Comments on: Responsible

By: eva

eva — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:06:24 +0000

Well said. The hardest part for me about single parenting here and there is that there’s no one to tell stories to in person after bedtime. Phone calls just don’t cut it.

Oh and never mind what if something happens to a kid while SA is gone. What if something happens to YOU ? That is what I worry most about. Some mysterious debilitating thing happens to me and my 22 month old has no idea how to get help. Well…THERE’S a cheerful thought now. Sorry.

Good luck!

By: Gecko Bloggle

Gecko Bloggle — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:10:49 +0000

I’ll second Joanna: make sure you include us on your list of “people to call if you can’t figure out how to get the three goats into the boat while juggling the asparagus AND keep the fox from setting the jellybean bag on fire.”

‘Cause I used to get wiggy about how to get Ripley and Tate AND laundry to the laundry room AND not lock myself out of the house WHILE trying to get loonies for the machines. So we’d just watch A Bug’s Life again.

By: Joanna

Joanna — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:53:59 +0000

Good man, that one. He’s a keeper. You guys mesh really well. Hang in there and call if you need back-up.

By: Saint Aardvark

Saint Aardvark — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:59:45 +0000

Occurs to me I should mention this publicly…thank you.

By: miranda

miranda — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:28:37 +0000

a week without help is a hard week indeed. i was talking about this very subject with a friend recently and wondered why it’s so hard, because i’m here all day solo anyway, but those mornings and evenings are task-heavy indeed. and the need for showers! my god, the need for a shower! and the lack of conversation at night, someone to munch chips and enjoy wine with.

good luck on your solo week! and here’s hoping that you don’t find many new geek-slogan tees at the end of it… our husbands would probably really get along…

By: Arwen

Arwen — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:23:00 +0000

You are the Vinyl Cafe of blogs. I can never get to the end of a post without tearing up.

By: cheesefairy

cheesefairy — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:13:18 +0000

I’ll be spending the grocery money on gin tomorrow. We have enough peanut butter and noodles for the kids to live for a year.

By: cheesefairy

cheesefairy — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:12:06 +0000

You just never know, right?

By: kyooty

kyooty — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:18:39 +0000

ah I did this the week before last but it was only 3days. he called and talked to the boys while gone. It worked for 2 but one got more upset. oops!

By: t

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:46:27 +0000

i think i might have actually teared up on that one. good luck! not that you need it, you are the bear and that is your forest after all. get him to bring up some extra bottles before he goes though, you will probably need them.