My inner-self and maybe some readers respond: "Sure, sure, but by you not posting for many moons, Matt, you have, in a sense, failed at keeping up with something you said you'd keep up on."
OK, yeah, I failed. But, I'm glad I did and can and will live with it. I have been spending less time on a computer and more time with other stuff that does not involve a screen of any sort. Sure, I got an iPhone and played around with that and Instagram (look me up @ scaredforthecat - to see my totally unique, hipsterish images). However, more importantly I'll always be a sucker for going out on a beautiful day to spend time with family and friends. A few reenactments have been thrown in the mix as well. Also, I'm a slave to my house and yard, which suck time from me like ravenous vampires; vampires made of vines, weeds, leaves, chipping paint, ants and allergies.
As a true update to what being a daddy has been like over this period of blogless-ness, I'll offer the "big news" which is undoubtedly Ben's adventurers in potty training. Or, as I like to call it: how we keep the makers of Resolve and paper towels in business. I won't ask for any tips on how to make it easier, he'll get it . . . right? He simply just doesn't yet know the shame or embarrassment of #1 and/or #2 ending up in his Thomas undies rather than in a ceramic vessel full of water.
I'll depart for now my few, dear, loyal readers. There is much more to tell, so perhaps another post later this evening. I already have a topic in mind that has been swimming merrily along side Ben's growing up.
