Work or Play?
July 24th, 2008 by Ryan Chantler
It’s T-minus 36 hours and counting till noon Saturday when I’ll be tormented by a very perplexing question. Do I work or do I play? Why so perplexing you ask. Well it’s not too often that my wife and kids leave the city without me for an entire week. Jae is off to be a counselor at a summer camp, and the kids are going with their Nana and Buba camping at the lake.
So here I am stuck with a question I usually have no problem answering. Work is fun and I give it my all each and everyday as a business owner and passionate industry professional. Play is not something I ever worry about, it just happens for me. I have a life full of tons of fun with my wife, goofing around with the kids or hanging out with friends and family. My days are usually so jam packed with family and work that the decision is always made for me. Was bachelorhood so difficult? I honestly can’t remember.
Part of me wants to work 24 hours a day stopping only for fluid breaks while pulling repeated all nighters like I did in years past. The other part is saying beer, pizza, Wii, tee-times, action movies, more pizza and way more beer!! 9 years ago I wouldn’t have hesitated, jumping head long into anything that began and ended with beer…but here I am.
Maybe I’ll compromise. I’ll work 16 hours and play for 8, work 16, … hmmm…umm…oh man…I’m not going to make it past the first round of beer. I’m so confused. Maybe I’ll just stick to longer than average work days and going to bed early.
Anyone want to join Souk and I at our Sunday morning tee-time?
July 25th, 2008 at 7:31 am
You would be crazy if you didn’t take this opportunity to play. Weeks like this are few and far between my friend, take advantage!!
July 25th, 2008 at 9:17 am
Will you miss us? What was life like before a wife, two kids, and heaps of responsibility? You may never know but you are not the same man you were ten years ago; you are so much more. Don’t plan. Like any other day, just know that you are dearly loved. M and JW left you some stuffies for the lonely bugs. See you in my dreams. J
July 25th, 2008 at 10:58 am
It is my guess that Wii will win out on everything. With the sore muscles that new Wii users get, you will have an excuse if your golf game isn’t good on Sunday. Have fun!