How Has YOUR Week Been?
Mine has been a bonding experience. Emma and I haven't, historically, spent as much time together as we should. Except for the week when Kristi went to California to say goodbye to her grandmother, I'm definitely the #2 caregiver in the family.But Emma's been sick, and since Kristi's in training, it would have been very difficult for her to take time off from work. So I'm mostly playing stay-at-home dad.
It's been interesting. Emma has been banned from TV lately for disciplinary reasons, but our standard rule is that TV bans go out the window when there's a legitimate illness -- and she's been milking that for all it's worth. Yesterday morning, as I was in the kitchen feeding the cats, a voice drifted out of the living room: "Dad, how come mom won't buy me cable?"
I often wonder the same thing.
With Emma allowed to watch TV, I'm able to take breaks whenever it suits me. However, despite this reprieve from her television ban, there's still something Emma would rather do than watch the tube: listen to me read. I've read her the first Lemony Snicket book ("A Bad Beginning", recommended), and we've moved on to the second Harry Potter book. My throat is getting raw, which I hope is just from doing too many voices from the books. Hagrid is fun to do; so is Gilderoy Lockhart. Snape, not so much. Mr. Dursley is hardest on the throat, but he's gone quickly enough.
This afternoon Kristi got home at 2:30, which freed me up to go into the office for a while. And she doesn't start work tomorrow until the afternoon, which means I can work in the morning. Working from home is impossible -- at least, working on the important stuff.
posted by MeanMrMustard @ 4:07 PM
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