better get a job (sike), then I am ragged, because I vow to make sure that C.J. Johnson is well taken care of.
So the week was long but that is OK. A man has to do what a man has to do. Now I am at the end so I am going to finish up and get in the bed for some much needed rest and relaxation. Until tomorrow, remember to pray because prayer changes things.
P.S. C.J. you have been asleep since we picked you up from the sitter. Please make sure you stay asleep tonight too. Come on folks I know it is a long shot but I can hope for it right!
Gem of the Day - A man has to do what a man has to do.
