introduction

This is my first post.

I titled it adventures of dad, because despite the fact that I have two degrees [one in business, one in philosophy], my identity is dictated by my 22 month old daughter. Despite the fact that I have worked and traveled all over the world, my life now centers on the thoughts and interest of a toddler. And despite the fact that I weigh 260 pounds and consider myself to be a pretty tough individual, I let a 30 pound girl fart in my face on a pretty routine basis.

I once told my wife that if Abby [my daughter] was a 22 year old dude, I would have kicked the shit out of her a long time ago. But she's not and I don't. Instead, I let her pull on my ear until I'm convinced I have a new piercing. Instead of sports and beer, my Sundays are now filled with Mickey Mouse clubhouse and juice boxes. Instead of sleeping off a hangover, I now ask pretty please for just a few seconds of cooperation, because daddy is really hurting today.

So why write a blog anyway? I guess the biggest reason is because I could never find a resource for myself. My wife is on this baby forum group and she's always going on about how she saw this online or heard that through a chat group. I always found myself to be very envious of her for this. I understand that she’s a new mom and needs the support, but I’m a new dad and I have no friggin’ clue what is going on.

It's also really frustrating when you do find resources cause they are almost no help. When I go online myself it’s either guys complaining about how their lives have changed forever or it’s these super dad types who manage to make me feel really low in myself.

I'm not complaining. Okay, I am, but only a little. I know my life has changed forever and there are things I miss. Drinking untill sunup being one of them. But I would never trade Abby for anything.

I'm not a super dad. I try, but there are days when the last thing I want to do is wake up at 7:30am to have a tea party. And there are days when I think if one more sharp object gets shoved in my ear, I am going to seriously lose it.

So I decided to write my own blog, if for no other reason than to give some sort of credibility to my particular outlook on fatherhood.. I'm a dad. It's an adventure. Wither I want it to be or not.