Facial recognition lock in 3... 2... 1...

Things are good. I still would rather be at home playing all day with my girls, but work is fine. The thing that I'm having a hard time not doing is going as fast as I can on my bike ride home. Because I know what happens when I walk in the door: Alice sees my face and there's that moment when she's trying to figure out where she knows me from. Then the whole world lights up. Those blue eyes. That two tooth smile. I melt. Any thoughts of work, worries, or frustrations evaporate away. Maybe just for a minute or two, but for that time it's just me and my girls. Bliss.