Withering Weekends

We have all grown up constantly measuring time. How many more days till Christmas? How many days till school is out? How many vacation days do I have left? We all have done it our whole lives.

This past weekend I was talking with one of my buddies, also expecting soon, and we were talking about the weekends we had left to get things done before the baby arrives.

I just thought...WOW!

I had to get out the calculator. At 40 years, and 8 months, I have had the last 2115 weekends all for myself. Sure I had commitments and things to do with other people, but they were still based on things for me. I was in charge of my time.

Now I just had to come to the realization that I have exactly 13 more weekends until the baby is born and then they all belong to him. Think about it, I will spend the following 1000 weekends devoting my time to my son....through childhood, sports, academics, special field trips, etc.

All of those weekends, so many things that I have done.....the trips, the fun, the memories. Now I have just 13 left and then I have to focus on someone other than myself....to give my time to the development of my son...........13 weekends left.......I better go and start planning for this one!