I haven't been around Hive much recently as being a dad seems to make me busier every single day. He's getting to the age now where it's getting a bit harder to keep up with him! Before, I could easily just kind of fast walk behind him, but now I literally have to run and grab him before he runs out into the street, or does something crazy!
Today we decided to take a trip up to White Point to hang out at a little playground area with an amazing view. We haven't been here ever since a young father got really angry at 
He actually came up to me with an angry, frustrated expression and said, "He bro, can you tell your kid to stop looking at my son? He's all up in his business."
The whole thing was so asinine that I couldn't even come up with a response. I just kind of made a slightly confused face and picked up the little one and left. Even the other parents were looking at him as if to say "What the hell dude.."
We didn't go back for a few months because I knew that guy was always there, and other parents have had trouble with him. I don't know why, maybe it's because I'm getting older but I just don't like dealing with conflict and dramatic people these days.
Luckily, when we went today there weren't too many people around. We played a bit on the playground, but mostly he just wanted to run along the fence and look out at the water. He was cracking me up because he claimed that he could see giant fish jumping out of the water. Heck, maybe he did. His eyes are ridiculously sharp when compared to mine.
On the upside, I am really starting to get back some of the energy that I lost in the first couple of years of his life. If you've followed me for long, you'll know that I was dead to the world for the first year after he was born. I was just perpetually tired! I knew having a kid takes it out of you - but just didn't appreciate how much. I had a kid many years ago when I was 19, but that was a completely different experience. I was super young and had seemingly boundless energy!
Things are really improving now, though. I can actually run around and play with him without needing to sit down every 5 minutes. Of course getting some good supplements has helped with that as well. I've been taking NAC and Glycine for over a year now which has had a dramatic effect on my energy levels.
As it started to get a bit dark, we headed over to another park down the street where he could try out his new bike. With the training wheels he is taking to it really quickly. It's so weird being a Gen X kid and having to force your child to wear a helmet in today's day and age, but I have to get with the times. Sometimes you have to rethink some of your crazy logic that seemed perfectly sensible to you at another time.
Time are definitely changing, and they are changing very quickly!
