Howdy again all,
Like
I said, I had to make up for being such a lazy piece of crap for the last two
weeks and as promised, I have to tell the tale that has lead us to me watching
The Ewok all by my lonesome tonight. So, my wife and I had a plan to go see one
of our all time favorite bands play last Saturday at The Varsity Theater in
Dinkytown. We had it totally planned out. We would go up Saturday late morning
and go to my brother-in-law’s house and hang out for a while with our nieces
for a few hours, go get some food and then head to the show leaving The Ewok
with my brother-in-law and his wife for the evening. We would go to the show,
rock our socks off, return to my brother-in-law’s house, sleep there for the
evening, get up, have breakfast, leave in the late morning and then head to
visit some friends, stay for about an hour, then head home and be back by 3pm.
Well, due to Fat-dad being a total idiot…that whole plan shit the bed.
On
Thursday while at work, I get a text from my buddy that bought the tickets
asking when we were planning on leaving Friday. I thought he had a made a
mistake on the day…nope. So now I am in a mad scramble. Can we find a
babysitter? Maybe my in-laws? Should we just bring her? We ended up deciding
that my wife would just stay home with her and I would go and just find someone
to buy her ticket. This is just another example of why my wife is a damn saint.
I got out of work late, but met up with my friends and we zipped up to the
cities. I am about to go on a very short tangent that has nothing directly to
do with my daughter, so I apologize. The band we saw was Motion City Soundtrack.
My wife and I saw them for the first time when we were 16 or 17 and still in
high school. Between the two of us we have seen them play at least 30 times if
not more. I know they are just a band, but they have been a huge part of our
lives as we have been listening to them for well over 12 years. When my wife
left to go to school in Milwaukee, one of their song lyrics kept us going “if
we keep swimming baby this will never die”. One of the first posts on
Fatterhood was named after one of their songs “The Future Freaks Me Out”. This
show was a part of their farewell tour as they are breaking up and this was
going to be our last chance to see them. So this is why her sacrifice is truly
impressive.
The
show was awesome. Don’t want to rub it in to any fans out there…but it was. I
made it home at about 2 am. Woke up the next morning and we made our way back
up to the cities since my brother-in-law and his wife were kind enough to clear
their whole Saturday/Sunday for us, we decided to head on up and visit anyways.
We also decided to utilize our very first babysitter. We decided to go out to
dinner in Minneapolis. I was totally distracted while eating dinner, because I
didn’t know what to do. For the last two months I have a little creature with
me whenever I am eating. It felt so strange. We were going to go see a movie,
but we decided that it was getting too late and we probably wouldn’t stay awake
anyways. We thought maybe a comedy club would be fun. All of them required
reservations and all of the available shows were at 10pm. So…on our very first
date night while baby-less, we ended up going to Target to buy diapers because they
had a sale on Huggies. (Side note: m y
wife is a coupon master. There was a deal on wipes and diapers, mixed with a
manufacturer’s coupon and topped off with a cartwheel deal. It was honestly
impressive, even the cashier was impressed) We decided that it happened…we are
lame as shit now. My Mom used to say that she used to be cool and then I was
born. I get it now…
We
went back, I stayed up bullshitting and drinking with my brother-in-law until
about 3 am. The next morning I regretted that decision almost immediately as my
family was kind enough to let me sleep until about 10, but we had 2 very hungry
nieces on our hands by this point. We went out to dinner and I hate myself
stupid. We said our goodbyes, the 4 year old refused to say goodbye because she
was mad that we were leaving. It was a glimpse of Fatterhood future yet again.
We then drove
about an hour to a friend’s house to meet up with them. We realized we hadn’t
seen them in almost 3 years and they just recently had a new baby. So now they
have a 3 year old and a new born. Like I said, I don’t like to use people’s
names in these posts without their permission, so let’s call these high school
friends of ours Jenn and Sven. We arrive at Jenn and Sven’s house and their
family was over as well. Since we come from a small town it wasn’t awkward at
all, we knew them and they knew us. I would explain all of the connections, but
it would get very confusing. So Jenn’s sister and her husband (we will call
them JJ and Ebony) were there with their baby that was born in March. It ended
up being kind of surreal to be with the old gang from high school in the home
that one of them owns and we each had kids, right after being at a show that
made me feel like I was in high school again. We talked parenting, caught up,
and generally bullshitted. It was a whole new kind of fun. Most of my guy
friends are single and living the bachelor life, so being in a room filled with
parents and we are talking about how our daughter poop on us all the time. Not
sure which one I like better, having someone to commiserate with about the ups
and downs of parenting or going out and drinking and getting to be a general
dumbass with the boys. Apples and oranges I guess.
Anyways, we said
our goodbyes and made our way back home. By the time we make it home, I am
tired, hung-over, and hungry as all shit. Apparently, so is Da Butt (minus the hangover
of course) and she isn’t having any part of dad’s planned nap time. She just
starts screaming and crying and shaking. I am trying to calm her, but it’s at
this point that while screaming in my ear at full volume…she grabs a big
handful of my beard and pulls with all of her tiny might. I lost my shit. I
white girled it. I couldn’t even! Gave her to my wife and her trap shut right
up. I made dinner, we ate and all was good in our world again.
How does all of
this leave me alone with my daughter tonight? Well…Motion City Soundtrack is
such a popular band, that they have sold out 5 shows at the Varsity Theater for
their farewell show. Our buddy is such a big fan, that he bought tickets for multiple
nights and he happened to have an extra ticket for tonight’s show. So my
amazingly awesome, patient, beautiful, funny, smart wife…will get to go see
Motion City Soundtrack for their last time in their hometown. She deserves a
night out for sure. Sucks that we couldn’t go together because my dumbass can’t
read a ticket stub, but I am glad that we both got the chance to see them. I
will of course be writing a post about how tonight goes…
If you are
interested at all, I highly suggest checking out some of Motion City Soundtrack’s
music.This is one of my personal favorites. I have always described it as happy sounding sad music for sad people
trying to be happy. In the meantime…hooray for the madness and prost. Thank you
for reading.
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