So, Wednesdays is my husband’s day off work. Which means, he stays home with the baby. I love Wednesdays because he does all the work, but he does it happily. So, the baby goes to school three days a week. That meant moving him from that prestigious, snobby day care to a more well-rounded one. The high class day care ONLY took babies full time, no exceptions.
So, when we found a good place that would take him 3 days a week, we jumped.
Well, my day started out really crappy. I was throwing up before I even stepped into the shower to get ready for work. These days, I don’t go into work until 12! How lucky am I? So, around noon, I walked into work. My husband had bought me 2 jelly donuts and a cold orange juice for my breakfast, per my request.
You should know that breakfast for me is probably lunch for you. I was probably at my desk for about an hour when… I bolted. It was coming and I couldn’t run fast enough. I stood in the bathroom and threw up for about 20 minutes. Disgusting.
Blechblechblech.
I called my husband and asked him to bring my toothbrush and toothpaste and then gave him a list of items to pick up from the grocery store. 2 tangelos, 1 Publix Sub and one cold Apple juice.
A few hours later, he delivered the goods. He and the whole crew came upstairs to the newsroom. My kids have spent summer days with me there and my hubby has pretty much met everyone there already.
The baby, however…well, people used to joke that there was no baby, because they would see everyone but him.
So my hubby brings him on up and what do you know? He is being cranky. People are trying to coo at him and he arches his back away from them. He kept struggling to get down. (He hates being held.)
And then my big boss, J, comes over. (Please be nice to her, please!)
Well, forget it. He was not being nice to anyone and so I ushered my family out.
The funniest thing by far, though, was when a co-worker saw the baby and ran over to us. “Let me feel that hair!!” she said. And I’m laughing to myself, thinking…people don’t do that to white or black babies, just mixed babies. I mean, who has ever wanted to “feel” a little blonde-headed child’s hair?
I thought it was so…typical. And so funny.
Well, my kids had made it downstairs when I peeked over the ledge. Catch!
I threw them each a Reese’s peanut butter cup. What a cool mom….