The last few weeks have been a mix of fun and fear while consistently worrying about my little girl.
I agreed to let Anastasia spend three weeks with her mother this summer. After the last bit of drama I went through I felt we both needed a break. She needed some time with her mother and I figured some time alone would do me well.
So, Monday the 5th of July I put her on a plane to Las Vegas to spend time with her mother.
The first week I was pretty good with the silence/alone. Then that weekend I left to go visit my friend in Park City, Utah. It was definitely nice to get away and spend some time with a close friend. I left there the following Thursday and went back to AZ. From there I spent most of the days working and a lot of the nights over a new friends’ house. Just hanging out with them and their kids.
I told Anastasia I would not call her and that if she wanted to talk to me she could call me. I heard from her no less than 5 or 6 times a day on the phone and we chatted online throughout most of the day. :D Needless to say I was thrilled we kept in touch as much as we did.
I missed my little girl. That is the longest she has been away from me since she was born. I am not sure how I am going to deal with her growing up and wanting to leave home. I am sure I will be ‘ok’. Although I know I am not looking forward to it at all. I guess it is no use worrying about it now, I still have at least 6 more years.
Anyway, things are ok. She is becoming a little lady, attitude and all. I will try to be the cool dad, although when she brings a boy home the cool goes out the window with the boy. ;)
Christmas vacation for Anastasia. It breaks my heart that she is grounded. I had ideas for road trips and plenty of other things I wanted to do with her while she had her three weeks off.
Although here we are three days into her vacation and she is showing no signs of learning and getting off this grounding any earlier. I really don’t have specifics, just in general.
She is still pressing the boundaries and what she thinks she can get away with.
Hopefully things will change. Tomorrow I am heading over to my fathers. At least we will get out of the house for a few hours.
We pulled in last night around 4pm. We unpacked, washed clothes and got in bed early so we could be up this morning in time for Anastasia to get back to school.
Her school was on break the two weeks before we went on vacation and then the week we were on vacation her school was back in session. So I needed to get her back in the daily grind quickly.
She got up this morning before I even woke her up. When I went to her room to get her up she was already in the shower.
I took her to the bus stop, she got on her way when the bus came and I went home and started working. I was excited to get back to work cause I felt very creative. It showed in the designs I came up with too.
So, back to the grind and the daily responsibilities. It’s good to be home.
We found out first hand what it takes to empty and refill the pool today on this Carnival Cruise boat ‘Elation’.
Anastasia decided to christen the pool with her puking in it. She, of course, didn’t mean to. She must have been playing hard and just got herself a little too worked up.
As soon as it happened, security closed the pool untill housekeeping came and cleaned it. Then they emptied the pool into the ocean and refilled it. We found out they do this every night. They fill the pool with ocean water, so it’s not like we have to wait for them to add chemicals or anything.
Funny that my daughter cleared the pool. Leave it to her. ;)
We have dinner reservations every night in the same restaurant. Same waiter, same table, different menu.
At the end of dinner the have one song that everyone gets up and dances to.
Tonight I got pictures!! :)
Anastasia is dancing with her cousins. And then I got a picture on my nephew Bart and his dad is in the way background. My sister is dancing with Bart and my mom is sitting at her table.
