DISQUS

Steely Dad: The SAHD Vacation

  • BellaDaddy · 4 months ago
    Remind me to ask for suggestions the next time this SAHD needs a vaca...

    What an awesome time I wish I'D HAD!!! LOL

    Kudos!
  • steelydad · 4 months ago
    Will do, BellaDaddy. Hey, that's an idea! A travel agency dedicated to SAH parents!
  • PJ Mullen · 4 months ago
    I feel your pain, I think I tore my ACL at Gymboree the other day. At the rate I'm deteriorating I probably couldn't donate my body to science fiction when I kick it.
  • steelydad · 4 months ago
    Dude, seriously. What is happening to us???
  • RuthWT · 4 months ago
    Wow, that's really funny (I mean a shame)!! It seems that jumping while intoxicated must run in our blood, because I happened to be partaking in some drinking activities, when it seemed a good idea to have a jumping competition.....on a trampoline!!! I won with an awesome back flip (which I stuck)....and then a torn ACL, one surgery and 6 months of physical therapy....I hope yours heals faster.
  • steelydad · 4 months ago
    ROFL!!! Seriously, sis, I would do ANYTHING and I mean ANYTHING to see video of you doing that back flip. Is it on Youtube? I had a buddy who had a trampoline and I would do flips onto it from his second-story roof. There were so many other instances in my life where I could've died but I hurt myself with a tiny jump. Go figure.
  • RuthWT · 4 months ago
    Thankfully, no Youtube back then...but I would also pay money to see me doing that flip....

    As you get older, it's the little movements that cause the most damage. Watch old man....next time it might be a hip!
  • steelydad · 4 months ago
    I didn't know you were so athletic. Maybe gymnastics (or cheerleading) was your true calling. I know what you mean. Once I sneezed and injured my back.
  • RuthWT · 4 months ago
    It was, gymnastics 10 years, dance 10 years...track 4 years (hurdles). the current me isn't anything like the old me.
  • steelydad · 4 months ago
    Well, I didn't know the "old" you but I REALLY love the current you!
  • Smallprint · 4 months ago
    Sounds great - except for the pain!

    How often do you get to cut loose like that though? Best off enjoying - at least you learned your limits for next time.

    Love the idea of jumping responsibly - sound advice from a naked man in a Guinness hat!

    Thanks

    Mark
  • steelydad · 4 months ago
    You're right, Mark, I don't get to go crazy like that too often so if I suffer a trip to the ER every once in a while in the name of fun, I think I can handle that.
  • SurprisedMom · 4 months ago
    That is why my severest form of exercise is walking. I can barely do that and keep upright. I've always had that problem though. Grace is not my middle name or a name to describe me.
    I can't give you any suggestions on how a SAH goes on vacation, I never did on my own. But I will take your advice on jumping and drinking.
    I do feel for you. I hope you're out of pain soon. Then, please, whatever you do,don't jump.
    Oh,loved the videos. I didn't know you were so athletic. LOL
  • steelydad · 4 months ago
    I hear ya, SurprisedMom. Golf used to be my "exercise" until I came down with Plantar Fasciitis. Obviously that's too strenuous an activity. I'm thinking of taking up knitting.

    I'm glad you liked the vids. Yea, I don't like to brag or anything.
  • WeaselMomma · 4 months ago
    I thought for sure that you were to Seal Island to wrestle Great White Sharks this year for vacation. My mistake.
  • steelydad · 4 months ago
    That's NEXT year, WeaselMomma!
  • LiteralDan · 4 months ago
    I don't get why you didn't tell your son the truth-- that Daddy hurt his knee fighting the Joker for the safety of all of Gotham City. You know he'd keep that secret.
  • steelydad · 4 months ago
    That's actually a VERY solid suggestion, Dan.
  • Otter · 4 months ago
    It is really sad to find all the new ways we can hurt ourselves when older. Next time I drink I am strapping myself to the chair. Thanks for making me safer.
  • R_Mattocks · 4 months ago
    "Why do you smell like that stinky guy we always see in front of the grocery store?"

    Bwahahahha! That's a riot & the photo I think sums up the evening. Sounds like a great vacation. Wisconsin is a beautiful part of the country ...this time of year.

    Hope the knee gets better.
  • steelydad · 4 months ago
    LOL! Thanks, man! Glad you got a good chuckle from the photo. WI is a really pretty part of the country. I'll be going back in September.
  • Scott · 4 months ago
    I feel like I've been rick roll'd with all the vids!

    I'm what some would consider still young, but every time I wake up these days I have a new pain. Kids must drive us to an early grave.
  • steelydad · 4 months ago
    I think you're right, Scott!