…and I love it. I get to work on my laptop while she gets to improve herself through sleep.

Am I happily married? Or is the pain of leaving just greater than staying? Her constantly inconsistent attitude toward me. One minute she’ll be hugging me and kissing me and I believe the connection between us is real. Within an hour she will be yelling at me louder and with more ferocity than I would […]

Last weekend was a rough one. Carrie and I fought. Even worse, it seems that we just weren’t getting along, like we didn’t even like each other. I wondered if we ever had. The kids were a lot of work. Still are. There has been decreasingly less and less time for just her and I […]

She thinks… I am ungrateful and selfish. That, “it must be so nice to have so much autonomy.”  That I just do whatever I want and expect her to accomodate my life. I don’t ever think about her and the kids. I coddle Rowan instead of “disciplining her” Life is so easy for me. She […]

I’m unsure of where her boundaries are, the threshold of where she will get upset/angry/hurt We need to share our time because she has both kids all day. Her time is my time and vice versa. She says it will not always be this way and one day we will have the luxury to do […]

I’m waiting outside the OR while you are with your mummy, still inside her tummy on the other side of the operating room door. I can’t wait to see you. I can’t wait to see your mom again too. She is so brave and only got a little teary when I had to leave her […]

 3 Gratitudes Grateful for a comfortable, warm, dry bed with a sleeping companion to cuddle. Grateful for dental benefits for myself and my family. Grateful for a family that love me. Positive ExperiencePretty much any moment with Rowan today. There were so many. Cuddling with her on the couch cause she was sick. making her […]

3 gratitudes I am grateful I have a job I am reasonably good at and most of the time don’t mind going to. I am grateful I have a loving wife whom I trust entirely with whom I have a mutually respectful, spiritual, and growing relationship. I am grateful we share goals, values, thoughts and […]

2012 Begin part-time Construction Management program at BCIT (4-5 years for completion) September: Begin full-time Construction Management program at BCIT (2 years to completion) 2013 Early 2013: Carrie working part-time while Nick is in school or looking after Rowan Oct/Nov/Dec 2013: Have a second child Carrie on EI maternity  2014 Fall: Graduate from BCIT with […]

I went ahead with my application to BCIT’s Construction Management Program. It is two years full time, 3-7 years part-time. I plan on doing it in 5-6. Graduation with a BTech in Construction Management will mean qualification for a position as a construction manager or a project manager in construction. Should be able to ask for $80-120k […]