As of today, I am officially a "house-husband". Taina has gone back to her day job and I am taking care of our daughter, Telma, full time. For the next six months.

Our wages are pretty much the same and Taina has been taking care of Telma for well over a year now, so I felt I could just as well be a househusband for a while. We didn't want to put Telma to daycare just yet and I think it's great opportunity for me to know her a little better and experience all the wonderful stuff she learns every day. And to just enjoy her company. She's a terrific girl, you know.

It's six months off my day job, sure, but I hope that taking a break from one's job once in a while is a positive experience, too. It's not quite a sabbatical, since my current job as a care-taker is a full-time job too. But it's a break nevertheless and maybe a chance to reflect on the bigger picture of my career.

Financially we would be better off if we would both be working, but we're not in trouble or anything. Just a little less money to spend, but we manage.

I don't expect to be doing anything significant with my personal hobbies, which have been on hold for quite a while now, but you never know. Telma does take a nap or two every day, for an hour or so, so maybe I'll find the energy to do something other than making food etc.

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Oh. Telma woke up. Gotta go.