I got to watch G play in the sprinklers at daycare yesterday, and it was awesome! She was a ball of happiness, it was incredible, i wish i could be so happy! She jumped in the spray and ran away through the grass with all her little friends and ran back for more screaming and floating on her happy tiny feet. Its nothing any parent hasn’t seen, but it’s awesome when its your kid! (though for the record, I still adamantly, vehemently, hate children). I was only there for like a minute, but seeing her like that has been this bright shiny image in my mind for the last 2 days!

She almost missed it, she was being a total pain-in-the-ass about getting dressed and getting out of the house. I was telling her all along…”c’mon G, let’s go its Water Day”. blah blah blah i’m gonna play with my trains, i’m gonna pick at my oatmeal, i’m gonna play with my musical instruments, i’m gonna run around nekkid. We finally get there, and I hear all the kids running around screaming, and so does G, and finally she understands why i’ve been saying “cmon gawdamit yer missing Water Day.” She couldn’t get into her bathing suit and swim shoes fast enough!!!!!

Whew!

Today I went and bought her this:

i also took our neighbors the Huey’s up on their offer to give us this:

at times like this i think i’m a really good dad, though i am doing this completely cause i want to watch her be happy again. I don’t think i should feel guilty that our interests are mutually beneficial