Day 6 was the first work day after a long break. I wish we have a lot of home days We carried out our routines but both of us miss Radhika a lot and so are eagerly looking forward to her return. I had to get Sachin back to the office as I had to [...]
Entries Tagged as '18Days'
18 Days – Day 6 – Sachin at my office – 3-Mar-2009
March 4th, 2009 · Comments Off · 18Days
Tags:
18 Days – Day 5 – I love snow days – 2-Mar-2009
March 4th, 2009 · Comments Off · 18Days
As expected, Monday was declared a snow day and Sachin did not have to go to school. I did not tell him this as soon as he woke up, instead waited for him to get ready and complete all his ‘school day’ morning tasks. Then when I told him about the snow day, the expression [...]
Tags:
18 Days – Day 4 – Boss Rules The House – 1-Mar-2009
March 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off · 18Days
Sachin continued to make full use of his home day privileges today also. He woke up early again (not sure how he manages to do it on home days only ) and we did one more round of pan cakes. I also made the ‘worlds biggest pancake’ which he dismissed saying ‘look at the mess [...]
Tags:
18 Days – Day 3 – Pancake Specialist? – 28-Feb-2009
March 1st, 2009 · Comments Off · 18Days
This was our first home day and as per our agreement, Sachin was the boss. He sure was or should I say he was in full flow? I explained to him the concept of ‘Servant’ and he heard it wrongly as ‘Seargent’ and kept calling me ‘Seargent’ all the time. We started the day early [...]
Tags:
18 Days – Day 2 – OMG – 27-Feb-2009
March 1st, 2009 · Comments Off · 18Days
After a simpler start on Day1, Day2 was more exciting. Oh My God! I just cannot imagine how many things Radhika was taking care of. Hats off to my wife . I was thinking running a team was tough, all men – try managing the house! Sachin and I are following our time table as [...]
Tags:
18 Days – Day 1 – Not Bad – 26-Feb-2009
February 28th, 2009 · Comments Off · 18Days
Sachin and I did most of our work as per the plan for 18 Days. Sachin did miss his mummy a lot and wanted her back sooner. I had to convince him that her best friend cannot get married without mummy’s presence. Here are the quick updates – He woke up on time Did most [...]
Tags:
18 Days – Day 0 – Plan of Action – 25th Feb
February 28th, 2009 · Comments Off · 18Days
Sachin and I have come up with a simple agreement. On school days, I am the boss. On home days, he will be the boss. Due to my project management background, I have come up with a schedule and a plan for school days. 7am: Wakeup 7am to 7.30am: Exercise, Getting Ready (Shower, etc) 7.30am [...]
Tags:
What is 18 days?
February 27th, 2009 · Comments Off · 18Days
I am Sachin’s Dad. 18 Days is a series of blogs that I have planned to post here on Sachin’s site. Radhika left for India on 25th evening for her best friend’s marriage. So Sachin and I are home alone for 18 days, until 15th March. I have never managed Sachin alone in the US [...]
Tags:
