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04/22/2005 Archived Entry: "single"

One thing I've learned these last few days is I never want to be a single mom to two little ones. I hadn't mentioned it because of my own paranoias, but Chris has been out of town since early Wednesday morning. It wouldn't have been a big deal if it was Sunday through Tuesday, but it wasn't. Wednesday through Saturday are so busy and it's been difficult on me trying to get Tabi where she needs to go on time with a baby who does not want to be in the car unless it's in motion. Stop lights are bad enough, but we live where there are trains. Lots of trains. Lots of sloooooow trains. Not to mention that I'm on duty 24 hours a day without any reprieve. I know there are tons of moms who do this already and yay for them, but I'm not used to it. It would be hard on me with just a six year old but when you throw an unpredictable baby into the mix I simply cannot deal. To my credit, we're all clean, dressed and fed, the house is clean, the lawn is mowed, I've kept up on laundry and trash made it to the curb in time. Tabitha's lessons where done, she and I played games, I read to the baby and sang "Pretty Daisy" a jillion times. I've even answered a few emails. I guess I can do it, I just don't ever want to again. Did I mention I've only had caffeine-free diet coke in the house? I've had to buy the leaded version while we were out each of the last few days to get rid of the headache. Not to mention I feel ready to drop by 10:00am. Of course, by 10:00, I've been up for 5 hours and today that includes up with both my kids. The little one naps at least, but not Tabi. Uh-uh. She's very emotional today and I can only imagine how Girl Scouts will go considering we had to knock off early on lessons due to her emotions. Thanks goodness Chris comes home today, though not until 9:30 this evening. I think I'll be letting him get up with baby tonight.