I don’t know what time it is anywhere else in the world, but it is 9 AM in Taito City. I am ready to embark on my last official family day trip of this adventure–a short jaunt to Kawagoe to see thatched roofs and edo-style candy. The trip, while far from over, is entering a new phase. We are going to have more ‘us’ time as the kids go back to school. It has been a really solid trip for me in terms of growth both as a partner and a father. I am learning the different ways these boys process my input and how to be effective as a support system for them without making it about me or the Lady Talis. I am also learning exactly how good she and I are as a team. I never had that before. I didn’t quite experience partnership in this way. Before I was a part of a family but I was a solo entity with a function and an independent life. Here we are what I am told is a ‘we’ and that is a new one for me. I’m here for it.
In other life news: Nothing. No, seriously. The beat goes on. I am still writing (slower here on the journey) and still learning what works for me in terms of how and where to do such things. I am still prepping for Project 50 (up to 8 miles a day here on foot!) and learning how to take some of the good habits being formed on vacations (every vacation) and bring them back to the desert intact. That is the hardest part. I realize that where I live is a hinderance to being healthy, but I am also beginning to recognize it doesn’t need to be. I ought to be out throwing the ball with the kids and taking more long walks with the lady. I need to devote time and energy to these parts of the life the way I attempt to devote it to the words and used to devote it to the gaming.
That light continues to fade. I don’t know what the issue is entirely. I cannot get myself to play longer RPGs and I am no longer satisfied by NCAA or Madden. I don’t have a go to right now, and this means I hardly play games outside of a senseless hour plus binge every now and again when I try to force myself to tell the story within the game. Starfield used to carry me through that but now it doesn’t.