Musings at Altitude

I was so excited today – my 14 year old popped into my office and said, “Dad, let’s go for a walk.”  I was skeptical at first, not knowing her motives, but it really was just an attempt to go get some exercise with her Dad.  How cool is that.  I asked, “where are we going to walk to?”  She said, “to the Loaf & Jug and back”.  Then I got suspicious.  She quickly said, “I can get an ice cream or something while we’re there.”

Sure enough, we walked the long route to Loaf & Jug which was about two miles.  We talked the whole way about what she wanted to get done this summer, what I wanted to get done this summer, and what both of us were thinking about for our futures.  Then we got to Loaf & Jug.

At first, she tried to pick up a small container of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.  I drew the line at that one.  I just couldn’t imagine walking back home with her scooping out of an ice cream container.  So, we settled for this:

 

I must admit that I’m jealous that she can eat such high quality “snack food” and still be as thin as she is.  I’m also torn as to whether I’m a bad Dad for letting her eat such food (especially during exercising) or I’m a great Dad for walking the two miles with her so she could get it.  For those of you leaning on the “bad Dad” side, she did buy it herself…though I probably would have if she didn’t…she did after all ask me to go on a walk…and we did talk about things like school, and the future, and yep, even boys.

OK, so this may be nirvana.