Well, the truth is I am not but I would like to. Annie and I have always managed to be quite busy in our life together but add a baby on top of that and it’s mind numbing just how busy we are. Annie works a full time job and does all the back end stuff for our blogs and I have two businesses and write 15 to 25 blog posts per month. Sammy is another full time job and we just recently (finally) closed on a house so we’ve been emptying a storage unit, started painting, and so on.
So the thought of leaving on a jet plane for a while sounded nice, of course Annie and Sammy would go to but the idea of getting away from everything else just sounds fun. That’s one thing we have had to contend with, having a baby and being able and willing to put some things on the back burner. That back burner stuff may consist of traveling, wine events, or dealing with drunken evenings and hangover mornings. To be honest, I don’t really miss the drunken evenings, hangovers, and the super late night (otherwise known as early mornings).
I’d say the two things I miss the most are being able to travel more freely and more often and some of the cool wine related events we’ve passed on because we were with the baby. We’re not the kind of couple to get a babysitter more than once or twice per week so it does limit what we can go do and we’re also not likely to just have one of us go while the other stays behind with the baby. This is our life together and we want to live it that way…one for all and all for one kind of thing (very 3 Musketeers of us).
I’m bringing all of this around to Paso Robles wine, give me a second.
As I mentioned, one of the things I miss is being able to go to all of the wine related events locally, whether that be an industry party, a charity wine event, and on and on. Having Sammy meant filtering what we went to and what we didn’t go to. One of those things we decided to pass on this year is Wine Festival in the downtown park this weekend. We’ve been numerous times and really enjoyed it, not because of the wine (we love Paso wine obviously but it’s so packed with people) but because we got to see all of our friends and giggle like school children while watching the show that it turns into.
At the end of the day it’s all good, I know things change and that right now we won’t be able to go enjoy all these things like we once did but I need to realize that just because circumstances change doesn’t mean there still aren’t things to enjoy. This experiment we’re doing, named Sammy, is a once in a lifetime thing for us. He will only be 1 day old and 7 months old one time and then we move on. There will always be wine events but there won’t always be Sammy’s first tooth, the first time he rolls over, or the first time he says “Daddy”.
Perspective, grasshopper.
Life goes on regardless of what wine events you go to or don’t go to. I don’t think I will miss Wine Fest as much as I would miss the first time Sammy says Daddy.
So there we have it, another post on our “wine and lifestyle” blog that has little to do with wine. For all those going to Wine Festival, enjoy and be safe. To all those not going, make your own Wine Fest fun and enjoy. All it takes is a bottle (or more) of wine and a couple of friends and suddenly, you got your own occasion. Cheers and enjoy the weekend.
You are hysterical! I remember having an infant in a carrier or my Baby Bjorn during wine fest weekend. That was the BEST time to go hang out for a few hours at a winery that had live music and a BBQ.
Good luck in your ‘travels’!
~Cyndee
Cyndee, we’ve taken him to several events, it has gotten more difficult now that he’s a little older and on more of a schedule. As for Wine Fest, to be honest, we’ve just been getting bored with it. I think it’s more for visitors to Paso and those in the wine business locally. We will be downtown though, over at the Kilt watching the scene though.
Nice perspective, dad. 🙂
I can totally relate…was in the same boat when my kiddos were little. Now that they’ve grown and are nearly on their own, I have an old man who is slowly loosing his mind (duh, he is 13 years older than me!). Even though he is reverting back to his childhood, at least he is of legal drinking age and has plenty of money to buy the wine!
Miss you guys!
Haha, Dahlynn, you made me laugh!! 🙂 Thank goodness for the legal age to drink is right! Miss you too, hope all is well in your corner of the world. We’re crazy busy with baby and work…but it’s a good busy.
Well said Matt, you guys are so busy and with an addition to the family it really slows you down but for good reason. Thanks for sharing, cheers to you both.
And cheers to you, Bev! I appreciate the good word, life is constantly changing and we can either fight it or roll with it. Have a great weekend! 🙂
There will always be wine, Sammy will only be a baby for so long, enjoy every moment that you can. We agree re festivals we would rather just go to a winery and hang out than with large crowds. Sammy is a wonderful adventure! We didn’t get into the wine scene until our youngest was in college;)
Thanks Jo…as I’ve said before I think it’s a work in progress for me. I love Sammy and want to absorb all I can but I also have my selfish “wants”, but I do know that the wine events and the wine will always be there in some fashion. Cheers to this ever changing, always interesting life! 🙂
Matt do both when you can but Sammy comes first but don’t deprive yourself either, there should be a balance you and Annie are doing a great job!