The Things We Do...

Apparently, since having our daughter, my wife and I have become mild idiots.  Well, she became a mild idiot and I went from mild to full on raging moron.  Now, I know this is not shocking news to most of you who know me, but let me elaborate.  Prior to having a child we would hear about something, say an event or a festival, and our typical response was skepticism and disinterest, figuring it would be crowded, underwhelming, and generally filled with other people, who tend to be, you know, annoying.  But now, well, let's just look at some of our recent weekends:


Pumpkin Festival?  SURE!!!  


Taco Truck Rally and Spelling Bee?  We are THERE!!! 


Hay Ride and Petting Zoo?  Why don't we go twice!


Trick or Treating at the local mall?  Hell YES!!!


The worst thing is these events have ended up being crowded, underwhelming, and absolutely stuffed to the proverbial gills with the annoying general public.  So much so that we actually sat in traffic for 2 hours to travel 2 miles to get into the pumpkin festival.  I still can't believe my head didn't explode during that.  


What's caused this sudden eagerness to take on the world in all it's stupid glory?  You could blame hormonal changes.  Or make an argument that we're putting our daughter's happiness and enjoyment of the world at large ahead of our own happiness.  But, knowing myself, I think it's a byproduct of toxic outgassing from a house full of plastic toys.  I'd analyze it some more, but we've got to run so don't miss the Sesame Street Ice Extravaganza!  I hear Elmo's being played by Kristy Yamaguchi's second cousin!