Well my weekend was a first - I babysat my nephew (great kid) ALL weekend while his parents lived the true life of young careless adults in NYC...yes, I know I am a insane soul. But that is not the point I make...but it is a good one. Well I got to the homestead Friday at 5'ish...we ran around the house for a half hour and then I got bored looked at him and wondered "Now WHAT???", so we went to the video store...I decided to ditch the stroller - to much like a parent so we got to the store and he realized he could walk well I placed him down and it was OVER!! Forget getting the new Russell Crowe movie...no grab what you can - lame INDY movies and get the kid before he starts pulling all the DVD's off the shelf and looks at you with a sheepish grin. Got out alive then realized that only killed 15 minutes so in the parking lot I saw a vision ... TARGET!!! We headed there and spent an hour in a half inside he got restless so I grabbed a bag of animal cracker opened the bag and let him go wild. Got home and realized it was bed time for him - nice timing on my part.
Saturday...well the weather could be worse cold and overcast...but we were going to be triumphant! So I grabbed the outdoor stroller and be walked from Iwo Jima to Lincoln - what an great walk...highly recommended that. I let him stretch for about an hour got back to the car and it wasn't even noon - oh brother now I scratched my head and remembered a framers market - again no stroller, I was above that. Well the market was closing down and the pickings were slim - we lasted 12 minutes! Took him home...NAP TIME, except he didn't get the memo he finally went to sleep around 2 and woke @ 2:45. Well we decided let's hit the mall - stroller required...what a mistake, teenagers and tourist in full effect! But we were determined to kill time and I have to say we were successful. Got home and realized I was going to keep him up later and in theory he would sleep in beyond 7. So we watch a little TV and played with cars.
Sunday...the longest day of my adult life. Well the weather was terrible not a little rain but down-poor. Church was at 1pm (right during nap time). I made a decision I wasn't going to chance that valuable time, even though by now I was starving for adult interaction. So we chilled at the house all day, I did hope for a little rain let up so that we could go for a walk - no such luck! We ended up watching Lady and the Tramp and several hours of American Chopper...he like Mikey. By about 6 he got a little cranky and wondered where can I go so he thought he would tackle the stairs but I had a gate up - well of course the 30 seconds I don't watch him he yanks the gate and on the ground they both went. I have never seen someone do a silent cry without breathing before - I tried to be the comforter but I was more concerned if he was going to breathe in the next 3 minutes. Finally he did and it was DRAMATIC...very Oscar award winning. Well about an hour later the tired beast one and he couldn't fight it anymore. Off to bed he went...after our alphabet story he firm grip on teddy I assured him that in the morning his mom would be greeting him.
Now you ask why the play by play and I say because it will probably be my only parent story. I am certain I won't have an desire to be a single parent - I am to selfish and need adult interaction. So I told my parents that they only way I would have a child is if I had a spouse and a nanny and a jam packed schedule. This parent thing is very hard. I give props and crazy thoughts to the parents out there and for those of you who really want a kid on your own - don't do it! I can't tell you how many times over the course of the weekend I was thinking this is crazy, I am not fit to be a parent or caregiver unless prescriptive drugs played a part.
No comments:
Post a Comment